Home Sweet Home

Hi! It's cold and windy and March has come in like a lion.  Will she go out like a lamb though? Time

will tell.  In the meantime we are due for some of the roughest and most dangerous weother across the USA from the mid west to the east coast.  Tornadoes, snow, rain, hail, dangerous wind are all predicted by my favorite weather man Max Velocity on YouTube.  

Hello!  Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where each week we ask you to consider 4 questions on various subjects.    The goal is to get you thinking, considering, talking and getting to know yourself and other bloggers.

Be it ever so humble there is no place like home . Let's talk about homes okay?

1.  In some places people name their homes or properties. What would you name your home and why?

If you would not name it, why wouldn't you?

Lily Pond Cottage or just LIly Cottage.  .  I love the idea of people naming their homes and propertiy even if you live in an apartment.

2.  Are you more of a romantic or a pragmatist when it comes to your home or apartment's decor and color?

I am a combination of both.  I like the romantic look but I recognize that there are pragmatic things to be concerned about. Romantic does not always lend itself to practical or easy, so some compromise is necessary.    Also I think too much of one look can be so overwhelming.    The romantic look that I like is more of the dark or light academia style, not the all pink and white ruffles everywhere look.

Dark Academia style

3.   Do you have enough room in your home? Storage space, kitchen cabinets?  What would you add or subtract from your home?

No.  I have the old fashioned 2 foot wide closets that hold very little and only 2 of them.  I have no basement as I live too close to the water and the water table is too high and my attic is not one that I can acess anymore.  I do need more room.

Also, when you are disabled you need more room. Downsizing is not a good idea if you become handicapped, break a leg, etc.   A good many older people find that out after they downsize and find they can't manuever around very well.   Small houses don't accomodate walkers, canes, or wheelchairs.   Think hard before you downsize too much.

4.  Is your place really home sweet home ?  Would it be hard to leave it ?   Are you firmly rooted in your abode or would you move if a better opportunity came your way?   

I have never had the opportunity to choose a home.    I just fell into them through someone else but I am grateful for what I have and I live in a very nice area for sure.   However,  I would leave for a bigger house for sure and for one in better shape.   But I have a good size piece of property, some ponds, close acess to the bay, rivers, creeks and salt marsh.   My animal friends are buried on the property. One of my neighbors has a grandpa buried on their property though I doubt they realize it now as the house has changed hands a few times since my daughter owned it.