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Post by maryannscraps on May 24, 2022 23:18:20 GMT
Very common here in Houston. Even if you don’t have an HOA per se, you probably have some kind of deed restrictions that the city can enforce. We don’t have zoning, so this is kind of necessary to keep your neighbors from running a strip club in their basement. There are older neighborhoods that have deed restrictions on POC owning the property, but those are ignored (and in most cases they’ve been removed). The HOAs in the suburbs can be pretty restrictive. Ours mostly exists to contract for security vehicles and prevent people from holding garage sales, as far as I can tell. We have strong zoning laws here. I mean, not to the point of requiring painting you house or weeding, but still. There are requirements for the type of building you can put on a particular lot.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 24, 2022 20:57:38 GMT
Those poor babies.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 24, 2022 13:19:41 GMT
Not in my state, with the exception of townhomes which are usually under state condominium laws.
Three aren't any HOAs in my town that I know of. There are a few 55+ developments, but they're all condos.
We pitch in a few bucks a year and some weeding time to maintain the garden at the entrance to our neighborhood.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 24, 2022 11:18:33 GMT
Take a deep breath. This happens all the time. Take another deep breath. There's nothing to indicate your buyer wants to back out. Take another deep breath. The listing agency will take care of it. One more deep breath. Congratulations on your big moves and job changes! What the heck, take another deep breath. Moving and both of you changing jobs is a really stressful time of life... try not to add to it by projecting things that most likely won't happen. You've got this.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 23, 2022 19:46:21 GMT
I'd say spend 3 days in Bar Harbor/Acadia -- it's my favorite place on Earth. There is also Bass Harbor lighthouse there. Not much beach there, but tons of trails and carriage roads with gorgeous views of the ocean. Rent bikes or try a kayaking expedition. Eat lots of lobster!
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Post by maryannscraps on May 23, 2022 9:38:38 GMT
Yeah, if you want to swim, the area has some lovely lakes that are much warmer than the Atlantic Ocean up there. I do love a rocky beach for exploring and relaxing, though. We loved Reid State Park last year. Popham Beach is another nice one. The Maine Botanical Gardens are not too far and worth a visit. I really enjoyed the gardens last summer. They have a gorgeous, unique site for a botanical garden. The Old Port area of Portland is nice to wander through. Tons of great restaurants in Portland. We've not had a bad meal.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 22, 2022 17:42:08 GMT
I have my son's college sport logo in a small-ish sticker (not a bumper sticker) and a Ferrari-style moose in Swedish flag colors (I drive a Volvo). I also have two tiny rubber Swedish flags on my front fenders. License plate frame is my son's school. image uploaderMy DH has that Volvo sticker on his 10-year old Volvo. It cracks him up every single day. 👍👍
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Post by maryannscraps on May 22, 2022 12:47:55 GMT
Kids’ college stickers. Even though both graduated several years ago I’m too lazy to remove them. Only benefit is in finding my car in a parking lot. It’s also sparked conversations since neither went to a school that is popular with students in my area.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 22, 2022 9:49:25 GMT
I’ve never lived in a house with a fence Living somewhere without a fence is often mentioned here and I have trouble picturing it I have always lived in small towns, villages etc and British homes I think tend (on the whole) to be smaller with smaller gardens, always fenced. Is this when a property has a large amount of land which couldn't practically be fenced? I'm just interested and always trying to visualise the scene when things like this are discussed I've never had a fence either. We live on a wooded 1-acre lot on top of a hill. It's very rocky (being New England) and it would be very difficult to put up a fence. The way my house is situated in the woods, from inside the house I can't even see the neighbors on three sides. I also don't have window treatments on the first floor - nobody can see in unless they're on a ladder on my front walkway.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 21, 2022 13:08:38 GMT
