Kyle and I just got back from a wild long weekend in Houston. I arrived last Thursday, and Kyle followed on Saturday, and then we both came back to Midland on Monday night. Since I arrived first, I rented the car for us so that we could drive around and explore the city and different neighborhoods. That means…….I had to drive the whole weekend because the rental car was in my name and I forgot to add Kyle as an additional driver. (plus, it was an added expense…blah blah blah.) Oh my goodness! Houston traffic is NUTS! I couldn’t believe it. I have been in some big city rush hour traffic, but I was never in "rush hour" while driving around Houston. Kyle told me that I was not to be out driving between 4:00 - 7:00 in the evenings because the traffic is so horrible. He didn’t tell me that it was horrible ALL OF THE TIME! I can’t even imagine what rush hour traffic would be like there. The good news is that we both survived and the car made it back to the rental company in one piece.
We did spend some time looking at houses and neighborhoods. Our goal this weekend was to narrow down our "looking" area since Houston is so big. We want something that has a reasonable commute to downtown, a comfortable house for us, a nice community, and a good set up for our dogs. We’re still trying to weigh all of our options, but we’re getting a better idea of what we want and where to buy a house.
We saw a lot of great houses. I am including some pictures below of one of our favorite houses. We were looking at a four bedroom house, but we couldn’t find the fourth bedroom. Finally, Kyle pushed on some bookshelves that he thought were built into the wall. NOPE! They swung open to reveal the fourth bedroom. We loved the rest of the house too, but that secret room was just too cool.
Oh, look, those are some nice built-in bookshelves.
Oh, no! It’s another room!
