I wanted this ...

I bought my first house (so far my only house) OK my townhome. NOT Condo. in 2007. Just before the crash.  Wasn't I lucky. Actually I was. 

I had dreams. So many dreams. During the buying process I would go through the model home and plan out what I would do when I moved into my own home.

This is the model home. It's lovely. It's orange but very well put together.

This is what I got. And this is better than it looks now.

I also wanted something like this.

But I got this. It supposed to be a work in progress.  Guess what it still is.

I am working towards this.

But for now I have this. I will just have to keep working at it. 

But what a view. I love this.