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[geezerette]

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@gidgetgh wrote:

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@gidgetgh   I bet you're living in a large family home and no longer need the space or want to clean and maintain it.  Moving to a smaller space would be a freeing relief IMO.  I'd do it in a heartbeat. Make new memories. 

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@Kachina624 -yeah.. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, full unfinished basement, 2 stories (the stairs are coming a problem for me, at least temporarily), just over 3,000 square feet. And this house has had some costly issues the last few years (but all houses can have issues). Just a lot of memories here though and my husband and I worked like dogs to get this house, not just work wise, just a lot of factors to get our old house sold (neighborhood was transitioning to more commercial or office, but they wouldn't give us all the zoning for it) and it was just such a multi year process to get this house and we loved it from the moment we saw it. And, despite the issues, I love it still, but I'm ready for one story and maintained yards. 

It's just really hard to leave it psychologically.  I apologize for getting so deep, but it's just another acknowledgement that my marriage is over and I'm alone.  And it's hard.  And I just wonder how I'll feel driving past it all the time and knowing it's not mine/ours anymore.  

Bottom line is I don't want to screw up such a large decision.  I want to be clear headed and look forward to it and not wonder if I've made a mistake. 

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@gidgetgh 

I'm right there with you and I don't envy your position.  My situation is only slightly different and I'm not quite in a position to move yet, but it's definitely on my horizon.  I've got way too much to handle myself, especially as I get older.  But I do not look forward to moving.  It would be a totally different lifestyle.  And, like you, it would be a major decision I'd have to make myself.  At times I think I'm ready, then I do something minor like getting rid of a piece of furniture and it bothers me and I wonder how I could manage to leave entirely.  

I already know I would be miserable if I moved, but I know there will come a time I won't have a choice.  I'm just glad I don't have to make that decision right now.  

It's your life and your decision now, no matter what anyone else says or thinks.  Good luck with whatever you choose.❤️

[Kachina624]

@gidgetgh    From your response, despite the strong ties that bind you to your present home, I think your head is telling you what you need to do, the sensible choice.  Your heart is pulling the other direction.

I live in a 1600 Sq ft one-story rancher with laundry close the bedrooms.  If I had stairs I'd only go up once a day.... to bed. Stairs kill my knees. My arrangement makes life so easy, it's just the right size and I have time and the energy to do things I enjoy.

My parents lived about a mile from me.  After they died, I didn't even want to drive by their house.  Time cures all pain.  Now I go there and feel nothing.  It has changed, it's just a building and no one I know lives there.  It's no longer part of my life.

Good luck making your decision. 

[Snooky60]

@gidgetgh -it IS a big decision. I wish you the best of luck making it. 👍  My sister is a Libra, also, so I'm well aware of the indecision component🤣

[ScrapHappy]

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@gidgetgh wrote:

Today.....or tomorrow....I have to make a huge decision on whether to sell our house and buy a new, smaller one, still in this same area.  Why today or tomorrow?  Because it's in a new community and the builder is raising the prices Saturday morning.

In true Libra fashion (the scales) I am having trouble making a decision.  I know all the pros and cons of staying here or moving, but I'm still undecided. 

I think my sister and friends are tired of listening to me about it, LOL.  I know it's my decision to make and not theirs but it's quite a bit of money, but not overpriced for our area.  But it still gives me pause.  

I have never been good with change.

So, at this very moment, I'm sitting here stress eating Buttercrisp crackers because the decision to do that came very easily to me.  

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My father always had these quotes, words of advice.....like: it's not what you make, it's what you spend, take care of what you have and if you have to think about it too much, it may not be the right decision for you.  He always knew what to say and he was frequently right.

[Nancy Drew]

My new rabbit hole I have gone down is watching elaborate dominoe set ups on YouTube. The creativity is amazing. Who knew this was a thing?

[Sweetbay magnolia]

Well the big news here is . . . I just re-arranged my kitchen bric-a-brac to reflect a move out of spring and into summer.

I like doing it (when I'm in the right mood).  It feels like I'm a kid playing with Tinkertoys.

I've just found a really great handyman to help me bust out some projects around here that I am not capable of handling - you know, the odd lot stuff that "specialists" won't touch.  Turns out we know many people in common, and get along well.  What a relief to get the help I need to keep the house running.

[Spurt]

@chickenbutt 

I love the Outshine popsicles too---the strawberry, raspberry and lime flavors are my favorites....

[Spurt]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

Yesterday morning while walking my dog unleashed, I discovered she likes eating those big fat black ants & worms as they crawl around the sidewalk. A neighbor watching says, "at least it's not deer poop."

Yesterday while the dog was at the groomers I went next door to BestBuy & on a whiim purchased an Ninji air fryer. 

Going to test it out today on some frozen breaded fish fillets. 

Have 60 days to return if I don't like it.

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@Mz iMac 

My cats love to eat Geckos and June Bugs and Moths....

Enjoy your Air Fryer....

[SilleeMee]

Today I had to make an unpleasant phone call...to child protective services. Several very young, look to be all under 5yo or so, running in the street and unsupervised. One ran in front of an oncoming car and thankfully the car stopped. The toddler just stood there in the middle of the road, in front of the car, until the older toddler brother came over and grabbed her. No adults around. I saw the whole thing from my window and called CPS. No shoes on any of them either. The kids are little terrors in my yard and destructive...no supervision whatsoever. I've had it up to here. Rant over.

[chickenbutt]

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@Spurt wrote:

@chickenbutt 

I love the Outshine popsicles too---the strawberry, raspberry and lime flavors are my favorites....

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I just got two boxes of those flavors the other day.  Usually I buy a variety of whatever they have, but they haven't been stocking a lot of the freezer areas very well in my store lately so that was the only variety they had.  I'm just glad they had SOME and I'm totally enjoying them.  I ate two yesterday.  It was too hot!  heh   

Good thing I like them all!