Sunday, May 22, 2005
Wise Words
Maxine - again...words of wisdom
Never read the fine print. There ain’t no way you’re going to like it.
If you let a smile be your umbrella, then most likely your butt will get soaking wet.
The only two things we do with greater frequency in middle age are urinate and attend funerals.
The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
To err is human, to forgive - highly unlikely.
Do you realize that in about 40 years, we’ll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos?
Money can’t buy happiness—but somehow it’s more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Hyundai.
Drinking makes some husbands see double and feel single.
Living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.
After a certain age, if you don’t wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.
Thanks Pam!
Our House
Sitting on the backdeck Jay asked if I might grab the camera and take some pictures of our house to show Zilch from SEB land . So here we go. Most houses have four sides but ours has five.
This is the master bedroom extention which faces East/Noth East and grabs the morning sun.
The living room extension faces South East. A bay window and a door to the deck looks out on the woods and the neighbor’s pond.
The dining room has french doors that also open onto the deck.This extention faces South West and looks out on our back yard and our over grown pond. Beneath that is the garage and a door to the mud room and the basement.
This extention is our kitchen door which faces the West/ North West and is used as the main entrance to the dome. We have room for three cars to park in front of the door and two additional spots across the drive. The wishing well covers the well head.
This is our front door which is facing North and roughly 200 feet up the drive from the road. This door opens into the utility room so it is used very seldom.
If you walk down the back drive you have a shed and the compost tumbler, which as Jay gets stronger wiil be used again.
Next to that is a large pile of woodchips from the trees we had taken down last year. Jay intends to run part of them through the chipper again for the composter and use the rest as mulch.
So there you have it--a 39 foot dome with four foot extentions. We have five regular doors, the french doors, and the garage door. Our second story has a bathroom and two bedrooms. (We used one as a computer room for a while). Our ceilings in the living/dining area is 22 feet high. In the ceiling of the upper loft (hall) is a five window cupola that can be opened in summer.
This is the man who will tell you this is the culmination of a 35 year dream. To have finally obtained the home of his dreams even though it is somewhat out of even the suburbs has made him a happy man!