Our realtor wouldn't let us in during open houses, and for that I will ALWAYS be grateful.
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Jessica - May 05, 2017 11:51:40 am PDT #29986 of 30002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
sumi - May 05, 2017 12:05:56 pm PDT #29987 of 30002
Art Crawl!!!
I wouldn't want to be around for an open house of my house. . . if I were selling one.
Scrappy - May 05, 2017 12:23:32 pm PDT #29988 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We wouldn't want to be there, but we have to be gone, to take our dogs far away from where strangers are walking in and out of THEIR house. A 100-lb shaggy black dog barking furiously, backed up by the intermittent support barks of his 75-lb white poodle hype man is not conducive to a buying mood.
brenda m - May 05, 2017 12:44:44 pm PDT #29989 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ah, it sounded like you were there from the other post. I had the same NONONO reaction.
sj - May 05, 2017 2:04:09 pm PDT #29990 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Good luck, Scrappy.
I don't have a sitter so I can see Guardians of the Galaxy 2 this weekend. Sad now.
Amy - May 05, 2017 4:49:29 pm PDT #29991 of 30002
Because books.
I wish I could come up and help, sj. Maybe this summer!
Also, I don't know if this is comforting or infuriating, but I've always found that you get the worst/most of your own kids. They will push every button and test every boundary with you because they know you, they trust you, they love you. With a stranger, they can't be sure what the consequences of acting out or exploring might be, you know? So they tend to be more cooperative (or simply more tentative to act) with others.
It sort of sucks, but maybe knowing there's a logic behind it helps?
sj - May 05, 2017 5:12:46 pm PDT #29992 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
That makes sense, Amy. I used to take my nephew home after a full day of babysitting and tell him parents that he was a perfect angel all day, and their reaction was alway, "our kid!?!"
ltc was mostly very good for her daddy today. Which does annoy me a bit, but I got to finish a book. So, I win.
The weather today sucked, and my pain level was high. So, I made the right decision in asking TCG to stay home. I think part of my recent depression and crying was that my friend Roberta's death upset me more than I acknowledged. She was a big part of my life in this town. I keep wanting to call her and tell her things.
Oh, and a visit this summer would be awesome!
WindSparrow - May 05, 2017 5:33:46 pm PDT #29993 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I have hard cider, Johnny cash, and two cats. Not a bad way to shed some stress.
Thank heaven The Man in Black's later stuff seems to be exempt from my "I know I love this music, why can't I listen to it" wackiness. So that's James Taylor, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, and Johnny Cash that I can listen to.
Liese S. - May 05, 2017 6:56:56 pm PDT #29994 of 30002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, we didn't have an open house, really, although all the realtors from the brokerage where my agent is did a walkthrough. I think we would have, had it gone long enough, but we were having consistent enough showings that we hadn't gotten 'round to it yet.
Liese S. - May 05, 2017 6:59:14 pm PDT #29995 of 30002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
But, yes, I totally had to get used to the PEOPLE! In my space! bit.
And I couldn't take the Biscuit. He was supposed to be gone, but it was so traumatic for him to be in the car at that point, that I just left him there, in the dog run. He was deaf, so he wasn't prone to endless barking, and sometimes he didn't ever realize there were people in his territory.
I did take him out for the inspection, because that was hours worth, and the inspector needed access to the whole space. I just put him in the kennel, then, his favorite people, but it was still super tough on him.