House Pros and Cons

At the end of May, I was in a funk.  I knew I was not going back to school.  I'd had enough of cafeteria duty.  The principal, secretary and nurse was leaving and they weren't leaving me there alone.  I was making diddly money.  I was ready for a change.  I had thought maybe I'd move out of town.  Then the house sold.  I got an apartment.  And I thought I could live here for awhile.  I was wrong.

So now it's house time again.  And I don't know exactly what I want but I don't want much yard.  I want as little yard as possible.  So I've been looking at garden homes.  I've decided that a garden home is a smaller house than normal but $50,000 more.  Today I saw 2.  The first is in a great neighborhood and beautiful on the outside.  And butt ugly on the inside.  I don't know where they got the pictures but this house did not look like the pictures.  The second one was much better.  I really liked it.  But why?  Do I love it because I love it or because I hated the first one so much.  Because the apartment is such a poof fit?  There are definite pros and cons on the 2nd one.  

Pros:

Very well kept up house.  

Great pantry.

Very little yard.

Plantation shutters.

Huge bedrrooms

Huge master bath with separate shower

Good carpet

2 car, rear entry garage

$2500 less than ugly first one. 

Realtor thinks we can offer $5500 less than asking price. 

Pretty neighborhood

Gas logs. 

Great laundry room.

Cons:\

Across from Frenship football field.  Loud Friday nights.

Corner lot, side backs up to commercial property  for sale.  Potential dumpsters next door.  If sells to restaurant, potentially even smellier.

All inside needs paint.

Only 2 bedrooms.

All kitchen appliances need to be replaced.  Horrible dishwasher,  Stove with coils.  ICK!!

Gas in house but not sure if in kitchen.   Is in fireplace so may get lucky.

For now.

Bathing Suits

No, folks, it's not a pretty site but I don't care!!   I own one bathing suit and on some days, when I get home from work, I put it on and I go spend some time in my apartment pool.  Yesterday, I was anxious to jump in and it was closed for cleaning and chemical-ing.  Bummer!!   And it was cooler today so I did not go but I will go again and often!!  Here is my pool:

And today, I ordered 2 new bathing suits and less than 1/2 price!!   And they are pretty.  And I'm going to wear them!!  Ok, not on the weekend when all of the hard bodies are out but on the days after work.  And when I go on vacation, they are going with me.

First one, with black skirt bottom

2nd one, navy blue w/white

I found the pics on Google images and the other one said it was "fat chic'.  I've never been chic before.

I have suffered from poor body image all of my life and if you've seen me you'd know why.  Weight is now and always has been a problem.  I've fought it all of my life and I've had some victories (50lbs gone) but it is probably not a fight I'll ever win fully.  But yesterday I turned 56 years old and I have figured out in the last few years that what other people think is not something I can control.  But it is still hard with out with 20 year olds in bikinis at the pool. 

And I found this on Pinterest and it's true:

Blogging is dead. But I'm not going anywhere.

My posts have been sporadic at best lately with much going on but I am still here.  And according to Jenny the Bloggess (One of the best on the internet), Time Magazine  has declared blogging dead.  Apparently there are too many other medias that take attention and I can kind of agree with that.  I Facebook some.  I tweet, mostly about the Rangers or Real Housewives.  But guess what?  I cannot even think about or care about anything that anyone in NY or whatever big city Time is in  has to say even if they get paid a lot to say it.  Basically, no one really reads this blog anyway but I enjoy writing it and if I get really brilliant I can use FB or Twitter to direct someone this way.

So Good, Bad or Ugly, I'm still here.