A Few House Observations

• Our new dishwasher can't hold as many dishes as the old one at our old house.  Is that a trend or did Ken just choose a quiet, but small dishwasher?
• I love our new gas stove/oven, but it definitely takes some getting used to.
• Central vac sounds cool, but so far, I've only used it on the stairs.  It's just easier to pull out my small, lightweight vacuum than all the hoses.  The previous owners said they only used it to vacuum out their cars.
• The previous owner (who built the house) was an electrician.  There are light switches everywhere, and not necessarily where I think they should be.  But on the plus side, there is no shortage of outlets either.
• In the week we've lived here, Sophia has learned to come down stairs by herself.  It worries me that she'll fall, but I love her independence.
• I love, love, love having a garage door opener.  When we asked the previous owners for a key for the garage door that doesn't have an opener, they said they didn't have one; turns out they never parked their vehicle(s) in the garage.  Really?  It's a 3-car garage . . . and they lived here for 20 years!  Wow!
• I'm not sure if it's normal or not, but we've had a lot of contact with the previous owners. So far it's proved to be a good thing.
• Yesterday we had horizontal rain and strong wind most of the day.  We discovered that the garden window in the kitchen window leaks!  I collected 1 1/2 quarts of water in 4 hours from water coming in through the leak!  The previous owners said they had just had that window replaced, so they're sending out the glass company to fix it.  I'm not assuming they're going to pay for it, but I'm hoping the glass company doesn't charge to fix something they didn't do right in the first place.