I WANNA live there # 24

I live in a pretty incredible area - It's an historical neighbourhood loaded with tons and tons and tons of charm - and 20th century architecture, just steps away from the city center, it's also a pretty expensive neighbourhood ( in which I live in servants quarters basically compared to what I'm surrounded by ) 
Because there are days I don't have furniture makeovers to show you - I've chosen Wednesdays to showcase and feature one home that's for sale around here.................( or apartment - or duplex - or teepee )
Keep in mind this is in the heart of the city - so the prices reflect that  - think Manhattan - where these places would cost 3 or 4 times what they're listed for here!
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A BIG THANKS TO THE CHARM OF HOME  for featuring I wanna live there 24

FIRST OF ALL - BEFORE I GO ON WITH THE POST - WE HIT 700 FOLLOWERS!!!!  
I'M GOING TO POST THE GIVEAWAY ON MONDAY - STAY TUNED
AND THANK YOU EVERYONE - YOU'RE  SIMPLY THE BEST

( BETTER THAN ALL THE REST )  

Shall we begin our tours now?
I've been thinking that we've been setting our sights too low lately - 2 million here - 3 million there - I've even gone under 1 million at times ( as if we were common folk ) 
So I decided this week we're all going to sail across the ocean - and check out what is happening " across the pond "
We could be modern day Downton Abbey'ers
Enjoy Judy!

London, England
22 million pounds - so aproximately 34 million dollars - 
that's more like it - this is what we really should be aiming for 
7 bedrooms
5 ensuite bathrooms
Conservatory

ONE MORE?
YOU SURE - THE NEXT ONE HAS MORE PHOTOS THAN I EVER SEEN ON A LISTING
OK OK - FINE - YOU ASKED FOR IT
YOU GOT IT

THIS ONE IS 21 MILLION - SO SLIGHTLY LESS THE THE FIRST ONE -
6 BEDROOMS - 4 EN SUITE
SEPARATE MEWS HOUSE
(Mews is a primarily British term formerly describing a row of stables, usually with carriage houses below and living quarters above, built around a paved yard or court, or along a street, behind large city houses, such as those of London, during the 17th and 18th centuries. The word may also refer to the lane, alley or back street onto which such stables open. It is sometimes applied to rows or groups of garages or, more broadly, to a narrow passage or a confined place. Today most mews stables have been converted into dwellings, some greatly modernised and considered highly desirable residences)

OK LETS GO - THIS ONE TOOK FOREVER TO POST

YOO HOO Bates - where are you?  Bates?  Oh bother, I think he's in jail again - never mind we'll let ourselves in - the whole class system is going right to hell!!!!

I didn't think we'd warrant a welcome such as this - how completely proper of them - hmmm -  looks all wrong without Bates

CAN'T YOU JUST SEE ALL OF OUR GREAT HAND PAINTED FURNITURE IN THIS PLACE LOL?  WONDER WHAT DUMPSTER DIVING IS LIKE AROUND HERE
THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

OR WE'D PROBABLY PAINT TABLES THAT ARE WORTH 100,000.00

IT'S OKAY CARSON - WE CAN BE TRUSTED!

NOT YOU TOO MRS. HUGHES?
WE WON'T MAKE OFF WITH THE SILVER, SCOUT'S HONOR.................

MAYBE REUPHOLSTER THE CHAIRS IN BURLAP - BUT THE SILVER IS SAFE

DO A WHITE WASH ON THAT DESK - WITH A LITTLE DISTRESSING PERHAPS?

OK - THIS IS GETTING POSITIVELY CREEPY NOW
WHAT COULD WE POSSIBLY TAKE FROM HERE ANNA?
GO VISIT BATES OR SOMETHING
SHEESH

ONE OF US WOULD PROBABLY STENCIL A FLEURS DE LYS OR SOMETHING ON THE TUB

NO HONEY - I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE YOUR AQUA TEE IS - AREN'T YOUR TOPS COLOR COORDINATED?  I KEEP TELLING YOU AND TELLING YOU..........................CHECK WITH MRS. O'BRIAN - I SAW HER IN THERE EARLIER RUMMAGING THROUGH THEM..............

