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Aug. 22nd, 2005
At RTL's work they are having some kind of Polaroid contest and she asked me to find a good picture to show "what moves you". I've been going through disks and the pictures stored on the computer and did find a good one of her on the deck of the ferry from Barcelona to Italy. It's a great Titanic moment. But I digress. In looking for a good picture, I've gone through all the pictures we've taken of the house. My goodness, this house was really crappy looking. I'm looking at the pictures and I'm wondering why we weren't having second thoughts about putting in a bid.
It's all about location and bones. This was one of the few houses that we looked at in our price range that wasn't surrounded by security fences. We're a couple of blocks from central Berkeley. We've got 3 elementary schools and the high school within walking distance. We're on the bicycle boulevard. All in all, an excellent location. But the house looked really bad. And doesn't account for the foundation work that we still have to do. There is definitely no curb appeal. I'm working on that with the frickin' juniper. Eventually we'll be able to put a coat of paint on the exterior. I'm looking at the pictures and I realize how far we've gotten in the progress from crappy looking to someone can actually live here.
Good work. I'm going to give myself a pat on the back.
It's all about location and bones. This was one of the few houses that we looked at in our price range that wasn't surrounded by security fences. We're a couple of blocks from central Berkeley. We've got 3 elementary schools and the high school within walking distance. We're on the bicycle boulevard. All in all, an excellent location. But the house looked really bad. And doesn't account for the foundation work that we still have to do. There is definitely no curb appeal. I'm working on that with the frickin' juniper. Eventually we'll be able to put a coat of paint on the exterior. I'm looking at the pictures and I realize how far we've gotten in the progress from crappy looking to someone can actually live here.
Good work. I'm going to give myself a pat on the back.
Thank goodness. I finally finished The Secret Life of Bees. I had to force myself to finish, but I'm glad because it truly was a lovely story. By the last 2 chapters I had stopped thinking of home and my mom. I don't think I'll be rereading it anytime soon though. Way too depressing for me.
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Now for the quotes:
" . . .some things don't matter that much . . . Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart - now, that matters. The whole problem with people is that they know what matters, but they don't choose it . . . The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters." (page 147)
" . . . it's something everybody wants - - for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters." (page 185)
"In life there are things you can't get over no matter how hard you try" (page 188)
"We can't think of changing our skin. Change the world that's how we gotta think." (page 216)
"Have you noticed the more you try not to think, the more elaborate your thinking episodes get?" (page 271)
"You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside." (page 288)
"I believe in the goodness of imagination." (page 300)
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Now for the quotes:
" . . .some things don't matter that much . . . Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart - now, that matters. The whole problem with people is that they know what matters, but they don't choose it . . . The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters." (page 147)
" . . . it's something everybody wants - - for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters." (page 185)
"In life there are things you can't get over no matter how hard you try" (page 188)
"We can't think of changing our skin. Change the world that's how we gotta think." (page 216)
"Have you noticed the more you try not to think, the more elaborate your thinking episodes get?" (page 271)
"You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside." (page 288)
"I believe in the goodness of imagination." (page 300)