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Date: 2/26/2010 5:26:56 PM
Author: princesss
I always tell myself I'm going to get ruthless the next time I move.Date: 2/26/2010 5:19:15 PM
Author: vc10um
One of these days, I will not be so attached to 'things'...today is not that day. Tomorrow doesn't look so great, either.
Then I move, panic, and throw everything into a box. Oh well.
I'm ok with most things, but I never get rid of books! I love keeping books. I've been told that I'll get over this after I move a few more times and the books get heavier and heavier.
DH doesn't have a lot of stuff either, except for sports equipment. We now have a big ol' canoe and as much as I love canoeing, we really don't have the room for it and we haven't used it in the year we've had it. He also wants to take my dad's windsurfing gear - no idea where that will go. Thank goodness we at least have a garage and a small basement area. I just wish my car could go in the garage instead of his :pout:
Seriously, what do people do without a basement and garage???
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Wait, what? His car is in the garage and yours isn''t? Where do you live? I''m changing this arrangement NOW!Date: 2/26/2010 5:34:00 PM
Author: elrohwen
Date: 2/26/2010 5:26:56 PM
Author: princesss
I always tell myself I''m going to get ruthless the next time I move.Date: 2/26/2010 5:19:15 PM
Author: vc10um
One of these days, I will not be so attached to ''things''...today is not that day. Tomorrow doesn''t look so great, either.
Then I move, panic, and throw everything into a box. Oh well.
I''m ok with most things, but I never get rid of books! I love keeping books. I''ve been told that I''ll get over this after I move a few more times and the books get heavier and heavier.
DH doesn''t have a lot of stuff either, except for sports equipment. We now have a big ol'' canoe and as much as I love canoeing, we really don''t have the room for it and we haven''t used it in the year we''ve had it. He also wants to take my dad''s windsurfing gear - no idea where that will go. Thank goodness we at least have a garage and a small basement area. I just wish my car could go in the garage instead of his :pout:
Seriously, what do people do without a basement and garage???
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I somehow agreed to this?? His car is newer ... he promised to always clean the snow off of mine ... I really don''t know what I was thinking. I think he drugged me and then tricked me when I was messed up.Date: 2/26/2010 5:36:01 PM
Author: winelover23
Wait, what? His car is in the garage and yours isn''t? Where do you live? I''m changing this arrangement NOW!Date: 2/26/2010 5:34:00 PM
Author: elrohwen
I''m ok with most things, but I never get rid of books! I love keeping books. I''ve been told that I''ll get over this after I move a few more times and the books get heavier and heavier.
DH doesn''t have a lot of stuff either, except for sports equipment. We now have a big ol'' canoe and as much as I love canoeing, we really don''t have the room for it and we haven''t used it in the year we''ve had it. He also wants to take my dad''s windsurfing gear - no idea where that will go. Thank goodness we at least have a garage and a small basement area. I just wish my car could go in the garage instead of his :pout:
Seriously, what do people do without a basement and garage???
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Same. I''m on a building my own furniture kick, and the nightstands I want to build will just be mini bookcases.Date: 2/26/2010 5:34:00 PM
Author: elrohwen
Date: 2/26/2010 5:26:56 PM
Author: princesss
I always tell myself I''m going to get ruthless the next time I move.Date: 2/26/2010 5:19:15 PM
Author: vc10um
One of these days, I will not be so attached to ''things''...today is not that day. Tomorrow doesn''t look so great, either.
Then I move, panic, and throw everything into a box. Oh well.
I''m ok with most things, but I never get rid of books! I love keeping books. I''ve been told that I''ll get over this after I move a few more times and the books get heavier and heavier.
DH doesn''t have a lot of stuff either, except for sports equipment. We now have a big ol'' canoe and as much as I love canoeing, we really don''t have the room for it and we haven''t used it in the year we''ve had it. He also wants to take my dad''s windsurfing gear - no idea where that will go. Thank goodness we at least have a garage and a small basement area. I just wish my car could go in the garage instead of his :pout:
Seriously, what do people do without a basement and garage???
elrohwen
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Ya I think it''s time to renegotiate your contract. I will represent you. Newer car or not, the girl parks in the garage. Again, it''s just the rules! If he insists his car be parked in the garage then you get to drive it.Date: 2/26/2010 5:38:04 PM
Author: elrohwen
I somehow agreed to this?? His car is newer ... he promised to always clean the snow off of mine ... I really don''t know what I was thinking. I think he drugged me and then tricked me when I was messed up.Date: 2/26/2010 5:36:01 PM
Author: winelover23
Wait, what? His car is in the garage and yours isn''t? Where do you live? I''m changing this arrangement NOW!Date: 2/26/2010 5:34:00 PM
Author: elrohwen
I''m ok with most things, but I never get rid of books! I love keeping books. I''ve been told that I''ll get over this after I move a few more times and the books get heavier and heavier.
