Comments on: “Old House Dreams”

By: tori

tori — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:26:56 +0000

auburn60: I know what you mean, so sometimes I just blow past the ‘falling down’ ones and just click on the bright, happy-looking ones! And sometimes they realtor is smart enough to include links or copies of historical papers that relate to the house– and I can lose a whole ‘nother day reading those!

LindaB: Yeah, the beauty of looking at pictures online while not actually looking to buy a house is that I can look at all the work that needs to be done on some diamond in the rough and think, “Yeah, good luck with that…” and then just click on to the next one! (I’ll ask Madi what the dang cups were for– she’s young, she’ll remember.)

bettyrwoodward: I love to look at other people’s decor too, online or in person! And we used to play the board game version of Rummikub as well as Mexican Train when we were at my Mom’s house.

By: bettyrwoodward

bettyrwoodward — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 08:15:08 +0000

I do like to play games! On computer my favourite is Rummikub. As a family (including grandchildren) the favourite at the moment is Mexican Train.
The houses are amazing. Having just moved house we really enjoyed actually visiting other peoples houses and seeing what they had done with them. As retirement is only 4 years away for my husband he loves to look at houses on line to see what we might be able to afford and where it should be.

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:58:53 +0000

Please find out what the paper cup game is—–I want to play it!

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:55:08 +0000

Now, back to Tablescape Thursday!

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:50:28 +0000

Well! I wondered why you didn’t ask me to play “Words with Friends” with you!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE to play games! And now they say that activity will prevent me from getting Alzheimer’s! I’m gonna be tarp as a sack someday while you’re roaming around in an old house looking for your cats. (Just rattling your Victorian cage, Girl.) I’m just thankful that your sister Liz is a good game player!

Some old houses are cool, but they need so much WORK! And most older homes don’t have as much closet and storage space as newer ones. And they seem to have lots of small rooms, where I like the bigger open look of newer ones. But as MommaLloyd would say, “If it makes you happy, Sweet Pea, go for it!”

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:33:37 +0000

Yeah, you got me started on this blog. I usually check out all the houses until there’s a string of them that are in such disrepair that I can’t stand it. Then I have to stop. Seeing beautiful old homes that are full of a family’s history and possibly full of the history of the region just fall in on themselves kills me. And I can’t just LOOK at these houses, I need details: Who lived here? What did they do for a living? Did anybody die in this house? Were there children? Did the family entertain a lot…or were they mysterious and reclusive? Any ghosts? Any scandals?

See? I need to know! I guess it’s the old social worker in me. That sounds better than “I’m just naturally nosey.”