PAINT A DIAMOND PATTERN ON THE FLOORS?

I HEAR SOMEONE COMING UP THE STEPS

OH IT'S JUST YOU O'BRIEN - WHAT ON EARTH ARE  YOU DOING WITH SIR ROBERT'S
T-SHIRT IN YOUR HANDS?

WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME REFRESHMENT PERHAPS?
DAISY - YOO HOO DAISY - WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE HELP TODAY
OUT CAVORTING WITH ALFRED I SUPPOSE

LET'S STEP OUTSIDE, SHALL WE?
I WONDER WHERE EVERYONE CAN BE?  THE SERVANTS ARE CERTAINLY EVERYWHERE

OH LOOK - I FOUND THEM - WHY ARE THEY HIDING FROM US?

THE MEWS I PRESUME?  ( that's probably where Daisy and Alfred are )

QUICK - TURN AROUND - I SEE THEM!!!!

THINK THOMAS IS ON TO THEM?

OK GUYS - ENOUGH OF THIS - I JUST HEARD SOMEONE CALL US NORTH AMERICAN
RIFFRAFF - ( sounded like Mr. Carson - who the hell does he think he is anyway )

SAY GOODBYE
AND THANK YOU - LETS REMEMBER OUR MANNERS

LISTEN - SHHH - LISTEN
DID YOU HEAR?
THE DOWAGER COUNTESS JUST MUMBLED - Y'ALL COME BACK NOW, Y'HEAR

AWWW - THEY'VE ALL COME TO SAY GOOD-BYE

Have a happy Wednesday everyone

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Tongue in Cheek Tuesday # 1

This is a new series featuring a bunch of wacky bloggers - not your, ahem, typical bloggers.
Actually it may or may not be a series - we're not sure yet - we may have gone to all this work on
a whim, ya never know..................we're fickle like that.
Anyway......................
Let's just call it Tongue in Cheek Tuesday #1 ( because I have to number everything anyway )
And It's all about New Years Resolutions...........................

My New Year's RE SOLUTION
I thought about this a lot in December -

I thought about it while I stuffed my face with chocolate -
and wondered if perhaps that should be my resolution
No chocolate for a year?
But then one night - just after Christmas - I went to take a turtle out of my hidden stash - and
the box was empty - John had discovered where I hid it
Let me just tell you this.
My reaction was such that I knew from the bottom of my being that if I even attempted to give up chocolate
I would be living alone by January 15.........................
I'd give up my life for him -
Chocolate?
Not happening.
And I'm menopausing so I can't give it up anyway.

I thought about it while attempting to do a sit up one night by the fire
One sit up.
And realized I couldn't get up off the floor - and it was so cozy down there with the fire blazing away,
that I just laid there and tried to come up with another plan......................
And I'm menopausing so I can't do sit-ups anyway.

I thought about it while making supper one night -
Hmmm - maybe this should be the year that we seriously focus on eating healthier.
But I really wanted fries - and I really wanted them made in hot bubbling oil - not shrivelling
up on a baking sheet in the oven like a batch of cardboard sticks.  I hate cardboard sticks.
So that idea was axed.
And I'm menopausing so I can't give up fries anyway

I thought about ( while laying in bed ) making it a point to get dressed every single day this year.
Instead of spending half my life in sweats or p.j's sitting in front of my computer, blogging, but
realized this would almost be impossible for me - setting my sights far too high - so I rolled over
and had a nap instead.
And I'm menopausing so I can't get dressed everyday anyway

I thought about taking over the chore of walking Soda - at least once a day - instead of John doing it
every single time in the last year or so - but it was so cold on the day I thought about it - that I shut it out of my brain completely.
Because I know - I just know- that if it were left to me - I'd spend my life on my hands and knees washing up accidents. And I have a bad knee.
And I'm menopausing so I can't walk Soda everyday anyway.

