Cute house....

Glad you brought it up as I was wondering the status of Mtnrd's beach house....it's been awhile since we've had an update....there were driveway issues or easement issues or some such the last I recall....

When I saw this house I immediately thought of her plan for white slipcovers everywhere. This house looks so inviting....I think it could be greyed down a bit to her comfort level and still look wonderful and fresh.

Nice! I agree with you about the plexiglass chairs. Almost anything else warmer would have been better IMO.

Thanks for thinking of me, KSWL. I love every bit of that house. I just want to pinch its cheeks!

Annie, The beachhouse right-of-way adverse-posession controversy will have to be litigated. A few years back, the impacted neighbor had engaged in a protracted legal fight with the owner of the beach house we are trying to buy, when the owner subdivided his property and negatively impacted that neighbor's views. Payback is a b!tch ...

Just last week the realtor contacted us and said they are wtihdrawing the house until this could be resolved. Legally, I am not sure if they can do that to us. I haven't investigated it further because I am not sure if/how I want to pursue it. Do I want to be locked in a legal battle for a year or two???

My realtor keeps sending us listings but so far nothing sends me. Too many 70s and 80s houses. I can't explain it, but to me they are irreparably bad. I don't like the proportions of that era, everything big and squat and hulking. They aren't teardowns but they can never be what I want.

We also are looking at a large 8 acre parcel (remember the sloped lot?), but we need to await a ruling on what can be built where on that parcel.

I hope you find something soon, mtn, because that koi pond will be finished in a few months and you'll need something else :-)

Koi pond is scheduled to be done Saturday.

But then, you are teasing me.

How did you decide what to do when you grow up?

Be a serial career changer, like me.

Unlike a friend of mine who has kept the same career and married everyone she ever liked, I have the same old beloved DH and have done four sequential things for a living.

Who wants to live only one life, anyway?

Lol, who says I have decided, or have grown up? I have found my opinions, likes, dislikes, beliefs and tastes change as I move through time. I started out adulthood with a large set of luggage filled with non-negotiables. As I got older and the journey more perilous and taxing, I learned to discard first the unnecessary stuff I was hauling around, then to repack the remaining suitcases into something more manageable. When I can no longer haul those few cases I will have to decide again what to take and what to leave.

Since I am a traveler, that's my metaphor for life and career. I used to value intelligence over everything, then I valued success. Now, I just want to be good. :-)