Owning a house is super important to me as well, especially after the last 4ish years. I like having "my" place. Going from new construction to a 116-year old house was a little eye opening, but I love my weird, quirky, exasperating home. I pay someone to cut my grass, and I need to find a landscaper to take care of the back garden. I have a black thumb. Repair and replacement projects this year include fuel oil tank, the fence, and repaving my parking area. Everything else should be covered by my homeowners warranty, not that I'm anticipating anything else right now.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Maria - Apr 05, 2016 5:29:21 pm PDT #19070 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Pix - Apr 05, 2016 6:41:24 pm PDT #19071 of 30003
The status is NOT quo.
We are hoping to buy a house in the next few years. I definitely miss being a homeowner, despite all the costs that come along with it. And I really miss the gardening and the feeling of "my" space. Despite have the best landlady in the world and having rented our house for almost ten years, it's not really ours, and I never forget it.
Connie Neil - Apr 05, 2016 6:46:17 pm PDT #19072 of 30003
brillig
I don't think I'd ever feel that a house was "mine", I'd know the size of the mortgage and how easily a financial catastrophe could make me lose it. Maybe I'd think differently if I thought I'd live long enough to have a prayer of paying something like that off.
Steph L. - Apr 05, 2016 7:19:08 pm PDT #19073 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I just tried to like and favorite a bunch of your posts - but at least I didn't try inserting an emoji!
I want to post the screaming unicorn sticker ALL THE TIME here.
I have complicated feelings about home ownership, because it isn't a house that I picked; I fell in love with a guy who (seriously) impulse-bought a house. I would never, EVER, have bought this house. It has so many issues. Though I did luck out SO MUCH in terms of neighborhood.
shrift - Apr 05, 2016 7:49:34 pm PDT #19074 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Things I have been succeeding at this week: falling up stairs, feeling self conscious wearing lipstick, putting cocktail contents on the floor rather than in my mouth hole, and unhealthy coping mechanisms.
Consuela - Apr 05, 2016 8:01:24 pm PDT #19075 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yikes, Shrift!
My unhealthy coping mechanism tonight has been too much wine, too many cookies, and too many episodes of Steven Universe.
Shockingly enough, Dad appears to be recovering a bit. He's not at 100%, but he's maybe at 70% of where he was last week, which is far better than he was over the weekend. He's doing so well the hospital is considering discharging him tomorrow or Thursday.
Thanks for all the good thoughts & support, which are not wasted, as I'm sure I will need them again in a month or two...
DavidS - Apr 05, 2016 8:17:44 pm PDT #19076 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My unhealthy coping mechanism tonight has been too much wine, too many cookies, and too many episodes of Steven Universe.
That sounds like a perfect day.
shrift - Apr 05, 2016 8:49:35 pm PDT #19077 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Yikes, Shrift!
It's mostly a comedy of errors (and bruises) because work continues to proliferate, and staying up too late reading is one of my unhealthy coping mechanisms. Along with impulse purchases, like how I signed up for Birchbox.
My unhealthy coping mechanism tonight has been too much wine,too many cookies, and too many episodes of Steven Universe.
I'm glad you indulged.
DavidS - Apr 05, 2016 9:39:37 pm PDT #19078 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Along with impulse purchases, like how I signed up for Birchbox.
Do they send you a new Birch tree weekly? That seems like more than you have yard for.
Calli - Apr 06, 2016 1:08:55 am PDT #19079 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Shockingly enough, Dad appears to be recovering a bit. He's not at 100%, but he's maybe at 70% of where he was last week, which is far better than he was over the weekend. He's doing so well the hospital is considering discharging him tomorrow or Thursday.
That's great! I hope he stays on this trajectory.