Well, there hasn't been much going on, so out of boredom, I decided to post a blog with pictures of our house. A few of you have been asking to see pictures of it (Deanna this is for you!) I have been slacking on it because we don't have our furniture yet, so I don't want anyone thinking I own this hideous government loaner furniture! Hopefully by the middle of September we will have the rest of our stuff. I can't wait to get our bed! We bought a king size bed (courtesy of John's brother, Patrick) a few months before we left, then we had to part with it : ( The largest size bed they have (for some weird reason) is a full sized bed! So imagine going from a roomy king to a full! That is a whole lot of togetherness! But I guess it is ok considering we only have to use it for 2 months. So here we go, here's the rest of the house (pardon my camera, for some reason the quality isn't too great today) 
The first picture you see is of the beautiful plumeria tree we have on the side of our house.
So here is the living room/dining area. Its basically one big room that we have to make two. I have to show off our new tv! We have never had a tv larger than 32", so we decided to splurge on a plasma.
Our ridiculously long hallway
This is where our bedroom will be once we get our furniture. Its bigger than it looks. For some reason, they put the bed we borrowed in the smaller room.
So the weirdest part of this house is what we call "the bowling alley". It is hard to describe, even with pictures. As you saw above, we have a regular hallway where all 3 of the rooms are in a line on the left side. We have two bathrooms on the right side. Anyway, each bedroom has 2 doors; one regular looking door to the hallway, then the two smaller bedrooms have sliding glass doors that connect to this bowling alley area on the other side. The master bedroom has wooden doors that are not see thru. Its so weird. We're not quite sure of the purpose of that room is. We're kind of making it the dogs' bedroom. I guess if you had kids you could make it a play room. Its all very strange.
We are quite fortunate to have a large backyard. The dogs absolutely love it! We just have to get a fence. Around here, you are only allowed to have a chain link fence and you have to remove it before you leave. Such a pain, but I guess its worth it for 3 years of not having to yell at dogs to make sure they don't run around the house when they are supposed to be going to the bathroom!
So there you have it! Our home in Japan!
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2 comments:
Awww..so cute! That is so weird about that long back hallway in the house. Weird. Thanks for the pics!!!! I love your new TV. Hope all is well!! Love and miss you!
This is why you have a long hallway..."The style that is the basis for Japanese homes today, which usually have a long hallway through the middle of the house with rooms on each side, is said to combine foreign culture with the style of house preferred by the samurai."
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