Next time tell the owners to put in a second table. One for the girls and one for the guys. Of course other than you and your sister, all the girls will want to play with the men.
Gosh, that was over 20 years ago...
Next time tell the owners to put in a second table. One for the girls and one for the guys. Of course other than you and your sister, all the girls will want to play with the men.
.40, I think we'd better depend on you to do a walk-through with the punch list - make sure the FFE is complete. When you say it's finished, it's finished!
Y'all realize, of course, that many happy homes are going to be disrupted by this place -- who wouldn't want to just pack a bag and spend all their time here?
...a walk-in humidor...(a What?!)
One more benfit. A live in maid to clean up after all of us. She will be well paid of course. But we will be expected to clean up any little personal mess we might make. We don't want to live like little piggies.
speaking of piggies, addie, are the kitties making little piggies out of themselves, eating everything in sight? good news. tim has finished early with his work at the 'oasis', and we can take the cats off of your hands as early as tomorrow afternoon. is that a good time for you?
aw, you'll be seeing your little buggers whenever you come by for your coffees. thank you for putting them up, and for putting up with them and their 'deadly dander'....maybe, if you like, you could become their holiday home, and for when we have tim and al back here again. buttons is a cute name. which one will it be? i don't think they will get officially named, anyway. they get called all different names--and don't come to any of them from what i'm seeing....
Addie, I have a nursing rocker, the seat is lower, would that be more comfortable for you to sit on? I have a nice seat and back cushion for it.
I was thinking of putting it near the fireplace...so you could sit and rock...here at the klatch...
Um...it is an antique...my Mother in Law was rocked as a baby in that chair.
I love antiques. No painting on it. I always appreciate the love and care that any antique receives. It tells me that someone loved it also. My sister and I would go antiquing on weekends. I would see an old kitchen set and just stand there rubbing my hand over the table thinking of all the happy meals that were eaten at that table. All the memories that a family made sitting around it. Thanks to the Antiqque Road Show, today's young folks are learning and beginning to appreciate family treasures. And not just for the monetary value. My daughter is all modern. My three sons know and appreciate what I have and will be fighting over who gets what. I had to make out a will so there would be no bloodshed. The Pirate definitely wants my Depression Era green batter bowl. I also have a very old hand made jewelry box that is dovetailed. Beautiful workmanship. My granddaughter wants that.
I keep things. I am not one that has to have the latest and greatest. I have an old oil lamp. There have been a few times when we lost our power that it came in handy. When my sister and I were potty training our children, we had a chamber pot that my grandfather made at the ceramic factory where he worked. All eight children were trained on that. My neice has it now.
gosh tin, i certainly hope our shangri-la retreat isn't breaking up marriages or sowing seeds of discontent among our dc members. being single myself, i really can't speak to the possible negative effects of this place on family households....
but, let me tell you some of the ways the dc coffee klatch, (morphed into a gentleman's farm/utopian dream retreat) is already benefiting people like me:
coffee breaks can happen at any moment--tired? job stressed? hungry? need company? relaxation, stimulation, socialization? drop what you are doing, and take the break you need--it's all right here, at your beck and call....
the beauty of being able to abandon one's diet for chocolate croissants, strawberry cheesecake, french fries 'n gravy, anything and everything, and all totally guilt-free!
an apartment dweller (such as myself) can avail oneself of a whole host of luxuries and opportunities at this 'home away from home' that are just not possible in most rental housing environments:
at the 'oasis' pets are allowed--a place to play with the kitties. there is space for gardens--flowers, vegetables, fruit trees if we want...a grilling station for cookouts, firepit, hot tub, fountains and wide porches--none of these things can be found at an apartment community such as mine....
and indoors? just ask .40--from the coffeehouse to the library, the study, rec rooms, industrial kitchen, dining hall/bar, all the creature comforts, modern conveniences, sumptuous furnishings, jukebox room--yes, the music can be played as loud as the woofers and tweeters allow...a walk-in humidor...(a What?!)
so far, tin, i just don't see the downside. not yet i don't....