The Trail's Our Thing

I did run outside this morning to take a photo of our house in the snow. This looks like we had a LOT of snow in Knoxville, but the front of our house is in the shade in the winter for most of the day, and it takes a long time for any snow to melt! We seem to have more snow in our little neighborhood than any other area around! It is supposed to be sunny and in the 60's this weekend.

We live in a condominium development of attached homes in West Knoxville. There are 46 homes arranged around two sweeping cul-de-sacs with a "glen" in between the two ends of the development. We share a swimming pool. There are lots of very mature trees, and in the summertime when the leaves fill in, you almost feel like you're living in the mountains. Our house backs onto the glen, and in the summer we can't see the houses on the other side. It's almost like living in a little European village.

I was an original homeowner here in 1987. I bought a brand new unit when I was single (32 years old). In 1992 Charley and I got married and he moved in with me. Then we had Kelly in 1993. The house that had seemed too large for a single woman with two dogs (1850 square feet) all of a sudden seemed too small. In 1994 we bought a house right across the street! It's actually the same basic floor plan (slightly modified) but with an above-ground basement and 1000 square feet more than my other house. Later Charley turned the screened-in porch into a new room, a small family room where we read and watch tv and movies together. Our house has a huge great room, three really big bedrooms, three full baths, and Charley and I each have an office. I'm not all that crazy about West Knoxville-suburbia, but I like our little neighborhood and I love our home. We also have nice neighbors, several of whom have also been here since the beginning.

We are also less than two minutes from Kelly's school-- an enormous plus for us. And our house is almost paid for!