After living here for a bunch of years, I finally got my flue cleaned out so I can have a fire in my fireplace, and I love it so much! It's great.
Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.
'Destiny'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
Jesse - Jan 25, 2022 10:21:21 am PST #12375 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
DavidS - Jan 25, 2022 10:35:29 am PST #12376 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm now adopting the mind set that we won't get because it's too perfect and also it will attract a lot of real estate speculators.
That said, we do have the means for a good overbid and a big down payment, so it's not like daydreaming about a summer home in Scotland. We'd have to make a bid on Feb. 2nd so I think we'll be doing that and see where it goes.
I think with a yard that big we'd definitely do a backyard office/studio/shed: [link]
ETA: This is cute! [link]
Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2022 10:43:13 am PST #12377 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
You should go with a yurt: [link]
DavidS - Jan 25, 2022 10:59:44 am PST #12378 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You should go with a yurt: [link]
I don't want a yurt! I want a hobbit house! [link]
ETA: Huh, that's actually affordable. [link]
I was talking to an architect at Alembic recently and he and his company had just designed a livable treehouse. I bet he could make a hobbit house.
dcp - Jan 25, 2022 11:08:16 am PST #12379 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I can see the appeal of that house. Worth putting in the effort to pursue, I'd think.
The yard looks pretty steeply sloped, for any sort of ambitious project. I shouldn't think it gets much sunlight. Is xeriscape a thing in San Francisco?
Perhaps consider a gazebo on the roof instead?
meara - Jan 25, 2022 11:10:53 am PST #12380 of 30000
Holy crap stuff is expensive these days! But yeah, having a few spaces to rent out or have your kids live close would be amazing in SF!
-t - Jan 25, 2022 11:36:54 am PST #12381 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
beth has a yurt, you don't need one as well. Hobbit houses we need more of.
Calli - Jan 25, 2022 12:00:05 pm PST #12382 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
House~ma, Zmahems!
sj, I'm sorry to hear about the severe COVID problems for people in your life.
Thanks for the feedback on the stay-interviews. I'll probably be a bit guarded, but let some level of honesty through. Not "here are my 12 google alerts for jobs in MI in my fields" level of honest.
DavidS - Jan 25, 2022 12:07:51 pm PST #12383 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'll probably be a bit guarded, but let some level of honesty through. Not "here are my 12 google alerts for jobs in MI in my fields" level of honest.
Sound strategy!
meara - Jan 25, 2022 12:49:13 pm PST #12384 of 30000
Calli, would your current job be do-able remotely? Or would it be “you can do it from home but for logistical/admin/tax reasons we can’t have you live in another state” kind of thing?