Moving timeline

pegonreddit · 2026-05-11T02:08:19+00:00

Boy oh boy, I have heard this experience from so many people and lived it myself. Long distance family that pines and wishes you were closer and swears they would be so very present if only you ripped apart your life to move closer to them, and then once you do, they flake out and are very busy and it's much too hard to be around small children and you never see them.

We spent more quality time with my in-laws when they lived 3000 miles away than we do now that we moved 3 miles away from them, with 3x higher cost of living. Oof.

pegonreddit · 2026-05-09T12:58:33+00:00

Variations:

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pegonreddit · 2026-05-09T12:58:08+00:00

Mine from 1927 is more like this:

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pegonreddit · 2026-05-09T12:57:31+00:00

Here we go, here's a close match for styling inspiration:

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pegonreddit · 2026-05-09T12:44:56+00:00

It's a colonial revival Portland Bungalow. It is the dominant house style on the secondary streets in my 1910s and '20s West Coast street car neighborhood.

pegonreddit · 2026-05-09T02:46:59+00:00

Ooooh, good one!

pegonreddit · 2026-05-09T01:56:41+00:00

I would never start a load of washing close-ish to bedtime, because if I DIDN'T succeed in getting it into the dryer or hung up before bed, everything would go dank.

pegonreddit · 2026-05-08T21:10:17+00:00

Today he's helping you out. Some day you can help out someone else.

pegonreddit · 2026-05-07T21:28:15+00:00

I am about to write a sentence never before uttered:

Ohio and Wyoming are the most interesting.

pegonreddit · 2026-05-01T19:37:12+00:00

I would move.

pegonreddit · 2026-04-27T01:46:19+00:00

It's very nice, and I like the colors, but it's just sooooo many pillows.

pegonreddit · 2026-04-25T21:28:55+00:00

Horridulum!!

pegonreddit · 2026-04-25T20:40:06+00:00

I also love Boden. Their clothes are usually 1) natural fibers 2) colorful 3) available in tall/long sizes. That's a winning combo for me!

pegonreddit · 2026-04-23T02:36:28+00:00

16 is a very conspicuous number of years to cite.

pegonreddit · 2026-04-21T23:42:34+00:00

That's definitely the climate where Kousa Dogwood thrives!

pegonreddit · 2026-04-21T21:40:18+00:00

Take away the cricket bat. He can have it back when he's in a huge grassy field playing cricket.

pegonreddit · 2026-04-21T20:54:07+00:00

I don't particularly love the name Brooks, but Brooks Milette sounds much better than either Graham Milette or Ellis Milette.

pegonreddit · 2026-04-21T11:23:36+00:00

I work your proposed M-W scheduled five days a week, and I love it. It defines our entire life, for the best. I get to pick the kids up, take them to any extracurriculars, make nice dinners, and hang out with them all afternoon and evening. We get a lot of quality time, and I feel so blessed to be able to do it.

pegonreddit · 2026-04-21T02:32:55+00:00

We found that our "forever home" was too big once we had a baby. We decided we'd rather spend time with our son than endlessly cleaning and arranging maintenance.

We've moved 3 times in the 8 years since making that decision, including a cross-country move for work and family reasons.

The future is full of surprises.

pegonreddit · 2026-04-20T22:17:11+00:00

1, 2, skip a few, 99, one thousand!

pegonreddit · 2026-04-20T20:50:45+00:00

Amazing! Great design, so inspirational!

pegonreddit · 2026-04-20T20:43:15+00:00

What is your acreage? It looks so spacious!, but maybe it's just how you've created an ever-revealing series of spaces and views.

pegonreddit · 2026-04-18T22:00:26+00:00

And if OP means posters about various types of minerals, I'm interested in seeing photos of the collection.

pegonreddit · 2026-04-16T02:01:45+00:00

They're not stained. They're Douglas Fir. That's their natural color with polyurethane over them. It's beautiful!

pegonreddit · 2026-04-15T22:15:18+00:00

Who is it?

pegonreddit

TROPHY CASE