DH doesn''t have a lot of stuff either, except for sports equipment. We now have a big ol'' canoe and as much as I love canoeing, we really don''t have the room for it and we haven''t used it in the year we''ve had it. He also wants to take my dad''s windsurfing gear - no idea where that will go. Thank goodness we at least have a garage and a small basement area. I just wish my car could go in the garage instead of his :pout:
Seriously, what do people do without a basement and garage???
Sweet party at Elro''s!
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So far it''s too cold, but I''m a huge fan of Knock-Off Wood (can''t link because it''s a blog, but a quick Google search will do it for you) and want to build the Farmhouse Bed, the basic bookshelves, and then mini bookshelves as nightstands. Also, when we get a new TV I want to build the console table for the bedroom (with shelves), and maybe the desk she just posted plans for.
Obsessed? Me? Only a little. I''m just happy I can finally get furniture I like, in stains that I like, within my budget, and without MDF.
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Date: 2/26/2010 4:48:52 PM
Author: elrohwen
Date: 2/26/2010 4:45:57 PM
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Date: 2/26/2010 4:43:10 PM
Author: elrohwen
I pay almost that much for less space in uber-boring suburban CTThat''s way cheaper than I expected Berkley to be.
But Western CT is really pretty! I will give you boring though. If you don''t have lots of cash to spend shopping, I can see getting bored there quickly. One of my closest friends got married in Westport (she is from there... you can see her wedding pics in my pics on the nameless site). I loved being around to help her plan because its so picturesque.
The coast is really pretty, and actually interesting - unfortunately I''m 45 min north of there
But DH works in NY so we kind of have to live up here. My first place was in Stamford and I loved living there, but $1600/month for 800sqft 1bdrm was a bit much. Our current town is ridiculously boring - far worse than Greenwich, Stamford, Westport, etc. I really want to move to the Hudson Valley now that I''m not working in CT anymore, but I hate moving and I love our place. Oh well!
elrohwen, I grew up in Stamford!! And my parents still live there
Where did you live? The Village? Avalon? Okay, I feel like I sound creepy right now. I only pop over to LIW Small Talk once in a while, and happened to see this!
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Hey there! That''s so cool! I really enjoyed Stamford and I miss living there. I lived right across the street from the Avalon Glen apartments, in a big brick building (right next to the new contruction they put up in the last year or two). I loved being able to walk to the mall, to the bars, to dinner, etc. DH and I would walk down to Cove Island Park all the time. I can''t walk to anywhere from my current locationDate: 2/28/2010 2:50:47 PM
Author: KatyWI
Date: 2/26/2010 4:48:52 PM
Author: elrohwen
The coast is really pretty, and actually interesting - unfortunately I''m 45 min north of there
But DH works in NY so we kind of have to live up here. My first place was in Stamford and I loved living there, but $1600/month for 800sqft 1bdrm was a bit much. Our current town is ridiculously boring - far worse than Greenwich, Stamford, Westport, etc. I really want to move to the Hudson Valley now that I''m not working in CT anymore, but I hate moving and I love our place. Oh well!
elrohwen, I grew up in Stamford!! And my parents still live there
Where did you live? The Village? Avalon? Okay, I feel like I sound creepy right now. I only pop over to LIW Small Talk once in a while, and happened to see this!
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Date: 2/28/2010 5:04:59 PM
Author: elrohwen
Date: 2/28/2010 2:50:47 PM
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Date: 2/26/2010 4:48:52 PM
Author: elrohwen
The coast is really pretty, and actually interesting - unfortunately I'm 45 min north of there
But DH works in NY so we kind of have to live up here. My first place was in Stamford and I loved living there, but $1600/month for 800sqft 1bdrm was a bit much. Our current town is ridiculously boring - far worse than Greenwich, Stamford, Westport, etc. I really want to move to the Hudson Valley now that I'm not working in CT anymore, but I hate moving and I love our place. Oh well!
elrohwen, I grew up in Stamford!! And my parents still live there
Where did you live? The Village? Avalon? Okay, I feel like I sound creepy right now. I only pop over to LIW Small Talk once in a while, and happened to see this!
Hey there! That's so cool! I really enjoyed Stamford and I miss living there. I lived right across the street from the Avalon Glen apartments, in a big brick building (right next to the new contruction they put up in the last year or two). I loved being able to walk to the mall, to the bars, to dinner, etc. DH and I would walk down to Cove Island Park all the time. I can't walk to anywhere from my current location
Bummer. I keep trying to convince DH that it's a good idea to move back to CT. Now that I know I'll have a kid in a few years or so, I'm feeling a serious need to be closer to my parents so they can spoil the crap out of our kids... which won't happen with DH's fam. If my kids have to grow up near one side, I'd rather it be the warm and cuddly side!!
