The Settlement

Sorry to leave everyone hanging, we have been super busy moving, unpacking, arranging, settling in, and lets not forget to do some work here and there.

We found a place on Craigslist and began moving in last Friday (June 3rd). It was labeled "Community Household" and was willing to let a couple and dog move in. No, its not a commune, just a house whose owner rents out the extra rooms to good respectful people such as ourselves. We all share the common rooms (kitchen, dining room, living room, random room, bathroom) and the responsibilities (keeping things orderly, doing your own dishes, taking out the compost/recycling/trash). All the roommates are very cool, nice people, who all have their own lives. Since we all have different schedules, and our own private rooms to hang out in, the house never seems crowded.

There is a fenced front yard and large fenced back yard. Additional amenities include a big porch, several garden plots, a fire pit, a garage (for bikes and storage!), plenty of parking, washer/dryer, and fully furnished (nice when you own no furniture).

The house mentality is very open & welcoming, and accommodates people moving in and out as needed. The house is also setup for multiple people: 2 fridges for all the different roommates food, cabinet space for each roommate, and storage areas, etc.

The roommates include:

Bill - The owner. Produce Manager at grocery store, so he brings home plenty of free produce! Avid (board) gamer. Aspiring game store owner. He has a full business model for his game store, business partners, and plenty of game knowledge and gamer friends to back it up. Saturday nights are Dungeons and Dragons night!

Steve - Teacher. Also into board games and cooking. Husband of Leslie.

Leslie - Horse/people trainer. Trains people about horses and teaches horses about people (or visa-versa?). She's into gardening and horses (duh).

Katherine - Insurance sales-woman. Into music and video games. Often gone for long work trips.

Earl - DJ. Into music (duh). Boyfreind of Katherine.

Aaron - Engineer. Into gardening and wood-working.

Tess - Aspiring self-employed crafts-woman, but in the meantime, on the job-hunt.

Animals:

Toby - 10 yr old sweet dog, who acts about half his age, but gets annoyed with Sagan when he wants to keep playing.

Sagan - young dog who has a lot of energy, but is loving the yard, and who has been an amazingly good dog for the past several weeks.

Monty (Python) - Incredibly Zen cat with 27 toes (no joke), who is super cool but is also the "alpha-dog" of the house.

Steve (the cat) - keeps-to-himself cat, is not friendly, but you never see him anyway.

2 backyard chickens - who live... in the backyard! and provide eggs.

So yes, you could say we have a full-house, but it really doesn't feel that way at all, because like I said, we all have very different work schedules and understand to give each other space.