I thought about trying to make a balanced budget - but this sent me into such a downward spiral of depression that I ripped the paper in a thousand pieces and walked out of the office - and laid down on the floor in the living room in front of the blazing fire and tried to do a sit up.
And I'm menopausing - so me and  " balanced " do not work together anyway

I even thought about the idea of maybe letting John " be " this year - instead of tormenting him daily - but then realized if I did that - that would be the end of my blog - and I am most definitely NOT giving up my blog.  At this point it's the last thin line between me and my sanity.
And I'm menopausing - so I can't NOT torment John anyway - ( or I'd self combust )

AND THEN IT HIT ME
I know exactly what I'm giving up.

Menopause.
Since it's the one common factor that's keeping me from being able to make any New Year's Resolutions in the first place.
That's right
I'm giving it up - I'm walking away from it -
I'm saying goodbye to the sweating profusely ( good-bye - sayonara - you beads of degradation )
and adios to insomnia -  (well hello -you beautiful dream filled nights )
I'm going to shake off those headaches - and shimmy out of the " bulge " that just seems to get a little bit bigger each month,
And the mood swings?
They're history - I'm shutting the door on them - you hear that, mood swings?  Don't let the door hit you on your way out, ya hear me?
I've sat down and had a good talk with my hormones - they seem to understand God Bless them - that they can't - absolutely cannot - run havoc all over the place anymore - if they can't behave - they're outta here too.  I'm giving them a chance though because they get confused so easily.
And while I was at it I had a little conversation with my bladder - I detest weakness - and refuse to have it behaving the way it does whenever I need to laugh - really laugh - My God Girl - I told it - toughen up!
You're better than this - you're bigger then this - have some pride - yadda yadda - in it's defence it did seem a little embarrassed - we'll see if it worked - but if not - that's out the door too!
I was a little gentler with my heart - it's soooo sensitive - so I softly explained that it can't keep breaking everytime I read a card,  or remember certain things - or watch a movie - it just can't - like the bladder it just has to toughen up -  and although I didn't actually say the words to it - it's GONE if it can't comply.
And my bowels?  Let's just say they've been warned - they have to learn a little patience - I explained to them that the world doesn't stop just because they're demanding some attention. I let them know that if we're going out for a walk - they can't, out of the blue, insist that I look for the closest restaurant that I can run into.
My God it's not all about you, I admonished them. You can't be stamping your feet in a temper tantrum
with " But I want to go now - " and carrying on like a child.  It's simply not necessary to explore every public washroom in the city...........
The chin hairs better make themselves scarce too if they know what's good for them.
Tough Love?  I hear it works..................

So this is the year folks.
This is my New Years RE SOLUTION.
I'm quitting menopause.
It's a sacrifce, I know, because I'm walking away from a perfectly built in excuse for being a b**ch and I just may be a walking skeleton by June or July without any important organs existing inside of me other than intestines....................
But I WILL BE MENOPAUSE FREE
Trust me on that one.
AND once I'm menopause free - it'll be soooo easy to come up with a New Years Resolution next year -
Hell, I may be able to attempt 2 or 3 of them!

For all you younger chicks out there - the wisest words of wisdom I can give you is
DO NOT START MENOPAUSE - IT'S A TOUGH ONE TO QUIT

Wish me luck................
And please join my fellow bloggers on their New Year's Resolution posts below
WARNING:  We're keeping it real folks and sometimes "real" ain't pretty...................
See the links below
( and by the way - I had to cut my heart some slack last night - because of Sybil from Downton Abbey - she nearly ruined this whole RE solution thing by pulling off what she did  #$%@  )

Visit Kirby at Kirb Appeal
Visit Bliss at Bliss Ranch
Visit Mel at Mellywood's Mansion
Visit Danni at Silo Hill Farm
Visit Tracy at Crows feet Chic
Visit Tina at What we Keep
Visit Corn at Corn in my Coffee Pot
Visit Jean at The Backyard Bungalow
Visit Laura at White Spray Paint
Visit Amy at Buffalo Roam

Have a great Tuesday all - has anyone made a resolution?  I'd love to hear about it so that I can torment
you when it doesn't pan out LOL.
Tormenting people has become a past time for me it seems - I should really stop doing that
( but I'm menopausing so ................................ )