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@geezerette wrote:
@just bee wrote:
What's with men and subdivisions?
BH hates our neighborhood and our neighbors. We do have one neighbor we like because our dog absolutely adores him.
Why didn't I know this about BH before we went house-shopping? I think I liked it better when he smoked tobacco because he smoked outside. That meant he actually went into the yard. Since he started vaping he hasn't been out there.
I dragged him out last week and that's probably why he's talking about Missouri again.
Apparently it’s in their DNA.
My OG chewed tobacco. He said before we moved here that he never again wanted to live in a place where he couldn’t spit or pee in his front yard.
’Nuff said. 🤗
Well, those are some words to live by, I'll give him that. 
I can see how an HOA would have been out of the question.
@just bee wrote:
@geezerette wrote:
@just bee wrote:
@geezerette wrote:
@rnmom wrote:@geezerette - if my husband weren't here there is absolutely NO way I would stay on this property all by myself. NO way. You're a better woman than me. Even something as simple as clearing the driveway when it snows is a hassle. It's so long that we have to plow it with a plow that's attached to a quad, we don't even snow blow it, let alone shovel it. Plus, hubby is the one that wanted this place, not me. I was perfectly happy in a subdivision. To him, subdivision is a swear word.
The dogs absolutely love it here, but I wouldn't stay for them. Probably not for the boys either. Unless they were big enough and old enough to take on most of the work and they REALLY wanted to stay. But by myself? Nope, would never happen.
You’re so right on everything. It’s a lot of work and a lot of money to maintain. The long driveway is one of my headaches too. Thankfully, snow is not a problem here, although I did leave some snow/ice melt down by the road all winter in case I needed to get out. This year we didn’t have any freezing precip to worry about, though.
It was fine when the Old Geezer was well enough and strong enough to deal with it all. He loved it. Much like your husband, he hated subdivisions. And while he enjoyed the amenities of a city, he hated living in them. That’s one of the biggest reasons we moved so much.
I’m staying here for the dog. The town I plan to move to has such tough restrictions on keeping Rottweilers within the city limits that I would be hard put to take Carla there. But I have to admit truthfully, while this place is a giant pain and a financial drain, I will miss it when I leave. The peace, no neighbors, birds and critters. Whenever I live in a city around people I get stressed. I guess I’m antisocial!
But things change, and you gotta roll with the punches. 🥊🙂
I don't like these bans on dogs. I'd rather just ban the owners. I was always sympathetic towards pit bulls because my mother brought home an Am Staff one day. Actually, she brought home two, but we made her bring one back. This is the same woman who brought home a raccoon.
Anyway, I have to admit my opinion has changed a little since a neighborhood pit bull put BH in the ER a few years ago. There was so much blood that they took him in right away -- just to see if he had lost an eye.
Yeah, it was an unpleasant experience but these dog bans tend to include "aggressive" breeds like... Boxers? Boxers???
I just wish people would put a little more energy into raising their dogs and their children. Why can't they be more like @rnmom ?
That’s pretty much what’s happened to me too. Nobody sent to the ER, but my opinion has changed a bit since having Carla. I still think the people are the problem and I’m against a breed ban, but I don’t think vicious dog rules are a bad thing.
First, Carla is big and very scary looking, even though she’s a sissy at heart. If I didn’t know her and just saw her on the street, I’d give her a wide berth. But she’ll come out barking and stiff legged to greet a stranger, and when she gets on the other end of a broom (her arch nemesis), she just won’t give up the fight. So I can now understand why, when confronted with a strange dog—specifically a Rottweiler—that police or animal control will shoot first and ask questions later. You just can’t take that risk. And she may be the sweetest dog on earth to me or someone she knows, but she isn’t going to be that way with a stranger wanting to corner her.
Like her vet. 😳🤕
As much as I hate the thought of life without a dog, I sometimes wonder if life without worrying about the dog, other dogs, other people and legislation would make it less awful.
Every place is getting so restrictive. Even with little dogs.
