This is a game I love.

My dream house would be not too big, and definitely cozy. But requirements include a walk-up attic (with a good window for a writing room), a front porch (with swing), a mud room/laundry room, a fireplace, a deep tub, and plenty of counter space in the kitchen (island!). Built-in bookcases wouldn't hurt, and lots of natural light.

That's some bullshit, Vortex

You know what's REALLY some bullshit? They now say that they can't fix it. Because "the repair should be of the original quality of the bag". Hmm, or maybe because you shipped production of your goods overseas and you no longer have the expertise in-house to make a simple repair to the stitching of the bag.

FUCK YOU COACH. Yeah, I'm putting you on blast.

Right now we are trying to figure out where to put bookcases. Mr. S's room was the library, and we realize we better move all of the bookcases out. (Two have already been moved so we could move the crib against the wall) Add to that the bookcases Gary's getting from his dad, who is moving to Florida, and it starts to get difficult.

Ah, Buffista problems make me happy. We don't have 99 problems, we have 99 bookcases.

What? Wow. That's a pretty sad deterioration of a once fine brand.

Dream home: porch deep enough for a ceiling fan and furniture, some sort of round tower or room, natural light and natural dark (sky lights and picture windows, ideally), comfortable bathtub, big kitchen with lots of space for gadgets and workspace, easy access to the outside for old dogs, enough garden to putter in but not too much to manage...yeah, that's the important stuff.

I would live in Amy's house.

That is definitely bullshit, Vortex.

I am going to find us dream houses and post them on FB. Today has been too overwhelming and I am hormonal so this will be good for me.

If we're building dream houses, it's going to have a bookcase that conceals a hidden passage, right?

Oh, I also want a "man" cave with a huge TV and a pool table.

msbelle, McMansion Hell just posted today a listing near Baltimore: [link]

I'm not surprised that we're out of the Paris Accords, but I am sad about it.

Dream house: It's on either the Lake Michigan or Lake Huron shore with a hundred feet of sugar sand beach. There's one of those super efficient, but reasonably attractive, wood burning fireplace inserts in a lake stone fireplace. The kitchen is on the large size, and it has a round kitchen table rather than a counter with seating so I can get family around it for pinochle. There's a decent sized bedroom and full bath on the ground floor, and the entire floor is handicapped accessible, so I won't have to move out until I'm no longer able to live by myself. There's also a library. There are a couple of bedrooms and another bath upstairs. There's a full pantry off the kitchen. And on the side of the house away from the lake there's a decent space for a garden.

I've given this a fair bit of thought.