I caught a Simpson’s last night where Marge was making a school lunch where she placed a sandwich in a non-sealable sandwich bag and did that twist-turn-flip-flopping-spinning thing to close it up. Man, I haven’t thought about that in years, and remembering how fun that use to be.
General Norman Schwarzkopf was buried at West Point yesterday, which seemed quite fitting, considered he was schooled, taught, and married there, and his father is also buried nearby. He actually died back on Dec 27 of last year, that seems like a long time between death and burial.
Now that it’s March, we are just a month and a week away from a new episode of “Mad Men”.
Just as I was more in love with Dana Scully than Gillian Anderson, I’m more in love with Liz Lemon than Tina Fey.
Remember when Groupon was actually a cool thing?
I need to crack open a book.
I’ve been toying with the idea, again, of moving to a small town, and being able to tele-commute to work makes that a very doable thing. I love big city life, but I don’t like the whole “keeping up with the Jones” aspect, but that’s probably just something I put on myself. WifeGeeding and I are both from small towns, and one advantage that small town life has are that kids can participate in about anything. For instance, if I went to a large high school, I would never had a chance to make the team on certain team sports. If a kid went to a big school, only so many can be a part of the football/basketball/baseball team, that really was never a problem where I grew up. I spent some time looking at houses online at both of our hometowns, and I found a quaint looking house in my hometown, but I don’t know how I feel buying a house that’s about 90 years old. It’s probably best just to sit back for a while and not make any quick decisions about this.
There’s been a lot of talk about Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer making employees who are working from home to now have to come into the office. Heck, even as a work-from-home employee I don’t blame her, she’s trying to create a new culture, and I especially backed her when I read that a lot of those folks never logged into their VPN during working hours.
While listening to the radio, it was stated that India has the highest number of vegetarians but have a high rate of heart disease.
That house is beautiful. You could never buy that much house in a big city for that price. Couldn't buy half of it.!!
It may be old, but I can promise you it was built more soundly than anything you could buy new today…..
I could find you a NEW house equally as charming in looks and size nearer WifeGeeding's hometown…and the price could be comparable as well! :). Just sayin'……
My experience with a former home that was built long ago was a positive one. The craftsmanship and quality of the materials was better than my current home built in the 90's. The trade off was in heat/cooling/electrical efficiency. Newer doesn't translate to better. I drive to work past a 5 yr old subdivision and every single house needs to be repainted (in my mind anyway). I learned in my almost 20 years of home ownership that "new" homes use "builder's grade" fixtures. Another way of saying cheap.
Last fall a co-worker from my office resigned and got a job near Ft. Wolters, ditching the 57 mile commute to Ft. Worth – she says they got a steal on a house over near Crazy Water. Up the hill just west of there, that ridge has some beautiful views – east and west. If I were living outside of town, would love to have a couple of acres off 3028 east of 1195 (Bennet area), or south of Palo Pinto off of Hwy 4. I also dig Glen Rose.
I'm 100% in support of the small town, however I'd suggest you look for the in-between town. Having lived in Lubbock, TX (300k) and now Athens, GA (250k) I don't think I could live in either a super large metro area or a tiny small town.
And here's the key to small town happiness: Be within an hour and a half of a big city. It's nice to always have that available when you want to see a great concert or visit a museum. 🙂
If the ground was frozen rock solid at Westpoint that might account for the delay between the death and burial of General Schwarzkopf. It's often an issue in northern climes (spoken in my Michigander voice). Just sayin'.
That house is beautiful. You could never buy that much house in a big city for that price. Couldn't buy half of it.!!
It may be old, but I can promise you it was built more soundly than anything you could buy new today…..
I could find you a NEW house equally as charming in looks and size nearer WifeGeeding's hometown…and the price could be comparable as well! :). Just sayin'……
My experience with a former home that was built long ago was a positive one. The craftsmanship and quality of the materials was better than my current home built in the 90's. The trade off was in heat/cooling/electrical efficiency. Newer doesn't translate to better. I drive to work past a 5 yr old subdivision and every single house needs to be repainted (in my mind anyway). I learned in my almost 20 years of home ownership that "new" homes use "builder's grade" fixtures. Another way of saying cheap.
Old homes are wonderful, but usually they're poorly insulated. Central heat and air wasn't very popular 90 years ago.
Last fall a co-worker from my office resigned and got a job near Ft. Wolters, ditching the 57 mile commute to Ft. Worth – she says they got a steal on a house over near Crazy Water. Up the hill just west of there, that ridge has some beautiful views – east and west. If I were living outside of town, would love to have a couple of acres off 3028 east of 1195 (Bennet area), or south of Palo Pinto off of Hwy 4. I also dig Glen Rose.
I'm 100% in support of the small town, however I'd suggest you look for the in-between town. Having lived in Lubbock, TX (300k) and now Athens, GA (250k) I don't think I could live in either a super large metro area or a tiny small town.
And here's the key to small town happiness: Be within an hour and a half of a big city. It's nice to always have that available when you want to see a great concert or visit a museum. 🙂
If the ground was frozen rock solid at Westpoint that might account for the delay between the death and burial of General Schwarzkopf. It's often an issue in northern climes (spoken in my Michigander voice). Just sayin'.