Redeeming quality

Clay and I have lived in a lot of houses in the last 7 years and each one has something about it that we like about it.  Clay has 10 more years till he retires from the Marine Corps and we dream of the day we get to own our own home.   The plus side to living in all these different houses is we find things we like, don't like, and things we thought we would like but don't.  Hopefully this knowledge will help us in our quest to find our forever home because once we are out of the military I really do not want to move ever again.

House number one was in Beaufort,Sc.  We lived there for about 4 1/2 months before we PCSed.  It was a 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath house with a one car garage.  It had a fantastic large storage closet in the hall way and a nice screened in back porch.

House number two was a civilian rental in Twenty-nine Palms,Ca  it was a two bedroom one bath house that we lived in for 3 months while waiting for base housing.  The landlord was horrible, it had a swamp cooler which means you have to have a window open in what ever room you want air to flow to but only one bedroom and the living room had screens,  we only had a key to the front door not the door from the garage, the front door liked to pop open even when locked, and when we asked the land lord to fix these things our let us fix them and reduce the cost from the rent he sent his brother over to piddle with the issue but never actually fixed the problem.  Its redeeming quality was two car garage and the view of the city and base at night and dawn since it was on higher ground.

 House number three was on base in Twenty-nine Palms,Ca.  It had 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and a one car garage.  We lived in that house for a year and 4 months.  It had a nice kitchen even if it wasn't that large or fancy and there was lots of storage in the garage plus room for my car.

House number 4 was also on base in Twenty-nine Palms,Ca.  Housing was remodeling the older houses so they moved us.  It was a 3 bedroom 2 bath house with a two car garage. It had a HUGE laundry room with a counter for folding clothes and there was a large storage closet off the laundry room and a storage closet out back.  I do not have a pic of the front of this house.


House number 5 was in Beaufort,Sc and we lived there for 3 1/2 years.  It was our first ever two story house.  It had 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths and a one car garage.  It had a really nice front porch where we liked to sit and visit with neighbors while the kids played.  It was also across the street from the neighborhood park. 

the left half was ours

House number 6 is in Virgina Beach,Va.  where we are currently living.  We have been here for a year and 3 months.  Its a 3 bedroom 3 bath one car garage civilian rental.  I think the only thing good I can say about it is it has a large fenced in back yard.  The reason we stay is because they accept our dog who because of his breeds (half rott, half chow) is banned from base even though he was grandfathered into the last base where we were stationed when the ban took effect.  I can not find a pic of this house right now and it is currently raining so I am not going outside to take one.





We have done a lot of moving but it has been kind of fun to live in new places and decorate and organize new spaces.