Our humble Mexican casa

Well, for the most part Annie and I got our house decorated and all cozy. We can now officially start to like it. Starrtttttinnngggg now... Of course everyone is going to read this at different times so we are going to start liking it a lot I guess. Now it has taken some time to get to where we feel like its a house and not a compilation of rooms stuck together (apparently Mexican architects and contractors had rather peculiar ideas of how a house should be built, ie a toilet, shower, and sink can fit into a bathroom so that you can shave, go to the bathroom, and shower without really have to take a step). Homes have different personalities when undecorated. Ours was like an old billy goat that rammed its head into everything and stared at you with its unholy eyes making you feel like it was a full moon and you needed to bar your windows or the day of the dead spirits would rise and make your refried beans burn (sometimes I think run on sentences should be considered proper literature). Now, our house is more like a cute puppy that you want to cuddle even though you had to clean up its messes. Anywho... here's some pictures of our house and our antiquated private community. (Oh yeah, though we went for this house instead of the new pretty shiny homes is that its ideal for our work. We both walk to work because both of our workplaces are on the exact same street as our house. I love that it takes me 3 minutes to walk to work, which means if I have to be there at 8 I get up at 7:45. Annie has to iron her hair or something so she takes a little more time, jeje)



Here's our entrance foyer and dining area...



Here's our living room and patio (our house is basically u-shape around a central garden/patio that all the doors and windows open too)




Here's some of the kitchen, which has zero counter space and storage so we decided to do the stainless steel shelving etc...


And lastly here's our little private community (coto in spanish)... One house I call the Church Lady's house for obvious reasons... now just a note, mariachis are great at a party unless you're not at the party and live next door. THEY HAD A TUBA! Saturday I listened to the tuba for three hours. I started to miss the usual cow bell so prominent in Mexican 'banda' music.



LOL, I just noticed there is a shopping cart in front of church lady's house, were moving out next week!