I also read somewhere that we didn't really get hit with the housing bubble, because our prices never inflated (probably simply because there are WAY more houses than people who want to live here!).

Now that I have paid off my credit cards, I feel like I should look in to buying a house, as a modest house is actually less than my rent. But, then I would have to mow the lawn!

I love that NYTimes weekly feature that shows what $X will buy you housing wise in 3 different markets. Fascinating!

I feel like I should look in to buying a house, as a modest house is actually less than my rent. But, then I would have to mow the lawn!

Pay a kid to do it! Would you be able to buy someplace that would make your commute more reasonable?

Bookcase in a stairwell that you access via bosun's chair

Sallie Trout stuck a bookcase into a narrow stairwell, contriving an ingenious access method via a bosun's chair with a chain hoist.

More here: [link]

I second lisah!

In fact, it's time for me to call the Friendly Neighborhood Teenager. The grass exploded over the weekend.

Wow, you guys, it looks like the marriage equality issue in New York is going to be voted on today (well, probably tonight -- it's apparently the last item on the agenda), and there are allegedly enough votes to pass it.

Or the Friendly Neighborhood Handy Old Guy like the one who used to mow my patch o' land.

But, then I would have to mow the lawn!

Mulch and groundcovers.

I hope no one has a connection through Atlanta. There's a huge fire at an industrial plant near the airport that makes high-tech plastic products. There's a hold on at the airport, and they're evacuating a two-mile radius.

But, then I would have to mow the lawn!

Mulch and groundcovers.

Goats!

Apparently, this amount of money would purchase a cardboard box in SF. A small one.

That amount of money probably wouldn't even cover a remodel. Which explains why we haven't yet remodeled.

and there are allegedly enough votes to pass it.

That would ROCK!