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elleng

(131,051 posts) Sun Dec 1, 2013, 07:15 PM Dec 2013

THIS IS MY COTTAGE!!!

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THIS IS MY COTTAGE!!! (Original Post) elleng Dec 2013 OP

I'm so glad you've figured this out, Ellen. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #1

Surely warmer than Alaska, Blue! elleng Dec 2013 #2

See, you do have it figured out. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #3

Yes, I've got it now! elleng Dec 2013 #4

It sounds divine. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #5

Well, I'm between a creek and a river! elleng Dec 2013 #6

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

1. I'm so glad you've figured this out, Ellen.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 07:16 PM

Dec 2013

This spot looks gorgeous. And warm. (It was -7 here this morning.)

elleng

(131,051 posts)

2. Surely warmer than Alaska, Blue!

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 07:22 PM

Dec 2013

46 high today, then 50, 52, 56, and 60, allegedly, Thursday. Showers and 52 Friday, so as I have business closer to town then, I'll probably return to closer-in DC suburb later in the week.

I'm glad too, Blue, and COULDN'T have done it without you!!!

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

3. See, you do have it figured out.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 07:24 PM

Dec 2013

Beautifully situated.

But I have to ask why you call it a "cottage". It is bigger than my house, and I keep saying I want to downsize to a cottage. I guess that I don't understand the term.

elleng

(131,051 posts)

4. Yes, I've got it now!

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 07:30 PM

Dec 2013

Good question! I call it 'cottage' because landlord advertised it, on craigslist, this way:

'Small country style 2-story cottage located on Patuxent River in Calvert County, 5 miles from Solomons Island, 23 miles from St Mary's College, and 60 miles from DC. One large master bedroom, 2nd smaller bedroom/study, two living rooms, front and back enclosed porches, patio, private dock and beach,, large kitchen, washer/dryer, central air & heat as well as wood stove. DirectTV dish installed, some furniture available.''

Its much more than I expected to find when looking for a place closer to my daughter, and the rent is quite reasonable considering all the positives. Its quite old, maybe around 100 years, so nothing fancy inside.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

5. It sounds divine.

Reply to elleng (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 07:54 PM

Dec 2013

I love old houses. And all the extras and rooms. And the private dock and beach! But I would not think of it as a cottage. I will still wish for my little cottage, and I know that is too big for me. I think of those stupid Kinkade cottages beside a creek when I dream.

elleng

(131,051 posts)

6. Well, I'm between a creek and a river!

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 08:10 PM

Dec 2013

It is divine, and finally after having left our beautiful house, which HAD been a home until mid-2006, I'm happy to have a home again.

Daughter, in NJ, about to give birth, and looking forward to bringing baby boy to play; her sister lives nearby so I'll get to parent (including cook) again.

Fortuitously I have the opportunity to embark on a REAL new chapter, JUST what I need! Have some furnishings from our home, including kitchen, so new AND old. AND the photos taken from helicopter, framed, will hang in one of the living rooms!

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