Actually the first house we lived in when I was born is no longer standing too. It got severely damage in a flood and was torn down.
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Sue - May 21, 2019 1:48:26 pm PDT #7984 of 30019
hip deep in pie
sarameg - May 21, 2019 3:30:56 pm PDT #7985 of 30019
The farmhouse my mom was born & raised & got married in is gone. My uncle tore it down a few years after he built them a new house. It was a practical decision- they rented it out for a couple years to farmhands, but it stood empty a lot & upkeep...well, it made sense & all the family agreed in typical stoic midwestern.
It raised 10 kids & two generations. With one bath & 4 small bedrooms! And grandparents lived in one of those bedrooms when kids were small both generations. Wasn't the original farmhouse either, that burned down when my eldest aunt was a baby & they had to move into the chickenhouse (which still stands-tiny 2 rooms! They set up a kitchen in a lean-to & well, the old house didn't have indoor plumbing, so) while the new house was built.
But I can still wander through it in my head. It seemed so big to wee me because it had stairs! But really, probably a smidge larger than my house now. Bigger kitchen, though, as a working farmhouse would need.
Theodosia - May 21, 2019 3:50:37 pm PDT #7986 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Life with R., Vol 24:
Me: I really hate it when you leave lots of silverware in the sink.
R: Oh, did I leave some out? It's all in a glass.
Me: IN THE SINK.
DXMachina - May 21, 2019 4:10:35 pm PDT #7987 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I drove by my grandparents house in Chicago during the first F2F.
What's been weird for me lately is that my old landlady and I have reconnected in the last couple of years, so I've been visiting her house (the one in the middle of the big turf field) now and then. Except now she lives in my old apartment. It's very weird being in the space that I lived in for 14 years that's now much more tastefully decorated.
Calli - May 21, 2019 4:26:28 pm PDT #7988 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I drove by the house I grew up in back in 2012, when I was vacationing in northern Michigan. They'd painted it a much nicer color, but they'd also gotten rid of Mom's amazing (but high maintenance) gardens. A few years later the house went up on Zillow and I got to see some internal changes. They'd done a nice job, but it was still weird.
Jesse - May 21, 2019 4:45:12 pm PDT #7989 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
R: Oh, did I leave some out? It's all in a glass.
I am R and that is why I live alone.
-t - May 21, 2019 5:28:43 pm PDT #7990 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I would be fine with the silverware in the glass as it was on the counter and not in the sink, personally.
Steph L. - May 21, 2019 5:37:52 pm PDT #7991 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
See, I would like stuff in the sink, and not, say, left on the stove that is just a couple of feet away from the sink TIM YOU HAVE ARMS I KNOW IT SO YOU CAN USE THOSE ARMS TO PUT THE DAMN PLATE IN THE SINK.
Ahem. We've lived together for over 10 years, and apparently that battle will never end.
msbelle - May 21, 2019 5:56:19 pm PDT #7992 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
mac is about to learn the lesson that one of my roommates did. If you refuse to do your dishes and they pile up too much, you will find those dirty dishes in the middle of your bed one day.
aurelia - May 21, 2019 6:32:23 pm PDT #7993 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Huh. The street view of the house I grew up in is from just last month. I always hear about how bad the neighborhood has gotten, but it doesn't look bad at all.
I cleaned out an email box today and discovered that my child has been accepted to kindergarten at the Growing Up Green charter school. E-mail doppelganger strikes again.