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Looking left at the landing, you can
see into the living room where my computer den lives. Here,
you can see the piano my daughter is learning to play. I
sometimes just start banging away on the keys for no apparent
reason. |
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Here is Buster by the
front door. Buster is needy. Buster always has a look like
this. Buster is dumb as a box of nails. Dull nails. I love
Buster. |
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Here is where all the magic happens. My family
gave me the leather chair for my birthday. Notice the complete
lack of any workspace. The yellow blog on top of the shelf
are my Peeps. |
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This is the dining room that never gets used unless
Carrie and the kids are putting together a puzzle. |
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A peek into the kitchen catches Alex watching
TV. This is where most of the dinners are consumed (or in
front of the TV downstairs.) |
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A reverse view shows the kitchen and Alex, again,
mesmerized in front of the TV. Yes, the kitchen is small
but my opinion is that we will not starve. |
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Completing the circle, here is a shot from the
kitchen to the front door. The little cabinet is where I
dump all my stuff when I come home. |
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Upstairs looking down, Buster could not stand
being more than arm's distance away from Carrie.The kids
must be home because their backpacks are in the normal landing
zone. |
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Alex's room. It may look a bit Spartan but it
has Nintendo, a computer, a TV, VCR, and that's all he wants. |
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Our bedroom. That's the TV that's on every night
when I collapse into unconsciousness, usually right after
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. |
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Our California king that's the best investment
we ever made. But with two kids and a dog, it gets small
sometimes. Notice the painting on the wall. It's a desert
scene that reminds me of my time in 29
Palms, California. |
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Another shot of our bedroom and into the closet
where you can see my wife's tonnage of clothes. |
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Stephanie's room. Her's is a little more decked
out than Alex's. Notice how she has a perfect TV viewing
set up? This shot is a little too Snow White after the apple
scene for me. |
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Another shot of Steph's room. Notice the computer.
She inherited some of my geekiness. And my old chair. |
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Back at the landing, you can see Buster scratching
and the Christmas tree twinkling. |
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Downstairs, this is the huge family room. We've
since got a new couch but the couch on the left is Buster's
favorite spot. |
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Another view from a different angle that shows
our large screen TV. Another great investment. |
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Four doors starting from left to right: out to
the garage, storage closet and access to under the house,
laundry room, bathroom. Buster, would you get out of the
damn picture? |
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Looking out the back sliding door. The fog effect
was not on purpose. The window was fogged. |
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Looking the length of the backyard. The small
white container is where I scoop Buster's dumplings. I thought
you'd want to know that. |
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The deck and the blue tarp that covers the firewood.
Oh, and Buster's Dumpling-container. |
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Looking down the driveway. This is a great sled
area when it snows but water tends to collect by the garage
when it rains. This is my favorite view everyday when I
come home from work. |
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A great shot of the front of the house. |
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Panning right, you can see the stump where a tree
used to be. Thanks Isabella!!! We've had it grinded out. |
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Back in the house, here is Buster's path to go
to the bathroom, usually indicated to us by ringing the
little bell attached to the sliding glass door at 0300. |