Well, we closed on the house in East Aurora. Lots and lots of work needs to be done. It is November 1st and the pool hasn't been closed, the yard hasn't been mowed nor the leaves raked. The whole house needs to be painted inside. Carpeting requires replacement in a couple rooms, and, in general, just all over the place the house needs to be cleaned and cared for. Drains drain slowly, the outside trim on the house needs painting and those shutters, well, that color needs to be modified. I'm sure Elaine and I will make it our own in no time. It is four bedrooms, two and a half baths, very large living room, dining room, and kitchen, family room with fireplace and, my very favorite room, the "four season room". I'm calling it the "Alaskan room" as the walls and the wood burning stove remind me of a cabin in Alaska. All on .7 of an acre in a nice little neighborhood just off the village of East Aurora, NY. Elaine says we're going to die here, I say I'm going to die drinking my first cup of coffee of the morning, on the porch, in a little cabin on the side of a forested mountain overlooking a glacier lake. She's probably right.

None the less it is a great deal different than the neighborhood in Buffalo.