A 'rescuer' we can all agree on -- WARNING
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I agree with Lotodig, what would we do without you folks!
Comments (6)No problem Casi, totally understand. Yes I know Corrine, she is a great lady, her skills are very impressive, she donates a lot of her time on the numerous forums providing help. The entire team on LzD is quite impressive actually. I have been there a few years now and really like it. Many of us are on other forums together too. You can move WOT to a different line, I use firefox so will give the directions on how to do it there. Go to the top bar and in a clear spot right click and select customize, or View>toolbars>customize that will unlock the bars, then use your cursor and grab the WOT icon and drag it to which ever bar you want and at what ever location you want it. Once you are done go to the customize box that opened and click on done. For IE you would need to tell us which IE you are using, this link may give you some help. I no longer use IE, but I am sure someone can jump in and help with it. Customize the Internet Explorer toolbars How to Customize the Internet Explorer Toolbar...See MoreIn IL - rent or short sale, we can't agree, house more than $100k
Comments (25)Hi ML, I think you're getting unfairly beat up. Your guy did the same thing that a lot of people did- they bought at the top of the market, thinking it was a good investment. Right now you have a "paper loss", but there is also the real cost of paying a mortgage for $200k+ vs a mortgage of That said. Truly, this is a "good" problem to have. When you and your DH look back on this years from now, you will think about how you had to deal with a place that is less than perfect and sold some land instead and you'll smile about your youth. You will be thankful that you could afford the mistake and that you weren't bankrupted or foreclosed upon. This is still a problem, but it's a problem that is livable. You aren't facing cancer, injury, etc. In a few years it might make more sense to rent because rents generally are rising now. In fact, this might eventually turn into a cash cow if you ended up renting it. You might end up making much more money on it then you would have if you could short sell it now- plus there will be costs associated with a short sell, even if it were possible (it sounds like it really isn't.) This is just the start of the story for you and your DH. Don't let this come between the two of you. There are all kinds of ways to have fun with it and make it a positive. My FIL is a contractor- when the crash started, he reno'd his kitchen and bathroom and took a lot of before/after pics. He started a website for his business with the pics. His wife was delighted to have a new kitchen and bathroom, and he picked up business. Look for the win-win. You're smart and young, it gets better!...See MoreCan We Agree?
Comments (41)Hi ghoghunter, I loved the whole Narnia series but most specially Voyage Of The Dawn Treader and The Magicians Nephew and The Last Battle. A Tale Of Two Cities is my favorite Dickens and I read it once a year. Sydney Carton is my favorite literary character. To Kill A Mockingbird I first read in English class in tenth grade. Liked it then but have more appreciation for it now, years later. Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes kept my kids laughing and myself. I think I liked them better than the original tellings! I always liked when the Prince in Cinderella gets some spine and when being pressured by the ugly step sister cries 'Of with her nut!' and she's beheaded it fit!! (You have to read it to understand) I love a Christmas Carol though I don't celebrate Christmas. All of Laura Ingalls Wilder is close to my heart. I own Little Women and keep it out of loyalty but find it hard to take it to heart, though I do like the movie with Winona Ryder. Hated the one with Katherine Hepburn though I like her in other movies. Taylor Caldwell has been a long time favorite of mine. Ceremony of the Innocent and most especially The Glory and the Lightening. I loved her descriptions of places and decor and what a person was thinking as they did whatever they were to do. The inner dialogue. Enjoyed all your likes and dislikes. Kim...See MoreA plan and exterior we can agree on...
Comments (40)I'm sure most GW members will disagree with me about what is important in the design of a house. For that reason I don't respond to many full house design plans but this one deserves to be defended. I have come to the conclusion that many GW members (or the designers they find on the internet) start with concepts based on smaller relatively casual spaces we are all familiar with like apartments or vacation houses to which they add additional larger, often redundant, spaces and large garages until the most important living spaces are forced deep into the mass of the house with few or no windows and the transitions between the major spaces seem to be afterthoughts. I have always rejected that approach. I often create dining spaces in a kitchen but would never combine a kitchen and a living room. I don't find it attractive to sit in a living room and look at someone's backside at a counter or to sit at a counter and look at a sink or cooktop. I would never design a kitchen without a major view to the outside because it is the most active space in the house. Call me old-fashioned, I don't mind; I'm old enough to condsider it a complement....See MoreMeghane
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