The lent I was in 8th grade at a catholic school I gave up Catholicism.

It stuck.

It also takes away from how insanly fast 90mph is when hurdling your body down a mountain on skis.

I don’t even like Pennsylvania Medium trails because I go too fast* to feel safe.

(18.5mph perhaps?)

My purple Scion tC. I loved that car something fierce. And I’m 100% convinced it was siblings with the original Model S. Faux hatch, sleek profile. The works. (Google search)

My husband’s 4 door Wrangler was mango tango. (Actual photo)

Why are humans so boring?!?!

I’ve owned 4 electric vehicles. Two were red, one was blue, and one (which I regret) is white.

The two latest ICE cars I owned before I went electric were bright blue and deep reddish purple.

My hubby’s last ice was a sparkly orange called Mango Tango.

This.

And you’ve ever had a loved one tangled up in the criminal justice system, I highly recommend the documentary Thirteenth.

Wait how did I not know about this?

Cool!

Philly spotted

I haven’t driven an Equinox EV but really like the styling.

Now if only GM could stop producing trucks and SUVs with pedestrian killing grille heights, I’d start paying them more attention.

That’s what I’m thinking. I grew up in a small row home in a crappy neighborhood but I remember riding my bike all up and down creation.

My kid has a huge basement play area, back yard, pool but needs us as constant playmates bc no kids anywhere

In a very cool neighborhood with a community and children and like minded people.

Less living space. Less outdoor space. Far fewer responsibilities as a result. Tiny bedroom for the kiddo. No comfy (huge!) basement. Saying bye to the pool table. Yard. Pool.

Saying hi to everything in waking dist

Dear public, I need some help.
How do we decide whether to move?

Now: the most perfect home for our family there ever was in an awful location with no community, no kids for kids to play with. Paid off. Takes 30+ minutes of gridlock to get anywhere.

Change: starting over with a mortgage…

Did I just screenshot this masterpiece of a quote to send to my buddy who lives in Austin with no caption or context? Yup

Will he remember making us watch the entire series one of the times i visited him there? Yup

Last night I saw my fav band at the Fillmore. They did a 2 night deal (TLA was Friday) just like they did 20-something years ago in December. That time I went to both; it was troc and TLA.

Timely memories

I did not forget. Not for one second.

My only child had a stomach ache yesterday - rare for him - and actually nearly cried about it.

I told him that when I was pregnant I felt that way daily for months and would wail on the couch about hating life. Encouraged him to let it all out.

Along the same lines: changing a tire. Most cars don’t come with spares anymore, and it’s not worth carrying the tools around when AAA can do it.

The better skill and toolset is tire plugging. Learn that!

Cool!

This is the exact battery required for the old Tamagotchi toys

It’s me 🙋🏻‍♀️

Except rather than empty nester it’s “no way in hell I’m letting my son drive a car as a teenager”

So so right!

We did things backwards; the dream house in our 20s and while it’s the city, it’s a very suburb existence (landscaping, pool care.)

We don’t regret it. It set us up financially and we’ve hosted many lovely gatherings.

But we want life outside the house. Community. Convenience.

The problem is that our current home is AH-MAZING.

It’s small on paper but huge in usable space.
Has a big solar panel array. A new kitchen. A new gas fire place. A basement with damn near a row home worth of space: a bar, a tv room, a legit gym.

And it’s paid off so…. There’s that.

Northeast, and it takes us 30+ minutes to get anywhere even on weekends.
We started looking in Old City but ruled it out in favor of NoLibs.
In addition to homes being a literal million, none have been perfect even if we spend that much.
My fav so far is feet - feet! - away from 95.

This is why I plan to move to a more central part of Philly before my kid is that age.
But we started looking and the thought of leaving our current house has me devastated.

Any recommendations on how to move a house, basement included?? 😭

What good memories

Morning snack. A quarter a pop.

Vivid memories of that day’s (week’s?) pretzel sales collector coming classroom to classroom with a thick, durable pencil case for the money.

Just submitted and boy oh boy did I… rail… on there not being a subway that services most of northeast Philadelphia. Pun totally intended.

Facts

Wow wow wow!

No I didn’t know this. But I’m sure gonna make sure to tell me 7 year old. My hubby went to Temple so kiddo associates it with “maybe I’ll go there someday” ❤️🦉

I love it though.

We have enough truck shapes already (collection started in 2018)

I guess the 80% answers my question a little since the things I listed max at 60% and 50% AMI, respectively, and at 80% you can likely charge rents with no subsidy that pencil out based on it having market rents in the building too.

Yeah I did see that part but my weirdo brain went “are they going in for 4% or 9% tax credits? Pure tax credit rents or accepting tenant based vouchers or hoping for a HAP?”

🤣🤣🤣