{"id":26,"date":"2006-10-23T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2006-10-23T20:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaitlyn-marsue.net\/?p=26"},"modified":"2006-11-24T15:06:26","modified_gmt":"2006-11-24T20:06:26","slug":"stair-ing-at-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kaitlyn-marsue.net\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Stair-ing at a problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"img_6229.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/kaitlyn-marsue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/img_6229.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"img_6229.jpg\" id=\"image70\" src=\"http:\/\/kaitlyn-marsue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/img_6229.thumbnail.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"4\">Walking down the stairs with Kaitlyn this afternoon, I fell.  And I pulled Kaitlyn down with me.  I swear I think I broke my toe, but I&#8217;m not going to bother to go to a doctor.  What&#8217;s he going to do?  Send me to toe physical therapy?  I&#8217;ll do some toe push-ups on my own.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"4\">All I could do while lying on the floor crying and trying to make sure Kaitlyn hadn&#8217;t suffered a concussion (she landed head down) was to think of all the things I don&#8217;t like about this house.  All I could think of was how there is nothing I do like about this house.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"4\">So here is a short list of the house&#8217;s shortcomings:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \tstairs<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \tappliances are just too hard to figure out<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \tmud room (laundry room) smells like a musty old basement, which it \tis not<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">there \tis not an actual shower upstairs<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \tbath tub is too deep and hard to get out of onto the slippery floors \t(I&#8217;ve fallen there, too)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \toutdoor lights are insufficient<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \tlight bulbs are going to be rather expensive to replace<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \tgarage isn&#8217;t really very big<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \tneighbors are not close by nor do they seem friendly<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">it \tis way too far to actually walk into town from our house<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \tpool is going to be a pain in the rear<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \thouse is too loud&#8230; every little noise made downstairs echos off \tthe tile floors and big huge ceiling and is super loud upstairs<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"4\">Now that the throbbing pain in my toe is more tolerable, here is my list of the house&#8217;s good points:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">it \tis only 8 minutes from Kaitlyn&#8217;s school<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">it \thas a great view<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \tappliances are at least new, even if they are complicated<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Palatino Linotype, serif\"><font size=\"3\">the \tshutters are electric and have remote controls<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking down the stairs with Kaitlyn this afternoon, I fell. And I pulled Kaitlyn down with me. I swear I think I broke my toe, but I&#8217;m not going to bother to go to a doctor. What&#8217;s he going to do? Send me to toe physical therapy? I&#8217;ll do some toe push-ups on my own. 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