I'm so glad Biggie is okay. I've been a care taker for my mil since late Nov. She has an enormous 12 year old Border Collie named Chester. Two streets over from my mil house is a party house. These people have huge parties almost every weekend. Chester and I were on a walk and went down that street the morning after a party. I didn't see Chester eat anything, but about an hour later he was unable to stand and dribbling pee everywhere. I spent 30 min trying to get him in my car while my mil silently freaked out. I got him to pet emergency and the first thing they said was he had ingested THC. He was in bad shape and they took him in immediately. About an hour later they call to tell us 2 more dogs near us had been brought in. Turned out the party house people admitted that someone had dumped a bunch of gummies in the street and a bunch of neighborhood dogs had found them. Chester was in pet emergency for 3 nights and was still a bit dopey for another few days. The other two dogs also made it thru okay, though another dog that showed up the next day from our area did not. The vet was surprised that Chester at 70lbs had way more trouble getting it thru his system than the other two dogs with him, a 11lb Chihuahua mix and a 17lb 3month old beagle. Dogs and pot are a bad mix. The same thing happened to my friend's beagle. They think she ate a gummie on a walk. She was in the animal hospital for 3 days and they weren't sure she would make it. Fortunately she did and is fine now, but that was a very very tough week.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 21, 2022 12:54:08 GMT
Same. Small town, rural area but considered a suburb of NYC (actually more of an exurb.) No fence, no security system. We have a motion detector light in the front of our house but that's more for our benefit when we come in after dark than to thwart intruders. Our doors are only locked at night. We have a very barky dog who would probably scare away anyone - if they didn't know all he would do is lick them if they came in. Our town is the safest one in CT and the biggest crimes are the occasional stolen car - so we don't leave the keys in the car that is parked in our driveway. That's the extent of our security. Do you let the dog out unsupervised or have an invisible fence? What about when you’re kids were little—when could they play outside unsupervised? I’m taking advantage of this thread to ask the questions that run through my head when I visit parts of the country with unfenced yards. 😂 We let the dogs in and out about a 100 times a day. And the kids could play in fenced back yard a few years before they were allowed to play out front unsupervised. When we had a dog, we had an invisible fence (but didn't depend on it.) I usually went out with her, and she stayed in our yard. I'd sit on the front porch and throw the ball for her. And yes, it tended to be about 100 times a day. I went outside with the kids, too, until they were old enough. We have a screened porch where I could see the entire backyard, so the kids could play on the swingset while in full sight of me. I live on a super quiet street, and only a handful of cars a day pass my house.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 21, 2022 12:26:15 GMT
Sanibel all the way, including a visit when there to the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Birds galore. I enjoyed the Doc Ford novels that mostly take place on Sanibel Island, written by Randy Wayne White. Sanibel Flats was the first one. Not normally my genre, but the writing was solid, and they were fun diving into after spending time on Sanibel. Doc Ford is an ex CIA agent, supposedly trying to live a quieter life. There are Doc Ford restaurants on Sanibel and St. Pete that my sister really likes. Owned by Randy Wayne White.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 21, 2022 12:22:58 GMT
I hope all the rest of you stay healthy. I understand the disappointment. My son graduated from Ohio State in 2020 in an online ceremony. It was a huge letdown, as we'd planned to attend his senior recital and concerts in addition to graduation. All our plans were canceled. But we managed to move on, and he's happily working and living a great life. It turned out to be a blip in life. Congrats to your son on all his accomplishments and good luck in his new career.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 21, 2022 12:13:49 GMT
😊 I'm starting to wonder if on threads like this it would be helpful to state where we live as I think that is playing a huge role in how different our responses are to this thread. I'm in So Cal where everything is always locked/shut in a no trespassing kind of way. Hence my horror at someone invading my private space. My sister lives in a small town in the Midwest where her house is never locked and she leaves her keys in her car. She relies on her neighbors for all kinds of things that would never occur to me.small town in New England and no one locks their doors. At night, yes, but I leave my house all the time with the front door unlocked. Same here. The only fences in my neighborhood are around pools. Nobody fences in their yard. I wouldn't blink to see a neighbor in my yard. When my husband was so sick years ago, my neighbors would shovel my steps and driveway without asking permission to be on my property. Sometimes I had no idea who did it. I took it in the way it was intended and thanked the Lord for being so blessed.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 20, 2022 21:30:18 GMT
The yellow cabs are easy peasy in NYC. I had hurt my foot when we were there in October and found that they were almost always cheaper than an Uber. There’s an app that you can easily pay thru.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 20, 2022 19:10:31 GMT
What a GREAT gift, and I hope you get to go soon.
