I Was a Fat Baby (I Think We’re Buying a House)
Yes, the baby is fat, but look at that bathroom! Isn’t it gross? But still, I turned out ok. Sort of. I say this because we’re buying a house with awesomely dated bathrooms. Maybe. You never know until you actually close. We have a closing date (March 19th), time, and location, so we’ll probably close. But still. It’s a great house, great location, just a little dated. The bathrooms are especially dated, with seashell-shaped sinks in one of them. The other one has a dark brown toilet. And those bathrooms always make me think of that old bathroom in that picture up there.
Oh, and! There’s a Florida room. My friends and I get to play Golden Girls in it. I get to be Betty White because she always had a story about back in St. Olaf and I always have a story about back in Chesaning. I’ll let those of you who know Lynne, Kristen, and Dawn guess who gets to be lusty Blanche, straight-talking, offensive Sophia, and steady-eddie Dorothy. It’s hard to pick because they’re all so slutty and offensive!
Anyway, I’m packing. All the time packing.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Dated bathrooms are tolerable. Especially if you have a sense of humor. Which you do.
Best of luck!
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March 12th, 2009 at 9:34 am
congrats congrats!!!!
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March 12th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Awesome – congrats!
Dated bathrooms are cool again, aren’t they? And bonus – you probably don’t have to clean a brown toilet as often as a white one! I know – ewwwww but true!
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March 12th, 2009 at 9:43 am
House buying! House buying! I love House buying!!!
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March 12th, 2009 at 9:45 am
congrats! (even if it’s not in worthington).
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March 12th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Oh I think The Mareks have that same wallpaper in their kitchen..STILL!
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March 12th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Why are you complaining about a dark brown toilet? I can’t think of a better toilet color.
Congratulations! And good luck with the packing.
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March 12th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Oh! Where are you moving?
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March 12th, 2009 at 10:33 am
And congrats! Moving is always uh–an adventure.
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March 12th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Congrats again Abbs!! Still, updating a bathroom or two compared to the last home you updated… piece of cake!
@Carol… My thoughts EXACTLY
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March 12th, 2009 at 11:40 am
your little baby self looks awfully alarmed at that bathroom.
congrats!
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March 12th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Yeah, I think the brown toilet will save you a lot of cleaning time!
Congrats on the new house!
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March 12th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
You were a fat baby. I have a red-headed baby right now, but he’s on the other end of the scale. I don’t know why my babies are so skinny, when I have no trouble gaining weight.
Anyway, congratulations! New houses are so much fun.
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March 12th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
That’s the cleanest I’ve ever seen Mom’s bathroom counter.
Look at your meaty thighs!
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March 12th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Congrats…getting a house is always fun…moving sucks but hopefully it’ll go by quick.
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March 12th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Can you say “seashell-shaped sinks” 10 times real fast?
Fat baby? Hah! I was fatter than that in utero.
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March 13th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Meaty thighs??? somehow those words are so disturbing to me…
Those words.. together…
Anyway, the look on your face… I think that you may have been terrorized by that bathroom and are still working through it… I’m just saying is all…
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March 17th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
i’m dying to know which neighborhood you’ve ended up in…and i mean that as a non-stalker, i promise. big big congrats – and woot for that tax credit!!
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March 17th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
@Jen:
Clintonville! And thank you very much (you and everybody else) for the congats! I will feel much better once the papers are signed.
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March 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am
You look like Murphy in that picture……
Congrats on the house!!!
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March 18th, 2009 at 12:12 am
So who is the Blanche?
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March 18th, 2009 at 10:08 am
sigh. so jealous – we left clintonville last summer and even though i love my new house and the new neighborhood is growing on me (westgate), i miss my old walk-to-get-coffee-and-look-at-cool-vintage-bikes neighborhood.
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March 29th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Can I be the neurotic sister Carol from Empty Next who lived next door?
Can’t wait to see your new place, Abby!
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March 30th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
@Heidi:
Hell yeah! God, I can’t believe that I remember that those shows were on back-to-back on Saturday nights when I was unlucky enough to be a regular babysitter for people who didn’t have cable.
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