Weekday Roundup

Twin and I have regenerated some Willpower and have been looking for single-family homes that aren’t manufactured off-site. There is one place we’re looking at in particular, but for the most part we’ve settled into the process and realize its going to take a bit longer than apartment shopping.

There have been some triggers that have risen from the process in what we want out of a house, the neighborhood, and locale.

I grew up on a pretty large lot, maybe an acre or a bit more than that. There were two houses on that size of a lot and in the back there was a big driveway with a loop large enough for a Dump Truck with a trailer to turn around. It was down from a small hill with both houses at the top and a patio area. I did a lot of playing back there by myself. My mom didn’t have many friends, and my dad would travel out to meet his on Saturday mornings. Then forget about bringing friends over. I could never be very hospitable because my mom was a miser with everything.

After I turned 11, I had neighborhood kids to play with. I only had one person I could really trust and relate with and that was BGem. Social groups are pretty well established by 5th grade so its hard for the kid who played in his back yard by himself make an impact and be accepted.

I would contend that I was popular, and up to a certain age I was very outgoing. My mom did a pretty good job of disciplining me out of that. My sister of by virtue of keeping her peer group through almost all of her schooling had a strong peer group of people who were all similar to her. They really were, too. All of them were 5′-5’3" tall, partied, had to work hard to earn grades in HS and back-stab or gossip about themselves and judge others with troubled family backgrounds (notably alcoholism, divorce and Auburn, WA is poor socio-economically)

So I don’t want that for any children we might have. Its a lonely existance that lends itself to being reserved and self-reliant. Fortunately, I could play outside so that’s why my drive to partake in varying sports is so great. Twin and I really lack any material drive we don’t see a need to move into a bigger "better" house after some years and really home is just a place where we keep stuff we need for hobbies and to sleep. We really see any house we get as a thing we’ll have for the rest of our lives and that sort of commitment doesn’t scare us.