PICTURES of Putting KC in Our Rearview Mirror

We are putting Kansas City in our rearview mirror!   I have taken a professional position with a worldwide firm in the "tri-state area" (the juncture of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois) and we are moving to Dubuque.  We have a house to sell in KCK, so we are renting/leasing for now, but we have found a great house to rent until we settle into town a little more and decide on long term plans.

Our friends are invited to take a look at these pictures of our new house.

The landlord has already removed Mary at our request.  The hill in front (and to the side, around the right corner) is steeper than it looks.



The house was built around 1950. We think the stone dining room and kitchen was a later addition but it looks very nice and ties in well with the rest of the brick and with the stone around the front door.



The garage could use a paint job. It has an electric door with a remote. The old-fashioned clothesline (left side of pic in the yard) is being removed. Can you guess who was excited about the basketball goal?

Master bedroom with ceiling fan.  This is one of four bedrooms on the main floor level.

She is checking out the interesting light fixture in her sister's new room.  It is a nautical themed fixture.  The glass, etched with nautical emblems, is surrounded by a ship's wheel.  We have to figure out a way to make that fit in with the room occupant's idea for "Victorian" decor.

The full bathroom is in a 1950s style.  The landlord is removing some (or all?) of the tile and putting in a shower surround and shower head.

This is the very large living room, looking toward the dining room and back door.

Here is another view of the large living room, taken from the dining room.  Ignore the carpet remnants from the recent remodel.



Dining room with ceiling fan. Open kitchen is to the left, then a short hall to the half bathroom, and the basement door.  Ignore the carpet remnant.



1950 style kitchen with an antique wide 1950 stove in perfect condition.  Notice the second, small oven for toasting or for quick bread or pies.  This was a typical feature back in June Cleaver's day.



The rest of the kitchen.  The little non-matching "island" is going into the second kitchen down in the basement to make room for our dishwasher.  We are replacing this fridge with our own fairly new one.



Half bath just off the kitchen and dining room.

Come with me to the 1950s finished basement.

Here is the "guest kitchen" as we might like to call it, down in the basement.

It comes complete with another antique stove, probably older than the one upstairs.



The antique Kelvinator needs to be cleaned.

The wood burning fireplace will keep the basement a little more cozy.  Notice the storage closets on the right.



A better view of the storage closets.

And one without shelves will be handy for an upright safe containing several long items that Obama wants to ban.

The "less finished" half of the basement has plenty of storage space and could be easily finished out.  There are clotheslines near the laundry hookup.  I think that is a bagged flower pot hanging from a clothesline.

And there is another shower in the basement.  It is bigger than it looks.

Watch this space for more pics after we move.  God is really blessing in every way with this move.  We are so thankful for the way He is opening the right doors and closing the wrong ones.  The blessings are too many to even try to list here.

In addition to our family Bible devotions and prayer, we have started an additional family prayer time each day at supper.  While we eat, we discuss the upcoming move.  We discuss the way God has blessed in our preparations and we discuss specific prayer requests.  When we finish eating, before we get up from the table or clear it, we go around the table and thank God and pray.  Every single day there are new blessings related to our move.  I just can't even begin to describe how wonderful God has been in all of this.

I thank the Lord Jesus for what He is doing in our lives at this time.  Praise be to God.

VM