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<blockquote data-quote="Aurora" data-source="post: 3191946" data-attributes="member: 6418">It's not that big. It's about 2800 sq feet plus 900 sq feet of unfinished basement space that is the laundry room, a workshop and storage. What sold us on the house is the area. Plus the fact that we are in a platt, but we are on a side street and ours is the only house on the street and the street ends in woods (which also run along one whole side of our property) that are owned by people in the neighborhood so nothing will ever be built there. So, Kylee has her own street to play on, ride her bike, etc. Part of it is just because he can. The other part is because of his job. He's an Internet Assurance Analyst for the Dep of Defense. His section answers to the Air Force, the FBI and the CIA. Sounds impressive, but it's a gov't job so the pay isn't all that great, but the job security and benefits are worth making $20K less a year if you ask me. He has been through 2 layoffs since we have been married. The 2nd one we found out about right after I found out I was pregnant with Kylee. It was unnerving. Then out of nowhere he got a call from the base about a resume he had submitted a year and a half before that (they got over 5 thousand resumes for the one position), and he got that job. So, he networks the computers, sets up defenses, hacks them, etc. Trying to stay on top of his game. That's why we have so many computers. A lot of it is that he just likes to buy computers. Just like he likes to buy audio equipment, video equipment, gaming stuff..........etc etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aurora, post: 3191946, member: 6418"] It's not [I]that[/I] big. It's about 2800 sq feet plus 900 sq feet of unfinished basement space that is the laundry room, a workshop and storage. What sold us on the house is the area. Plus the fact that we are in a platt, but we are on a side street and ours is the only house on the street and the street ends in woods (which also run along one whole side of our property) that are owned by people in the neighborhood so nothing will ever be built there. So, Kylee has her own street to play on, ride her bike, etc. Part of it is just because he can. The other part is because of his job. He's an Internet Assurance Analyst for the Dep of Defense. His section answers to the Air Force, the FBI and the CIA. Sounds impressive, but it's a gov't job so the pay isn't all that great, but the job security and benefits are worth making $20K less a year if you ask me. He has been through 2 layoffs since we have been married. The 2nd one we found out about right after I found out I was pregnant with Kylee. It was unnerving. Then out of nowhere he got a call from the base about a resume he had submitted a year and a half before that (they got over 5 thousand resumes for the one position), and he got that job. So, he networks the computers, sets up defenses, hacks them, etc. Trying to stay on top of his game. That's why we have so many computers. A lot of it is that he just likes to buy computers. Just like he likes to buy audio equipment, video equipment, gaming stuff..........etc etc. [/QUOTE]

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