Our house in Johannesburg, South Africa has been found!

Stan did a great job picking out a house for our family in Johannesburg, South Africa. How exciting to actually see our house and imagine our family living in it. The kitchen has a scullery behind it, you can see part of it in the kitchen picture above. "What is a scullery", you ask? Don't worry, I asked the same question, so I have supplied a definition below.

scul·ler·y (skl-r) KEY NOUN: pl. scul·ler·ies
A small room adjoining a kitchen, in which dishwashing and other kitchen chores are done.

The scullery contains the washer/dryer, dishwasher, and sink. Dirty dishes are not left in the kitchen, but put in the scullery. I love that! I wonder if I should keep that door closed or better yet, find someone to wash those dishes. Hmmmmm.

My favorite parts of the house are the pool, outside patio area (next to the pool), a large balcony off of the master bedroom upstairs with an awesome view, a study with a fireplace next to the kitchen, the pond outside of the dining room's sliding glass doors, and the kitchen. I have to admit, I like the idea of a scullery too!

Check out the master bedroom's bathroom picture with both the toilet and the bidet. For those of you that do not know what a bidet is, see definition below. I have chosen to "sanitize" the definition a little to protect those that do not want to know. :)

bi·det (bē dā′, bi-)
noun
a low, bowl-shaped, porcelain bathroom fixture equipped with running water, used for bathing certain areas of your body.

There is a park across the street from our home, which the kids are really excited about. One of the kid's bedrooms has it's own balcony that connects to the bonus room's balcony and you can see the park from the balcony. The master bedroom balcony is a bit bigger and looks behind the house.

Now if I can just master driving on the opposite side of the road. More about that later. By the way, our tentitive move date is 2/20/09, but that can change, although, we do need to be out of our U.S. home by the end of February, when friends move in to care for it.