Friday Five

Honey, I’m Home!

1. How many places have you lived in your life?
I've had nine addresses of places where I've slept for at least three months. That averages to a move every 4-5 years, but since three of those addresses were college years, it's not really that bad, more like every 7-8 years.

2. Which was your favorite and why and what street was it on?
Putting my current house up against the house in which I grew up isn't really fair, is it?
I'll just list the good points of each:

Cherokee St.--my dad built it, I had huge bedroom windows, it was (is?) "home"
Two dorm rooms in K*lg**r Hall--very steep learning curve, I grew up a lot and learned that living communally might not be my thing
"Chuck" House--I found out that, on a small scale, communal living can be fun, as long as you have MTV and free food on campus
Newton Ave.--Living small is good, living tiny is hard, living on a very busy urban street with no air-conditioning makes phone calls challenging, living on a bus line is wonderful, living across the street from a mini-mart ROCKS! Oh, and if you can hear your neighbors snoring at night, there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
N. 25th St.--Old houses are the best, although insulation is a wonderful late-20th century invention, sleeper sofas are hard to get upstairs, especially if the stairs turn a lot, 30-year-old carpet is nasty, so are dirty oil-burning furnaces, but only the landlord should call repairmen
S*v*ille--Buying a house isn't THAT hard, living in a House of Death isn't a big deal, buying a house means buying a hobby or two (decorating and yardwork), the things you own tend to expand to fill the space you have, they don't make linoleum like that anymore (unfortunately), dogs and babies are fun
W*ln*t Dr.--Being a stay-at-home mom is hard (and not for me at all), a house is more than just a roof over your head, split-levels suck, I'd rather live near people from Mexico than white trash, people in this state/town are rude, minivans suck
R*d [farm structure]--Building a house is fun, there are some people in life you just can't count on (I'm not sure I've really figured this out, actually), a house at the top of a hill is safe from flooding but the trade-off is lots of wind, read the association agreement, a great house doesn't mean personal issues go away, there are some nice people in this state after all!

3. If you could live anywhere for the rest of your life, where would it be?
Somewhere warm and dry, with seasons that aren't extreme, and no bugs. When you find this place, let me know.

Till that point, I'll stick with somewhere in western Colorado.

4. What would your ideal home have in it?
Books, high-speed internet, comfortable furniture, a big bathtub, a fireplace, and a Harley (in the garage).

5. Can you describe your current crib?
{snort} It's a bungalow/farmhouse-style new construct (I believe the hole was dug for the foundation just about exactly 3 years ago). Two floors, plus a basement, covered porch across the front, smaller concrete pad for a covered porch area in back, three-car garage, set on about 1/3 of an acre, 3-car garage which (so far) still has space for two cars to park inside. It's sage green on the outside. Oh, three bedrooms, three baths, and plumbed for another (whatever), office on the main floor, family room in the basement (with lovely new furniture which I still haven't photographed...shit). Lovely view of the sunset from the back porch. Big master suite and loads and loads of storage.

That enough?