House shopping, you decide.

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by RACER X

we had the biggest UHAUL truck full of stuff, and our house looked pretty empty.

now we got a jog stroller and another stroller parked in the formal dining room......

we got a new King sized bedroom set, now there's a portable crib and bassinet next to it.......

and charlie's room has our old queen bedroom set + a full on crib in it.

WOW, it will always be OUR house and we'll use OUR $ to furnish it.

you really got a thing for the whole size issue huh?

[cuttle]

it's not about how big it is, it's about what you do with it......

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by cuttle

it's not about how big it is, it's about what you do with it......

I've been saying that for years but I wasn't talking about houses.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by wildchild

you really got a thing for the whole size issue huh?

it is what it is......we did have largest truck
we did used to sleep in a queen
we did buy a king, woulda been nice to have a CA king.........

sometimes on weekends, we have 2 dogs + 2 kids + us

ZED, yup you can check the R values, and if you wanna upgrade the cheaper house it may come up to be an exp. house.

nobody likes paying taxes, it comes w/ the territory. i pay alot of taxes at work, why would i wanna make more $ then i am now?

[zed]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

A townhome with $250-300 electric bills? How is that going to happen. The most I've ever paid is $50-60, and that's California, not some cheap state like Texas lol.

our temps can go from below 0 to over 100, sometimes as much as 115 degree swing from winter to summer. I don't know anyone that has bills that low except spring/fall when the windows can be opened.

for me, I've lived in a 30' fifth wheel camper without slideouts before. I don't want or need a large house.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by zed

for me, I've lived in a 30' fifth wheel camper without slideouts before. I don't want or need a large house.

do you want your kids growing up in that?

[zed]

Originally Posted by RACER X

do you want your kids growing up in that?

if that's what I could afford, looks like that's where they would be living. my son and I did live in it when he was pre teen.

peoples mentality today just confuses me.

[Fleck750]

Originally Posted by RACER X

do you want your kids growing up in that?

So raising happy, well adjusted kids has to do with sq footage? Self esteem has more to do with how big your house is, how much money your parents make, or what kind of car you drive.

[Cruzergirl]

Originally Posted by Trip

This is one time I disagree with a small house. There is no question of this, none, you will go flippin nuts in a house that tiny in Alaska. I lived in a small house in Alaska. By the end of winter, it was lucky someone in my family wasn't dead. If you are just going to stay in the summer, it would be nice cause you would never be inside, but in the winter someone will die.

I speak from experience. Been there. Done that. It's my idea of heaven!

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by Fleck750

So raising happy, well adjusted kids has to do with sq footage? Self esteem has more to do with how big your house is, how much money your parents make, or what kind of car you drive.

lol, whoever said that? do you want your kids growing up in a trailer park? vs a home? of any sq ft.

now granted some T/P may be nicer then some hoods, but by in large they're not.

and who's to say "rich" people can't raise well adjusted kids?


IMO parenting has to do more about the people then the $ they make. just cuz people earn good livings doesn't mean they can't be good parents, and vice versa......