So we could probably (ok definitely) never afford Stamford, but it's possible we could afford Danburyish, or somewhere with similar pricing that's not more than an hour from Stamford. Of course, we could never travel at rush hour
I guess we'll see what happens in the next few years!
ETA: I reeeeaally miss the Stamford mall! I never lived close enough to walk, but I think I practically lived there on weekends in high school. We'd camp out in "the pit"
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Date: 2/28/2010 5:04:59 PM
Author: elrohwen
Date: 2/28/2010 2:50:47 PM
Author: KatyWI
Date: 2/26/2010 4:48:52 PM
Author: elrohwen
The coast is really pretty, and actually interesting - unfortunately I''m 45 min north of there
But DH works in NY so we kind of have to live up here. My first place was in Stamford and I loved living there, but $1600/month for 800sqft 1bdrm was a bit much. Our current town is ridiculously boring - far worse than Greenwich, Stamford, Westport, etc. I really want to move to the Hudson Valley now that I''m not working in CT anymore, but I hate moving and I love our place. Oh well!
elrohwen, I grew up in Stamford!! And my parents still live there
Where did you live? The Village? Avalon? Okay, I feel like I sound creepy right now. I only pop over to LIW Small Talk once in a while, and happened to see this!
Hey there! That''s so cool! I really enjoyed Stamford and I miss living there. I lived right across the street from the Avalon Glen apartments, in a big brick building (right next to the new contruction they put up in the last year or two). I loved being able to walk to the mall, to the bars, to dinner, etc. DH and I would walk down to Cove Island Park all the time. I can''t walk to anywhere from my current location
I know how you feel! We can see Center City Philadelphia from our bedroom window, but we can''t walk to anything beyond a sketch grocery store and a Wawa (convenience store). I suppose *could* walk to the Dairy Queen, and once we did! Turns out its over a mile each way. Whoops! Good way to work off the m&m blizzard though. I miss the town I grew up in so much. We could walk to everything!
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Yes! Join me in the big DDate: 2/28/2010 5:21:49 PM
Author: KatyWI
Bummer. I keep trying to convince DH that it''s a good idea to move back to CT. Now that I know I''ll have a kid in a few years or so, I''m feeling a serious need to be closer to my parents so they can spoil the crap out of our kids... which won''t happen with DH''s fam. If my kids have to grow up near one side, I''d rather it be the warm and cuddly side!!
So we could probably (ok definitely) never afford Stamford, but it''s possible we could afford Danburyish, or somewhere with similar pricing that''s not more than an hour from Stamford. Of course, we could never travel at rush houror we''d never get anywhere.
I guess we''ll see what happens in the next few years!
ETA: I reeeeaally miss the Stamford mall! I never lived close enough to walk, but I think I practically lived there on weekends in high school. We''d camp out in ''the pit''
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We live right next to the "projects"
I could never walk to much where I grew up, but I got used to walking everywhere in college and my year in Stamford - I miss it. It definitely got me out of the house more.
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Date: 2/28/2010 9:51:55 PM
Author: elrohwen
Date: 2/28/2010 5:21:49 PM
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Bummer. I keep trying to convince DH that it''s a good idea to move back to CT. Now that I know I''ll have a kid in a few years or so, I''m feeling a serious need to be closer to my parents so they can spoil the crap out of our kids... which won''t happen with DH''s fam. If my kids have to grow up near one side, I''d rather it be the warm and cuddly side!!
So we could probably (ok definitely) never afford Stamford, but it''s possible we could afford Danburyish, or somewhere with similar pricing that''s not more than an hour from Stamford. Of course, we could never travel at rush houror we''d never get anywhere.
I guess we''ll see what happens in the next few years!
ETA: I reeeeaally miss the Stamford mall! I never lived close enough to walk, but I think I practically lived there on weekends in high school. We''d camp out in ''the pit''
Yes! Join me in the big DThere really isn''t much traffic here with the exception of travel towards Hartford or Westchester. DH travels west and it''s fine; I used to drive down to Norwalk every day and it was fine. I used to take 684 to get the airports every week or so and even that wasn''t too terrible most days.
Hahaha! What are the odds? I online house-hunted in that area and found a couple things in the 200K range, which is not a LOT more than we paid for our house here... and presumably, our cost of living wage increases would mean we could definitely afford it. Of course, depending on how the market increases, that could change. Argh.
Interesting about the traffic! Maybe north of Stamford/Norwalk it''s really not that terrible, but dear god, there''s some terrible traffic on 95 at rush hour.
WAHHHH I WANNA MOVE BACK TO CT! (I spent the last 10 years emphatically saying I never would. Funny how things change! Hah!
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