On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:28:59 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


So, this means that we don't have a show house but a place to live /
sleep that reflects that we like to do 'things' .. ?

Hurrah!

A grandchild: "My mummy says Grandma has a mucky house because she's old."

How do you explain to a six year old that Grandma and Grandpa have a mucky
house because they has a life?

You can't .. and you can't hit it for being 'cheeky to it's elders'
now (doh) ;-)

There are limits to 'mucky' though ..

It's quite difficult .. sigh .. like with the social stigma re cars
... not only the general condition of your car but what make / model
you drive ..?

It seems it's not that easy re cars n kids? My 14 yr old daughter is
happy to be taken to school in our (currently tatty but being worked
on) kit car / jeep looking thing .. her mates think it's kewl
(apparent'y 'wicked' is out now), or the ever tattier Sierra estate.
If we go in the fairly tidy 1.4i Astra or Rover 218SD she insists
being dropped round the corner from the School?

When (male) mates come into our house they act like kids in a toyshop
... tekky stuff, tous, gadets everywhere .. she just sees it as
'stuff' and should be elsewhere?

We did talk it over and came up with a solution.

We sell this place and buy a patch of land somewhere in the sticks
(any vacant land near you Mary?).

We build a barn (about the size of Wickes will do) for me and all my
stuff and a couple of portable buildings as the house bit (that I'm
not allowed to bring my stuff into).

As long as I had a toilet, fridge, kettle and a broadband connection
out there I probably wouldn't go in the 'dwelling' bit at all!

All the best ..

T i m