07.05real estate fail
This is where our 2-month-old sleeps. Because we can’t sell our house.
I’m thinking this will turn out well for her in later years, however. Besides the obvious character building she’ll get from staying in a closet for the first several months years of her life, I can see the following scenarios down the road, too:
Tween Party Host: Hey, let’s play ‘60 seconds in the closet’! Who’s game?
Lola: I spent a large portion of my childhood in a closet. It’s not that great. Get lost, asshat.
Girl in Middle School: Did you hear? Lester came out of the closet last weekend! I don’t think we should let him sit with us at lunch any more.
Lola: I came out of the closet 10 years ago! It’s hardly a reason to shun a friend, Madam Judge-A-Lot.
Young School Bus Rider: I’m sort of a closet fan of the Twilight series. Squeeeee!
Lola: I wouldn’t characterize my fandom of anything as ‘closet,’ first of all. Neither should you. And second, why don’t you go buy a piece of intellectually stimulating non-fiction and, if you have enough cash left over, a clue!
See how I become Mr. Brightside?
meh. she’s tiny. perfect space for her size. plus, immigrant families have like 50 people per apartment. when I was a home health nurse, I use to go around tending to such populations. I would go into two bedroom apartments and find like, seven mattresses in the living room.
builds character indeed.
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muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:19 am
@mrs hall, I have seen a few houses occupied by “immigrant families” that are like that. They tend to spend a lot of time in the yard.
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July 5th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Keep her in there until she’s at least two or three. Just think about how generous she’ll think you are when you give her her own room that’s 10 times the size! You’ll be the parents of the year.
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Mrs. Hall Reply:
July 5th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
oooOOOooo I second that thought!
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muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:17 am
@avitable, What a great idea! Maybe by then, we will have moved, too.
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July 5th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Have you tried a half-price sale with free shipping? I’m a total sucker for half-price sales with free shipping!
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muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:20 am
@dave2, Not yet, but we did drop the price by nearly $100k. I’ll look into that free shipping thing. Maybe we can arrange something.
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July 5th, 2010 at 10:56 am
You might be forced to get rid of some of your fancy clothes in another six months–she won’t fit in that bassinette forever! Sorry, babe.
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muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:20 am
@PB, I need all 9 of those suits, dammit.
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July 5th, 2010 at 11:30 am
I wish I had a closet big enough to sleep in!
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muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:21 am
@miss britt, How ’bout you move to Atlanta, and you can have one for cheap!
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July 5th, 2010 at 11:54 am
She has her own closet? You’re spoiling that kid. As a baby, I had a cardboard box.
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muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:21 am
@grant, That explains some things.
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July 5th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Meh, that closet looks bigger than the room I had as a kid, and look how *I* turned out.
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muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:31 am
@scifi dad, Canadian? I’d better move her somewhere else asap!
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July 5th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
She’s totally going in to retail. Girlfriend is gonna WORK the fashion circuit!
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muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:32 am
@CM GD, Like Melanie Carmichael in “Sweet Home Alabama”? Sounds good!
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July 5th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Am I reading this correctly? Is the career trajectory for your youngest pointed to being some kind of hipster bus driver?
Dick, let her at least reach for lunch lady.
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muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:39 am
@freaky weasel, Yes, that’s exactly what this means. Or, that she’ll be a kid in school in a few years.
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Freaky Weasel Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:45 am
You’ve got a lot if kids. Stands to reason one of them will choose an alternate path.
I’m standing by bus driver, but it’ll keep her off the pole and off the pipe.
Also, there were 6 of us in 1200 square feet and one bathroom. Look at how the Weasel brothers turned out.
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Muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
@FW, Really? Damn. You and the little brother I know are pretty cool. I can’t vouch for the rest of you people though.
July 6th, 2010 at 9:29 am
Wow, what are you going to do when you get up to 7 kids, then?
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muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 11:39 am
@swedish skier, