Great photo, my good friend is from Montreal and he is unfortunately moving back there in six months. I'm going to miss having him around but I'm excited to go visit him once he is there. I hear wonderful things.

The topic this week is a very prescient one as I've been thinking about "home" a lot. A few months back I put our house on Zillow's "make me move" service, in which you can name a price for your home that would "make you and your family move." Turns out that somebody wants our house and has put in an official offer. We have an inspection on the 20th and close on January 13th. This is all happening very quickly.

We need to find a new home to either buy or rent. I've looked at probably 20 different options in the last four days. Looking at other homes will help you more appreciate what it is you love about your current home. The more houses I see, the more I question whether we should sell. But, I'm also considering, for the first time ever, purchasing a home that needs renovations in order to make it more of my home and less of me buying someone else's vision, you know what I mean?

Here is my current home:

Here is the place I'm considering renovating:

but when I think of "home" there is one house that stands out over all others and that is my grandparents house on my dad's side. We called it "The Stone House." My grandparents sold the home several years ago. Someday I will buy it again and allow any relative of mine to stay there anytime. If your last name is Clausnitzer you will be able to stay at the Claus-House. -A "home" for all wayward krauts.