Saturday, December 12, 2015
I told myself every five minutes that the house was not likely to meet the expectations of the photos--wide-angled and thus skewed so the rooms and yard looked bigger than they are. In fact, that was the case, but not the deal-killer. The house is on a fast 4 lane road, and there is no street parking. None, not even a little! The driveway is short and would only accomodate one vehicle. So much for parties. And that was the deciding issue. We keep on looking. Sign in to see full entry.
More about Mom
Mom was embarrassed, maybe even ashamed that she never quite got the degree in Biology that she studied for, at the University of California, Berkely. I remember she mentioned it once, that she'd come within 3 credits of that degree before having to leave school to raise her baby daughter, Julie, after her husband's death. In fact, if her father--a high profile Washington, DC attorney--had not died when she was finishing high school, she wouldn't have gotten that far because he didn't believe in... Sign in to see full entry.