Originally Posted by Gonnachange (Post 6632081)

Yes it is. When we moved here both my wife and I worked in Manhattan and wanted to be within walking distance of either a bus or train so that we didn't have to buy another car. As it turned out we have easy access to both modes. My little commercial area starts about 2/3rds of a mile from my house and extends another half mile or so. Easily walkable and at the top of my little block starting only a few hundred yards away is a 350 acre wooded reservation that has nice hiking trails and wildlife with an Audubon Society bird watch center at the top . Bird watching isn't necessarily my thing, in part because I don't have the knowledge to know what I'm looking at, but the enthusiasm and friendliness of the folks who frequent the spot are off the charts and make visits there very enjoyable. An additional bonus of my situation is that I'm on a low traffic block; for the most part unless you live on it there's no reason to drive on it. The only downside, which has always been the case with this town, is that our real estate taxes a stupidly high.

Today

After almost a week my daughter's boyfriend left a short while ago. She's not happy, but I'm sure will somehow survive.

Originally Posted by SoberLeigh (Post 6632232)

Very nice living situation!

I would love to have no need for a car :)

Originally Posted by Gonnachange (Post 6632298)

It is a nice situation. As with every place my town is not without its internal problems, but we're very happy here and will be in the house for at least another 5-6 years.

Not having a car here would be totally impractical, but I do enjoy the fact that I can walk to take care of most errands. If I was only shopping for one I could also do my market shopping without a car, but with four in the house I let one of my internal combustion engines do the heavy lifting to my driveway.

Staying on the car theme, when graduated college I only considered employment in Manhattan, which I secured, and I also spent a lot of social time there, but I never wanted to live there because it would have meant giving up my car. As much as I loved spending time in the city I equally enjoyed going away on weekends or vacations to the woods and not having a car would have denied me the opportunity to do so. My compromise is that I lived very close to the city so I could keep my car and still have easy access to Manhattan to work and play.

Originally Posted by SoberLeigh (Post 6632358)

Good compromise, GC. :)

Originally Posted by Gonnachange (Post 6632366)

Thanks. Every once in a while I make a good decision. :-)

Originally Posted by SoberLeigh (Post 6632391)

My guess is that good decisions are a fairly frequent thing for you :)

Originally Posted by SoberLeigh (Post 6633113)

Way too early!!!!!!! :lmao

Originally Posted by Gonnachange (Post 6633141)

Agree that it is early. Thirty years ago I used to wake up about that time for work. Fortunately that only lasted about three years, but when it's your reality you get used to it. When in hard core marathon or century ride training I would wake up about that time also, but I'm totally out of that groove and not being as young as I used to be I need to make sure I at least attempt to get a decent amount of sleep so Tuesday nights have become early to bed ones for me. That's the downside, but the upside is that by the time 8:30 AM on Wednesday rolls around I've already gotten 60 minutes of hard core exercise completed as well as the major food shop for the week, including putting all the groceries away.

Today

Our new washing machine has arrived and the expensive piece of shxt old one has been removed. Truthfully, longevity issues aside it was a very good machine, but still good riddance. The charity pick up of the stuff I put out at 5 AM is still sitting on my porch, but as long as it's taken today I'm okay with that.

I'm not sure about dinner, but I'm leaning toward doing something with chicken breasts and veggies.

Originally Posted by SoberLeigh (Post 6633235)

Be sure the charity designation tag(s) haven't blown away; that has happened to me a couple of times :(

Originally Posted by Gonnachange (Post 6634522)

Exercise for the day has been walking, pushups, and planks.

Today is my wife's b'day and we're going to a new restaurant in town that she went to two weeks ago for dinner for a girls' night out so once again no cooking dinner for me. When my kids were very young for our anniversary or respective b'days relatives would baby sit so we could have an adult meal and it was a very nice reprieve; now that they're young adults we're more than happy to have them with us.

Originally Posted by SoberLeigh (Post 6636522)

Enjoy the rest and break, GC :)

Originally Posted by SoberLeigh (Post 6636526)

Great how that works!!!!!! :c011:

Originally Posted by Gonnachange (Post 6636594)

For some reason I was having issues multi quoting. Yeah, having the four of us together was a lot of fun.

Today

One of those days. Just a horrific breathing day, but I was at the gym this morning. I was close to useless, even after using my emergency inhaler, but there was a mental boost about not giving in and even though I wasn't up to par I'm better off for going.

Another Saturday another day of house stuff, but we're now done. I'm playing around with some seafood oriented ideas for dinner and keeping with the food theme I too a stab at making Tzatziki and it should be ready to eat in a couple of hours.

Originally Posted by Gonnachange (Post 6636594)

For some reason I was having issues multi quoting. Yeah, having the four of us together was a lot of fun.

Today

One of those days. Just a horrific breathing day, but I was at the gym this morning. I was close to useless, even after using my emergency inhaler, but there was a mental boost about not giving in and even though I wasn't up to par I'm better off for going.

Another Saturday another day of house stuff, but we're now done. I'm playing around with some seafood oriented ideas for dinner and keeping with the food theme I too a stab at making Tzatziki and it should be ready to eat in a couple of hours.