House??!??

What costs a quarter million dollars and can be destroyed by either of the two previous posts?

Did I hear someone say a new house, because they're right. This is a picture of a house that Beth and I are in the process of bidding on up here in Anchorage. It's not exactly where we want to live, and puts Beth out of walking distance from her job, but its bikeable and has a bus line that comes within about 3 blocks of both home and work. As for the house itself, it's in great shape, has an awesome backyard, a good kitchen, a nice master bedroom, 2 bathrooms, an office, an extra bedroom, another bedroom that will mostly be a gear room, lots of light, a big playroom/ TV room downstairs, a nice living room upstairs, a new back deck and moose prints in the yard.

The idea of a mortgage might scare the shit out of me. But the thought of living in this house the rest of the time I'm in Anchorage sure doesn't.