There was a beautifully restored Victorian B&B going that way, but I don't think it's in business anymore. I think I probably pointed it out to you.

Yes, it was one you pointed out while we were walking thataway with Law.

Ugh, for some reason I thought SF in August wouldn't be insanely expensive, but I was wrong. Think I'm gonna Priceline it.

We've got 3 bedrooms, which we thought was glorious when we moved in. I had a room for my stuff and a room for storage. Then we discovered a friend was living in her car, so there went one room, and my room became storage. Then she moved out, I got a room back, then two friends became homeless. Hubby is utterly unable to keep from inconveniencing us in his drive to be a patriarch. (Yes, I'm a tad bitter).

It's worked out, though. The 2nd friend moved out a couple of years ago, I've got my room back--though with more storage than I like--and the 1st friend is available for heavy lifting as needed, can help Hubby with the things he'd hurt himself doing by trying it anyway, and friend has gone from endless fast food jobs to working decent computer jobs.

I'd like to have my room to myself and storage separately, but Hubby and I are fairly good at raising young adults through the post-school "how the hell do I cope with this grown-up thing?" stage.

We currently have one friend living in his car until closing goes through on the house he's buying for himself, his wife, and kids (who are at his mom's house a hundred miles away), and Hubby's offered the backyard. This works because yet another friend who's living in his car after losing his job is out of state on a new roofing job for another week.

Hubby frowned last night and said, "Why are so many of our friends homeless?" "They're young and male. Puppies need to learn," I said. Hubby would be terrific as a chieftain in charge of a mead hall, giving a place for all the restless young bucks who need something to occupy themselves. We attract the young men who don't fit into the Utah Mormon world, whose families have expectations and don't understand why their sons won't conform. Lots of philosophical conversations in the backyard. Hubby expounds on an adventurous life, and I help them learn how to deal with a grown-up woman who isn't like their mothers.

I suppose it's a fair trade for not having more room for my books.

Our current rental is 4 bedrooms, and we use the 4th to keep the cat litter boxes in. (Okay, it is technically also a study and sewing room, but mostly, cat litter.)

I have two bedrooms. It was not my intent that dog have her own room, but that's kind of how it's played out.

I actually refer to one room as the Litter Room.

Ugh, for some reason I thought SF in August wouldn't be insanely expensive, but I was wrong.

It's when we're inundated with Europeans.

We have two houses, but I run my business from the second house. The front house is technically a 3BD/1BA, but the third bedroom isn't really a bedroom, it's more of an annex off the living room, it's where K has her desk and a bunch of our books. The second bedroom is a guest room, and then we have a master bedroom. There's one tiny bathroom in the middle of it all.

The back house is about the same square footage, but it's a 1BD/1BA. The bedroom is now my studio, and the rest of the house is office desks, and equipment, and a workroom and all of the fun things.

The home/work setup you have is really wonderful, ND. I love when I work from home, but the distractions are considerable. Having that few steps away work environment would work better.

One cool perk of my new job is working in the same building as SAG/AFTRA headquarters. I passed Steven Collins in the hall the other day. Last night, I was leaving and walked right by Scott Bakula, who I have had a little crush on forever! Very handsome in real life and he was humming cheerily to himself as he strode along.

Congrats, Gud! That sounds fantastic.

Connie, you and your Hubby are national treasures.

ND, I'd dearly love to have two houses on one lot! I almost bought my house's Siamese twin (duplex townhouses) but they were asking way too much.

ION, that house did finally sell, so I'm getting new neighbors June 27. Whether this is good or bad, I don't know yet.

My house is 3B/2B, but it isn't real big; the kitchen and den are small and the dining "room" is more like a breakfast nook. It gives me a guest bedroom that doubles as storage and craft room (by which I mean, there's someplace to put the seldom-used sewing machine), and an office/library which is also the Place Where the Litterboxes Are. The yard is small, there's no basement or garage, and the attic is unfloored, so it's not my Ideal Home, but it's nice, and it's big enough for me and the cats. Also, it'll be paid off in 8 years, so really I can't complain.

walked right by Scott Bakula, who I have had a little crush on forever! Very handsome in real life and he was humming cheerily to himself as he strode along.

swoon

I've crushed on Bakula since Quantum Leap.