I just don’t feel like I can deal with a dog anymore. The work, the responsibility. And now, I have to think about what would happen to it if something happened to me. Even just getting sick. When I don’t feel good, the dog still needs to go out and be tended to. Outside of slapping some food in their dishes and scooping out their boxes every couple of days, the cats are fine when I’m out of it.
But after getting a $526 vet bill the other day for the cat, I’m not so sure I can afford them anymore either!
@geezerette wrote:
@just bee wrote:
We really do go full circle, don't we? So many limitations when you're a kid. Things you want and can't have. Limited freedom.
Then you get older and it happens to you all over again. But only this time you get stuck with the bills.
I'm starting to see how all this works and I don't like it.
There is a bit of a sweet spot in between those, though.
But sometimes being an adult s*cks. At least I don’t have to eat cold peas anymore, though.😄
Explains why so many people are putting it off these days. Doesn't stop them from driving, voting and having kids, though.
I miss adults. Or at least people who act like adults. Remember when 30 year-olds looked like 60 year-olds? Seasoned. That's what they were.
Ah, those were the days. 
@just bee wrote:
@geezerette wrote:
@just bee wrote:
We really do go full circle, don't we? So many limitations when you're a kid. Things you want and can't have. Limited freedom.
Then you get older and it happens to you all over again. But only this time you get stuck with the bills.
I'm starting to see how all this works and I don't like it.
There is a bit of a sweet spot in between those, though.
But sometimes being an adult s*cks. At least I don’t have to eat cold peas anymore, though.😄
Explains why so many people are putting it off these days. Doesn't stop them from driving, voting and having kids, though.
I miss adults. Or at least people who act like adults. Remember when 30 year-olds looked like 60 year-olds? Seasoned. That's what they were.
Ah, those were the days.
Yes, Archie, they were. 🤣
One of my nieces has two grown sons. One son is getting married this summer and the other just informed her that his girlfriend is pregnant (I assume he’ll be getting married too!). My niece is 56 years old. She said she wasn’t even getting used to the idea of being a mother-in-law, let alone a grandmother. I have to say I have a hard time imaging her in the roles too.
My mother became a mother-in-law at 42 and a grandmother at 43. I didn’t think anything about it. Seemed perfectly natural.
But then, people had a tendency to die at 65 or 70 in those days too.
Guess I’m living on borrowed time. But then, aren’t we all? 😉
@geezerette wrote:
@just bee wrote:
@geezerette wrote:
@just bee wrote:
We really do go full circle, don't we? So many limitations when you're a kid. Things you want and can't have. Limited freedom.
Then you get older and it happens to you all over again. But only this time you get stuck with the bills.
I'm starting to see how all this works and I don't like it.
There is a bit of a sweet spot in between those, though.
But sometimes being an adult s*cks. At least I don’t have to eat cold peas anymore, though.😄
Explains why so many people are putting it off these days. Doesn't stop them from driving, voting and having kids, though.
I miss adults. Or at least people who act like adults. Remember when 30 year-olds looked like 60 year-olds? Seasoned. That's what they were.
Ah, those were the days.
Yes, Archie, they were. 🤣
One of my nieces has two grown sons. One son is getting married this summer and the other just informed her that his girlfriend is pregnant (I assume he’ll be getting married too!). My niece is 56 years old. She said she wasn’t even getting used to the idea of being a mother-in-law, let alone a grandmother. I have to say I have a hard time imaging her in the roles too.
My mother became a mother-in-law at 42 and a grandmother at 43. I didn’t think anything about it. Seemed perfectly natural.
But then, people had a tendency to die at 65 or 70 in those days too.
Guess I’m living on borrowed time. But then, aren’t we all? 😉
My dad and stepdad died in their early 60s. Sure, my mother may have had something to do with that, but it still seems pretty young when I think that 60 is only a few months away.
They looked and acted older. But they both had more difficult lives and they kept it to themselves.
Stoicism can kill ya.
I had mentioned an Easter basket full of drugstore makeup and tools; a couple days ago I got an email from Target that had a photo of just that.
I would have so much fun putting one together.
But then I'd also have fun putting together a dog basket.
Whoever came up with the idea of gift baskets was a genius.
Yes, I am procrastinating as a matter of fact. 
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