Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 13, 2021

Like Gus has? And be near the kids?

Wow, Ahuehuete hit it on the head yesterday, and the day before.

If this so called pandemic has shown me anything it’s I’m not ready to sit around every day and do nothing. She’s already tempted to give up walking and gardening. Just how old is she supposed to be?

A big motivator for me is remembering two gentlemen I knew when I was young, one a farmer had to stop at ninety six because his family wouldn’t get him another horse to replace the one that died of old age. He admitted to getting old when he needed a stump to get on his horse bareback at eighty eight. The other was a mechanic who was still working at ninety, he started in the eighteen nineties.

My Great Grandmother was in her 90’s and she was upset because her two sons (both in their 70’s) hadn’t come over to shovel the snow off of her roof yet. So she got out a ladder and started to do it herself. It took the neighbor 10 min to convince her to come down and let someone else do it.

You should see the jungle on the balcony of my condo. You can’t escape!

Yeah with an HOA just like prison.

Condo living can be unpleasant because of HOAs. One friend got in trouble for leaving his garage door when working in shop/garage. Another friend had the audacity to plant flowers, and the HOA came and dug them up because he had failed to get the HOA’s permission. So be careful what you ask for and be sure to the read restrictions and see if you tolerate them.

Happiness does not lie with the bureaucracy of condos.

What happened to the boat?

Why not a tiny house w a tiny yard and make it a wildlife sanctuary?

One word. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Arlo, run away.

One acquaintance sold the dairy farm when her husband died, moved from Minnesota to Seattle, WA and bought a condo on the 15th floor. She said she’d see enough dirt to last her.

No birds, bears, deer, chipmunks, rabbits, squirrels? No to condos.

J’s can do attitude is becoming a condo attitude?

My parents tried that. They moved to a condo. Shortly after, they again bought a house with a yard. Then they bought 10 acres out beyond the suburbs and were much happier.

Sometimes we just need to adjust a little, not stop doing what we love!

I am grateful for, but not envious of all those people who prefer living in their exciting, but crowded cities. My youth in NYC was like a bad dream.

Another Grey Divorce?

At 71, I still “garden” over an acre, surrounded by trees I have planted, while my husband sleeps 20 hours a day and watches TV the other 4. I would rather be dead than live in a condo.

I know my sibs have urged me to move a location with less upkeep

Condo’s have many restrictions, rules and less Liberty.

NO Don’t Do It!! just my personal opinion

2nd thought… it would be cheaper and more enjoyable just to hire a landscaping service.

Not to worry, she just over did it the past two days. She’ll come to her senses with a couple of ibuprofen and a good night’s sleep.

I think this arc is about falling out of love with something. She gardened because she liked it and liked living among her plants. Having somebody come in and garden would be like hiring the Cabana Boy to take care of his wife.

That’s exactly how it started for us and we love Condo living now! Beautiful landscaping and someone else did all the work! ;o)

I love my 1919 house in town. I created a monster when I built my beautiful gardens. Now I’m giving away perennials.

Then your neighbors are too close.

Pick one within easy walking distance of a park with nature trails. Read the HOA Agreement carefully, can you stand to live by those restrictions? If they have some, sign up to spend a week in a “Guest Apartment>”

The words “moving to a condo” have been uttered!

Yikes! Red Alert! Arroogah! Arrooogah! Battle stations! This is not a drill!

Keep the house and let the yard go.

Condo? IT’S A TRAP!

Good luck finding one. The middle of housing is missing.

Nope, keeping the house, property including the big garden. No problem doing it a 70. You move to condo and you will be sorry. HOA, no space. You can hear the neighbor flush. Crime like crazy even the gated communities. Serveral of my friends made that move and they look like they are ready to die. Not happy at all.

All right Jimmy… This has gone too far! You’ve got her feeling frumpy and now she wants to move to a condo!? Poor Janice! :-(

Ye shall reap your reward when things are blooming.

never mind the condo. I like an RV better

I thought it but didn’t type it.

I’m with Janis

I understand, the mind says,“You can do this”, but the body says “Oh hell no.”

When we were hit by unusually terrible snow storms this past winter and had to deal with the snow (no, there is no one to help, even for money, around here) including one storm we which shoveled and blew snow with the snow blower for 5 days to get the driveway clear (forget about the sidewalk – that was where we had to put the snow) husband started in again on moving to someplace with no snow. After my usual speech about the weather problems which come up in other places, I pointed out to him what it would entail to deal with everything in the house – and he would probably not be able to bring his wood workshop – aka our garage. He thought about it and then dropped the subject (at least until next winter).

They’ve been reading your comments!