HouseMom

Ah, okay. Post us a link when it's up, and good luck to you! It's a beautiful home with great curb appeal and a sought after location.

Not sure if the pics in the link are the new ones or not, but I would recommend a few things just based off of those.

1.) Remove the master bedroom picture that has the house next door through the window. It makes it look 5 feet from your bedroom window.

2.) I would personally yank the two sago palms flanking the brick steps and just load those little beds with pansies or just a few easy bushes (like Drift roses). The palms are very 1997, if that makes sense. Then take a new pic and sub it in.

ETA...Now I'm completely confused. On Google earth, the palms are gone but the steps are white? Also, in the listing photos, it looks like there is no fenced in yard at all, which is a no-go for people with a dog or kids. Did y'all remove the fence? The side pics of the house are some of the prettiest views, in my opinion. Not sure why that was left off of the listing photos. Also, the lake next door is very pretty. It seems like that should be included.

I have high hopes for when it opens. This was needed when Woman's was built, but better late than never. More options to scoot around this town are always a good thing, so bravo to BR for making some progress.

We have a 48" with this exact set-up and it's definitely a work horse. I will say we use the "baby oven" the most because it heats up so fast and will fit a 9x13" casserole. I love having double ovens, and we have them both going several times per month. Invaluable when hosting a large group for dinner. It came with the house though, so we lucked out there.

ETA One day I will have a La Cornue! Who needs jewelry?

I've been visiting friends/family in Austin for my entire life. The city has evolved, for sure, but it's always fun for a long weekend, and you will never run out of things to do.

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Esther's Follies

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Is such a silly time. Cracks me up.

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I'd hope that's not true, and vice versa.

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I don't mean that desiring respect is wrong, but requiring that which hasn't been earned is silly. There has to be some kind of criteria in place, not just that I'm a woman. Yay me, I was born. You had better respect me!

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It seems that because men are physically stronger, they get more respect. But I'm open to the possibility that I haven't considered everything.

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I'm painting with a broad brush here, but anyway... What men "respect" and what women "respect" are vastly different things, therefore you're not going to get sweeping adoration from men as a gender because we don't do anything the same. Not to mention, men overwhelmingly choose to do hard jobs that the vast majority of women would never do.

Have you ever seen a woman up on a roof tacking on shingles? How about a woman on a lawn care crew? Pouring concrete? On a bucket truck working on power lines? I would bet lots of money that our local chem plants are staffed with majority males. How about the police? Firefighters? Oil rigs? Still dudes.

Women overwhelmingly still choose relational jobs like teacher, nurse, counselor, something in the beauty industry, etc.

Men and women are just different, and it will always be that way. We are meant to complement each other, not be in direct opposition. Looking for "respect" from men as a whole is just silly. The goal is to peacefully coexist and support each other. And honestly, a man going out to work every day to support his wife and children seems pretty darned respectful to me. Not sure what else you're looking for.

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I know this won’t be well-received but our social, economic, and institutional systems are organized around male comfort, credibility, and success.

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Eh, I would say that men, as a whole, work harder jobs than women by orders of magnitude. Women aren't as "valued" in economic systems because, by and large, we don't participate in a fraction of the work force.

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then have me reproduce that shape from a selection of odd shapes on the table

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This is one of my most vivid memories from elementary school. I can remember where I was sitting in the room, the smell, the name of the ed. psychologist, etc. Plus, the red and white tiles, specifically, are seared into my brain for some reason. I couldn't have been older than 6, which makes it stranger. I was later moved into the gifted program, for what it's worth.

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Your body performs very well fasted. I love how I feel after a workout fasted. Mind is so clear

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I completely agree with this, yet I realize some of this may have to do with age, hormones, medication, etc. When I was younger, I woke up starving. As in, if I didn't eat within in 30 minutes I would feel ill.

Now, I don't need it at all. In fact, if I eat breakfast or not, I'm still hungry at lunch, so I just started skipping breakfast. I actually feel better not eating before a workout. I'll be one of these old people who just eats dinner lol.