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So my whiney post was un-appreciated. Sigh. I guess I'll have to do a chipper post instead.

Its been a week and I'm getting used to the Pitts.

My eyes have grown accustom to the cracks and crumbles, the mulitude of power lines criss-crossing back and forth, the narrow streets, or narrow "everything" for that matter and I hardly notice the old worn out town and I am starting to notice the beauty.

Firstly with my home.
Ours is on the right, with the white door.

I love the porch with the black and white checkered tile, the brick, and the all glass weather door.

Its a simply beautiful day today and Alli is out there reading right now, I'm might join her in a few.

I love the old mailbox. Did you see those stairs to our door? Those stairs are in front of 80% of homes here in the Pitts, and guess what? The mailman walks up every single one of them to deliver your mail right to your door, I love that.

I love the molding here, ours is worn and tattered but it brings alot of character to the houses here, craftmanship, something you don't see much of in the west.

The old hard wood floors, with their nooks and grooves bring a sense of story in the house.

I love the smell of the cedar closet. Probably the only closet in the house that doesn't smell like old lady and better yet, no moths will be getting in here.

I love the story behind these raunchy things, Pittsburgh toiletts. In any given basement you have one. The story: When the coal miners would come home from work they would enter through the basement, take off their filthy work clothes, hang them up, and then do their business downstairs before being greeted by their family.

I love this doorknob, its in the basement and is the door to the cold cellar, yep I have a cold cellar fancy I know. :)

 I love the old sturdy industrail look of this key hole and all.

These great things are on a few of our doors here, the only problem...they don't lock. Uh-Oh!

And obviously, I find beauty in this charming little thing that hangs in my dining room. I'm pretty sure its a cheap little replica of something or other but it brings some interest downstairs for sure.

Thomas and I have always said we'd love to live in an old house, the truth is we would LOVE to live in an old house that has been gutted and then properly redone with all of the classic hardward and all of the modern amenities...maybe someday.