Comments on: And Suddenly We Own Our First Home

By: John Shore

John Shore — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:08:38 +0000

Man, I can't believe how lame it is I never answered these excellent comments. And now, of course, I'm sure it's too late.

Crape Myrtle. How can I live myself, knowing I missed an opportunity to even SAY "Crape Myrtle"???

By: christopher

christopher — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:09:04 +0000

Looks beautiful, John. Really happy for you both!

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:33:38 +0000

That's a nice looking townhouse, John. Hey, is that a crape myrtle out front? And, don't pretend you don't know what a crape myrtle is.

By: mormonsoprano

mormonsoprano — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:08:18 +0000

Congratulations! Theres nothing like owning a piece of the American Dream

By: totaltransformation

totaltransformation — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:26:33 +0000

Welcome to the world of home ownership- sort of. You don’t have to mow the lawn with a town home, do you?

By: Lucas

Lucas — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:10:50 +0000

1515 square feet? Just rub it in the faces of those of us in Northeast urban, "oh, yes it's perfectly normal to have a toilet in the kitchen," environs, why don't you?

Congratulations.

By: Candace Ware

Candace Ware — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:09:48 +0000

Hey, you know what just occurred to me though, John?

This means you have to move again

Ugh.

Finding a different moving company, I assume??

(If you are like me, half your stuff is still packed anyway, so that’s a plus.)

By: samwrites2

samwrites2 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:27:29 +0000

John,

A walk-out basement is one with an exit to the exterior of the house as opposed to having to climb up and down stairs should you reside in said basement.

In this area (Metro D.C.), those are usually rented out.

I live in a walkout basement at my sister's townhome. But then, you probably guessed as much.

I was going to ask Ric if I could move into his but he lives too far the other side of D.C. from my children.

So there you go.

-Sam

By: Dan Harrell

Dan Harrell — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:48:15 +0000

John,

Very nice. More room to store books and stuff. Possessions expand to fill the available space just as work expands to fill the available time. So, you will have more time to bring cool thrift shop stuff home.

By: John Shore

John Shore — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:11:32 +0000

Sam: What's a walkout basement? The school's are excellent. There are lots of places near ours for sale. Yes, there are coyotes in the hills all around our new place.

Arylyn (sp?): The top floor is this huge, unbroken space that runs the length of the interior. We'll use it for our bedroom. The two bedrooms on the second floor (both of which have bathrooms) we'll use as our work spaces. My office'll be in one; Cat's photography/art studio will be in the other, what would normally be the master bedroom.

On the ground floor is the living room and kitchen. And … there you have it! Thanks for asking.

Morse: Do you want the deluxe, 20-shot package? You know you do. In one of them, I'm wearing shorts and a T-shirt. I WON'T send you that one, though, for fear you'll violently defile it. It's for your own good.

Ric: Nice!

Winey: Thanks. (Sorry I didn't answer your Iraq War question. Can't … go there.)

Yvette: Why the bookshelf? And … does it matter which one of my bookshelves??