Swan's Profile

Huntington, WV - 900 sf, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, garage, corner lot - $380/month includes mortgage, taxes and insurance.

Not a great neighborhood but okay and a short bike ride to the park and downtown.

The dog isn't allowed on the grass? Seriously?

Home! I'm not a fan of Skyline but I love Graeters and Larosas. My office was on fountain sqare and I could look out the window at all of the people enjoying beautiful sunny days during summer and the ice skating rink during winter. My family is still there and I miss it more every time I leave. Thank you for speaking so highly of the city. Most people find it stuffy and unforgiving.

This is a little off-topic but...

I just found out that someone I know doesn't have HOMEOWNER'S insurance. I don't know how he sleeps.

bumblebee - that's brilliant! She only visits a couple of times a year so I'll just put her linens on the bed (and shams and bedskirt and curtains.. blech) when she visits! The rest of the time I'll keep my stuff on the bed.

I love her to pieces but she and I are very different. I don't know what I'll do if she tries to furnish the rest of the (already furnished) room.

I'm having guest room woes. My mother calls our guestroom her bedroom - it's her little joke. Anyway, she bought new linens for the bed and they're horrible. She thinks they're just beautiful and I don't have the heart to tell her that I hate them. I'll use the linens but I'm happy that I don't go in that room very often.

Our Staffordshire Terriers (pitbulls) bark and we don't really correct them until we see who is at the door. They're the sweetest, most loving dogs and it would take a burglar exactly 3 head scratches to make lifelong friends but we don't advertise that. So far, we haven't had a problem in a neighborhood that is going downhill fast. Honestly, we don't expect them to protect our valuables. I would rather they hide so they don't get hurt or stolen.

We also have a security alarm and deadbolts and rosebushes planted in front of most windows (they don't hide the window but anyone trying to get in will get at least one thorn in them).

I had to have my Siamese cat, Skye, euthanized on 5/20. Her kidneys failed and my poor vet did everything she could to save her. We had Skye cremated and her ashes are in a little tin.

Skye wasn't a particularly affectionate or friendly cat but she was with me for 10 years. I couldn't figure out what to do with her ashes but I love the idea of mixing them in a stepping stone. Zoo Askew - that's such a great idea.

I like flokati rugs.

We once ended up with a pet mouse, Talulah. Then another, Dexter. And yet another, Bad Mouse. We had genders all wrong and Dexter gave birth to 6 little wiggling babies. They were very cute but 9 mice? Too many. They all went to a local pet store except Talulah. She went to the big mousehole in the sky surround by people who loved her and fed her popcorn and peanut butter.