{"id":281,"date":"2006-09-03T23:07:34","date_gmt":"2006-09-04T06:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/?p=281"},"modified":"2006-09-04T22:40:08","modified_gmt":"2006-09-05T05:40:08","slug":"its-not-much-but-its-home-or-it-will-be-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/?p=281","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not much, but it&#8217;s home (or it will be soon) *updated*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0745.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"491 S. Reed Avenue - We closed escrow on Friday, our 5th Anniversary\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0745_th.JPG?resize=50%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0745.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"This is the front porch.\"><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0745_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0760.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"The side door to the garage in the back yard\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0760_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0751.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Side view of the front porch\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0751_th.JPG?resize=33%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"33\" height=\"50\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0752.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"This is the front door.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0752_th.JPG?resize=33%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"33\" height=\"50\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0768.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Welcome to the inside of our house!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0768_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0769.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"This is the living room.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0769_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0770.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"This is the living room with the door to the dining room on the left.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0770_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0771.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Here's the dining room.  The floor looks better in photos than it does in real life!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0771_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0772.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"The entrance to the kitchen from the dining room\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0772_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0776.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"It's been called a true Mennonite kitchen - lots of room for people to gather!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0776_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0778.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Built-in chalkboard with a nice note from the sellers, four siblings who grew up in the house.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0778_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0782.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"This is a temporary bedroom that will someday house my library.  It was a preacher's study years ago.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0782_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0784.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Funky glass blocks with cool lights on the walls - straight from Willy Wonka's imagination!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0784_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0788.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Downstairs bathroom - very small!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0788_th.JPG?resize=33%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"33\" height=\"50\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0789.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Going up to the second story!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0789_th.JPG?resize=33%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"33\" height=\"50\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0791.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"The front right room (if you're facing the street).  Someday this will be the master bedroom.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0791_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0793.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"View out the bedroom window down 10th street.  10th street is the same street the studio's on.  Notice the Reedley water towers in the distance!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0793_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0795.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"The room that will someday be the baby's!\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0795_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0797.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Screened-in porch behind the baby's room\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0797_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0799.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"The view of the second-story landing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0799_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0800.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Back left bedroom\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0800_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0801.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Front left bedroom\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0801_th.JPG?resize=50%2C33&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0805.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Upstairs full (ish) bathroom\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0805_th.JPG?resize=33%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"33\" height=\"50\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.andrewandlisa.org\/wp-content\/home\/AJS_0809.JPG?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[newhouse]\" title=\"Cool alien-looking bathroom light.  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