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Yes, (evil laughter), another Mommy Blog (more evil laughter)!!! Life is a story, mine at the moment just happens to occur mostly at home, which means no sword fights or dragons, but plenty of peril, misadventure, and food. Like all good stories we will skip the boring parts (like laundry). So gird up your loins and let us commence with some real domestic adventures; don't forget your sense of humor.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

A housing checklist

We recently moved and more and more, I am amazed at what this place has to offer.  There are surprising things that keep popping up on my 'house checklist,' that I did not even know I needed, but am delighted to have.  Of course, these are all silly nonessentials dear to me and superfluous to everyone else, but they help make this place a home.


  • Fairies: or at least a yard/garden where they might live.
  • Warblers: vital to the very existence of Spring and sadly absent from many of my recent lodgings, I have even seen 4 species in my backyard!
  • Sunsets/Rises in HD: it is nice to be able to see both (or even either) without looking out on a scene reminiscent of a communist East Germany.
  • Sunshine: large windows (on 4 sides!) rather than small ones on 1 side.
  • Tropical weather: after living in Siberia, even with 'the worst winter in memory' as the locals put it this year, this has been lovely (this would count as an average to mild winter back home).  We had less than a week of -30F  and no more than two feet of snow which melted before June!
  • A Spare room (or three): I am a sociable antisocial person but I could never have people over because, well, no one wanted to live like sardines, even for a weekend.  Though there is no wardrobe leading to an enchanted land where it is always winter but never christmas, but maybe in one of the closets there is a secret passage to a land where it is always christmas and never winter?
So there you have it, things vital to your next home purchase.  Don't expect to see these as pointers on 'House Hunters' anytime soon though.

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