Just been lazing around on my butt reading John Ringo all day.
Finally got up and got dressed to survey the damage out back. Big ice dam(n) took down the gutters over the patio the other day. Who the fuck was the asshole who told me home ownership was so great?
If this wasn't the house I grew up in, I'd sell it and buy a condo.
Home ownership is great because you're not at the mercy of whoever actually owns the building.
Houses represent the American dream because they provide security and a sense of self-sufficiency -- even if all else fails, you've still got a roof over your head and a place to keep your stuff.
And I say this as a renter who's on her second place in two years, and that second place is rented from might-as-well-be family.
Sometimes you guys take my bitching so seriously :)
You HAVE a condo.
God, not for long, I hope. Besides, Geoff lives there now :)
And I sorta meant one twice that size, with a two-car garage, and on the first floor instead of the second...
If there were a reason to sell, it would have been to buy something outside Marion County before the bottom fell out of the market.