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Comments (18)Yes anele, it's the same street - about 2 blocks closer to the school, actually. Thanks for the compliment on the town, we love it here; it's a great place to raise a family. I take it you are from around here? That house is definitely a possibility, I actually asked about the kitchen on the kitchen board. The price range I feel comfortable with is $750K max. So, the house itself as described is not necessarily out of our price range, but new construction comes with so many unknowns and so many add ons (we previously bought a new construction townhome and even that had a million options and add ons - upgraded cabinets, upgraded carpet, padding, tile, painting all the rooms if that's not included, landscaping, lawn, virtually all the hooks and organizational things. They all add up and we'd have to be really careful to keep in line with the budget. I do really like the looks of it though and it's tempting, very tempting. If it were priced at $650K we wouldn't be having this conversation and that would probably say "under contract" :-)...See MoreMy KT Experience in Texas
Comments (20)I'm so happy to read this! Not only is it a great story, but I am a huge Hal Ketchum fan. He went off my radar when he disappeared from the public scene, but I've pulled him up on YouTube periodically just to hear him. I'm going to order some of his albums again, and hope that he comes to perform in my area soon How did he look? Strong?...See MoreTexas is burning! KT TX folks OK?
Comments (30)one of my elderly neighbors had a nephew that had just bought a new house and moved into it last week, they were evacuated and have not been allowed back they have no idea if they have a house or not. I am praying for all of them and also for the rest of us that are in these extremely dry areas that no more fires spring up. The firefighters are doing all they can. I am concerned about all the animals with this drought too, I am putting out large containers of water out back and see all manner of animals thirstily drinking including the birds. They have no place to find water so if you are in a dry area please put out some water I am sure you will be thanked by a parade of thirsty critters....See MoreShould this subject be posted on HT or KT?
Comments (48)I never heard a swear word until I was at least 10 years old, and when I finally did, I did not know what it meant. I led a sheltered life growing up on a farm. I never use swear words - they are not part of my vocabulary, although I do know what they mean now. maddiemo, I have since switched to folk tales for material, and I did write a screenplay for a Russian folk tale that I translated, although it needs some polishing. I also started blocking it so that my brother could do storyboards that could be published as a comic book, but he doesn't have the time for this right now. I could possibly try to do the sketches myself, but I am better at drafting than I am at sketching. I'm good at drawing people - just not entire scenes. I translated the folk tale originally from a German translation, but then I found a Russian version and updated it to include a few details that were missing from the German translation. This folk tale has been widely translated into French and English before, but those versions leave out all the gory details in the Russian and German versions, which are much scarier, but perhaps tame by today's standards. The German version is very close to the original Russian. I've noticed also that when native American folk tales are translated into English, many details are also left out. I discovered this when I was reading some anthropology books in the public library in San Francisco (which has a great anthropology section) that had the original text and then a verbatim translation into English. In the original versions, the stories would describe every time one of the characters had to pee or defecate in the woods, and I assume that this was important as a way of leaving or covering up traces of where one had been. Sometimes an area would be marked and sometimes an area would be concealed. For an anthropologist, this might be considered important or relevant information, but the casual American reader might find it offensive or disgusting....See More- 8 years agoUser thanked Jenn TheCaLLisComingFromInsideTheHouse
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