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If you are putting him in an acredited day care he will be stimulated, because they have activities for their charges. Some things my grandsons do at daycare are painting, crafts, story time, and interaction by play with other kids as well as outside play. These activities are always supervised and the daycare workers spend time interacting with the kids too. My grandsons and my friends grandchildren love daycare. If you are asking will one person will dance attendance on your child that won't happen, but he will get stimulated play and sometimes be left to play with other kids. However just getting someone to watch your child is a crap shoot. Some will do things with the child and others will plunk them in front of the TV. If you do your homework though, Daycare can be a positive experience

"I've been told by realtors that they think the rates will go up drastically after the elections. And they are also telling me I should buy now or just after the summer high season, but before the election." IMO, that's sales hype. As generalization, rates will rise if the Fed believes inflation is a larger concern than recession. Rates are lowered by the Fed as one possible means of stimulating the economy. Rates are tightened by the Fed as one possible means of reigning in the economy & balancing supply/demand. The Fed operates independant of the Oval Office. "So I could look at this year as a grand opportunity to "move up" while sales are tanking and buyers get desperate." Buyers are not desperate. Some sellers, in some markets, are feeling pressure. Whether 2008 is a "grand opportunity", or not, is a cr*p shot. Prices are still falling. If you're comfortable knowing that any property you purchase in 2008 may continuing dropping in value for a couple years before stabilizing...it doesn't matter...purchase what works for your situation. "The worry here is - how low can it go?" As a bank work-out officer during the late 1980s & early 1990s real estate crash, I saw hundreds (there were thousands nationwide) of condos originally priced around $150,000 sell for $10,000-$20,000. You couldn't give away a condo conversion. It took 10-12 years for these condos to regain their original sales price in value. How far will condo prices fall in this cycle? We won't know until they start to rise again. Those who purchased a 2 bed/2 ba condo in a good location for $15,000 in 1991 & held saw fantastic returns...but they had to wait ten years for them. You're in CA, right? IMO, there's more air to come out of the balloon. You are at the epicenter of the subprime debacle as insult to injury. Inventory levels exceed demand. With those market conditions, I don't feel you're under any immediate pressure to make a decision. Watch, wait, be patient, learn your market, watch the inventory numbers...and toss the dice. Over the long haul, real estate prices will recover & climb again. IMO, that's 8-10 years away though. If you're looking for a property to hold for a lesser amount of time...I'd wait until prices bottom & start to rise again. Rather than holding a property through the dregs, I'd buy when I see clear evidence of stabilization & that prices are again rising. I don't believe that going to happen in 2008. /tricia

A delight. Notice though how tiny the LR and DR are .... I think both break the rules of thumb about minimum passageways for space planning. It is seriously small. Love the use of wallpaper in those attic rooms. Curious about the square cream/maroon tiles in the K. Is there a story there? Those particular tiles strike me as quintessentially Brit. ETA - They have so much more fun than we do, with English interiors. in fairness, look at the starting point. Not a popcorn ceiling, run of clamshell molding or a snap-in plastic muntin in sight!