he said. she said. a married couple's blog.

Friday afternoon, we went and looked at a couple of houses. Of the three, there's only one possible contender. It's a four bedroom, two and a half bath with almost a quarter acre yard. There is a garage AND a shed. Hardwood floors, and a finished basement. Bren and I have started calling it the "Jesus House."

Now, we were both raised in Roman Catholic households, and if we were going to go to church, we'd go to a Catholic one; however, neither of us have ever seen a house so full of Catholicism. There were photos of Pope John Paul all over, and one of Benedict by the front door. And pictures of Jesus everywhere else. Crucifixes in all the bedrooms. All the books we saw had to do with religion. There were little fonts of Holy Water by every light switch (like these). Everyone was home while we were walking through. Dad and the kids were outside, trying to stay out of our way. Mom was in the kitchen and adjoining family room making coffee cake or some such thing. Brendan said (and I didn't see this, but I believe it) that she sat down at her desk and started reading the Bible.

My grandparents had a photo of the Pope in their house, but only one, probably a single crucifix somewhere, and a "painting" of the Last Supper in the dining room. This house was just over the top, full of Catholic paraphernalia. It beat you over the head.

But the house was really quite good. Some old tiling in the bathrooms, but it was in good shape; and some older kitchen cabinets. It's a strong contender at the moment. They did have an open house on Sunday, so it could be gone by now. It has been on the market for 60 days which is a really long time, even out in Prince William County. Someone might have scooped it up over the weekend.