Here in Boston, it's in the 60s today, and supposed to jump to record high May temps this weekend in the mid-90s and humid. It's hard to know what to wear.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 20, 2022 19:07:45 GMT
My parents used to have a house on Sanibel Island. It's such a great place to visit. There's a national wildlife refuge there, too.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 19, 2022 21:37:51 GMT
You stinking enablers. Just bought a pack of eight to try them out. I hate sponges because they're too small and get smelly too fast. I've been looking to reduce the amount of paper towels we use.
I'll stick to paper towels for cat barf. My senior cat really likes to puke on the newly finished floors.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 18, 2022 23:54:29 GMT
I don’t eat snacks - as in random food throughout the day, but my lunch is basically a combination of a bunch of what’s been mentioned. If I don’t have anything leftover from dinner to have for lunch I eat hummus, baby carrots, cheese sticks, apple slices. So I get to eat fun snack food, but call it lunch. This what I do. Snacks cheese board sort of thing for lunch. I don’t really snack between meals.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 18, 2022 12:43:26 GMT
I have an Ashley adjacent question, on those threads River posted about possibly needing a restraining order on her ex. Shortly after those posts she posted about eloping (not her ex- just for clarity) and never posted again. Does anyone have any contact with her? Is she the one who asked about quick weight loss to fit into her dress? I thought she had posted some after she eloped. Maybe I have her confused?? ETA: Nope. Last post was about elopement. However, her profile shows her online March 24, 2022, if that is accurate anymore. Oh yeah! She looked so gorgeous in that dress -- absolutely stunning. I hope she's doing well.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 18, 2022 10:44:01 GMT
I'd say 20 everyday, bringing it up to about 50 if you include the sets of fine china.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 16, 2022 18:40:22 GMT
I would have said never, except we used a ton of them during our renovation. We could only wash dishes in the bathroom sink and it wasn't easy.
Before that, I couldn't even say.
I really don't mind doing dishes (in the kitchen sink and dishwasher) so why not use the real ones?
We also bought some lightweight dishes because the heavy stoneware is too hard for DH to handle with neuropathies.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 14, 2022 11:19:39 GMT
I don't think so, but I could have been asymptomatic. I haven't been sick in two years. DH has been exposed a couple times, but never got sick or tested positive.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 13, 2022 11:16:35 GMT
Wow! Think of all the babies' lives that could be saved with this discovery.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 12, 2022 22:52:25 GMT
I see lots of people wearing them inside stores and such. Not everyone, but a good number.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 11, 2022 21:07:37 GMT
sleepingbooty I love the ILNP Toasted -- my daughter was just saying she needed something subtle and sheer to wear with a bridesmaids dress. That would be perfect on her.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 11, 2022 20:37:57 GMT
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Post by maryannscraps on May 11, 2022 20:28:18 GMT
Thanks, y’all. How do we search for sublets? Is there a website that would list them? I’m not sure exactly where the lab is that he’ll be working, but I know it’s not on the campus of the college the internship is through. My daughter's school had a program for summer students to connect for subletting. Start with the college? Boston is a GREAT place to spend a summer -- I hope he really enjoys it.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 11, 2022 20:25:26 GMT
Relax you don't need to capitalize or use so many exclamation points. So sorry I misread that part and you come across rude. Miss miss - I totally read it the same way the first time I looked at it. I was thinking “We’ll that is kind of a weird math question.” And at first thought they were getting rid of it for that reason. You know, that could be true that they misread it. Tells me the question may not be clear enough if several people here misread it the first time.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 11, 2022 15:28:32 GMT
Just got a mani-pedi this morning. I went with OPI's spring line Racing For Pinks on fingers and toes -- I love it. So far, I've tried about 6 of the colors from that line, and they've all been super.
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