Yeah but how much does it cost to get water? B --- Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> $600K for a *small townhouse? In Georgia, that's a big-A$$ mansion > in Buckhead! > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One of the > things that appeals to me about Seattle is that there are > lots of independent coffee houses where the self-employed (writers > included) seem to work. Out in the suburbs there are all > Starbucks--its > not the same. Anyway, when we move I'm going to try working at a > few > of the coffee houses sometimes to break out the monotony > > I understand your circumstances. Seattle is one of the few places > where > mortgages are going up. $600,000 for a small townhouse is the going > > rate. I'm going to rent for a while and seek out fixer upper, > investment rental properties in areas that are up and coming, but > not > where i would not to live. I used to rent out flip houses with my > dad > after we rehabbed them when he was alive. Long ago my husband used > to > be a contractor. We are in for some serious times with the real > estate > market and banking, and I do not want to be a victim of that. Once > things calm down, or if we find a fixer upper in the right areas, > then > we would buy. unfortunately, with employment growing here, the Lake > > being so deep, traveling on the highway is a nightmare that is only > > going to get worse. So being close to town is no longer an > advantage. > While there all people from all over the world living out here, the > > religious right seem to rule out side with the liberal leading in > town. > People are friendly in town and reserved outside. Strange area. > Like > my neighbors though > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i feel you. When i take days off i rarely spend all day at the > house. I will work in the yard for a while, maybe do some chores. > But after a few hours i get lonely and need to be around people. So > I always go to the gym and take classes, then meet a friend for > lunch, or my wife. Or, i'll just go to the bookstore or the park to > be around people. although i love to write, i don't often write in > solitude. I like to go to a coffee shop or the park and write. > that's one reason i don't like watching movies at home only. i > really miss interacting with people at the theatre. > > > > I think some of this is because i was often very lonely as a > child. but a lot of it is due to my personality. I really am a > strong extrovert. > > > > As for where you live, i pay a hell of a lot more mortgage for > living IP (Inside the Perimeter, the loop around Atlanta) than I'd > pay if I lived in the suburbs. The main issue was quality of life: > I like the diversity closer in, the proximity to malls and theatres > and downtown (though I'm ten miles away from the city), and the > better choices in roads. In the 'burbs, there's usually only one or > two roads that one can take to get to the city, and they often get > clogged and backed up. Living closer in, one has more choices of > taking surface, residential streets to get around. My wife doesn't > like driving on the freeway much, and we can get all the way to > downtown Atlanta without ever getting on the freeway. if we lived > in the 'burbs, she'd have to get on congested roads every day. I'd > lie to live truly down closer to the city, but a house the size of > the one i have now (2300 square feet), in the same condition (1981) > would cost half a million on the low end > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > You know, after a decade of working at home, I really enjoyed my > stint > > at Merrill Lynch and sometimes think about going in to work a > Microsoft > > once I'm well. I loved the interaction with the people and the > laid > > back atmosphere of the IT department. I still miss that and them. > It > > was a fun place before O'Neal's influence could be felt. It puts > you on > > on a social auto-pilot that you hinted at below that is difficult > to > > maintain when you are self-employed, and are not required to go > out. > > Right now, I live in the suburbs because my husband wanted to be > able to > > reach me if I had an emergency and was incapacitated. Also its > cheaper > > out here and we had to live off one salary during me illness. > However, > > I've been trying to explain to my Mom that why we want to move to > an > > active part of the city is because it is easier to roll out of > bed and > > do things. In the past, if I had easy access to activities, I > stayed > > more social. If it required a lot of effort to get through, > eventually > > I would stop the activity. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Having to go to work everyday helped me, as there are some folks > there I'm able to talk and joke with (none in my immediate group, > unfortunately). Having gone through this before with my dad's > death, and during a period when I was unemployed for a few months, > I literally have been forcing myself to get up and out: going to > movies, bookstores, going out to eat, hitting the gym. Christmas > was the worst, because this is the first Christmas in a decade > where I couldn't go back to Texas to be with family (had to work). > it was sad and lonely being here in Atlanta, but again I forced > myself to smile when I wanted to cry, to laugh when I wanted to > yell. > >> > >> Having this group to talk to about stuff really helps too-more > than you'd believe. > >> > >> -------------- Original message -------------- > >> From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I have struggled against the recluse thing ever since I had a > lot of > >> death in my immediate family. It is a hard habit to break. > Fortunately > >> during my worse periods I had pushy friends and family. Getting > married > >> and having a kid has forced me to resist these urges too. I do > not want > >> to inflict it on them. > >> > >> Reece Jennings wrote: > >> > >> > >>> I hear you! > >>> > >>> Maurice Jennings > >>> Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? > >>> KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! > >>> Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation => > http://www.legacyhomesavers.com > >>> <http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _____ > >>> > >>> From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>> Behalf Of Astromancer > >>> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:31 AM > >>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > >>> Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box > Office - :( > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I am becoming a hardcore recluse...I really don't like going > out any more... > >>> > >>> Reece Jennings <mcjennings124@ > <mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com> yahoo.com> > >>> wrote: I hear you. I'm not a crowd/life of the party type > person either. I'm > >>> a party voyeur... > >>> > >>> Maurice Jennings > >>> Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? > >>> KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! > >>> Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation => http://www.legacyho > >>> <http://www.legacyhomesavers.com> mesavers.com > >>> <http://www.legacyho <http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/> > mesavers.com/> > >>> > >>> _____ > >>> > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > ups.com > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com] > >>> On > >>> Behalf Of Martin > >>> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:50 AM > >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > ups.com > >>> Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box > Office - :( > >>> > >>> No, I'm eternally uncomfy in public sitches. I'm the guy who > makes one round > >>> to make himself known to those I want to be known to, then > finds a corner to > >>> cower in for the remainder of the party. Forty-three years of > life it's > === message truncated === I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. You know these things that happen, That's just the way it's supposed to be. And I can't help but wonder, Don't ya know it coulda been me. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
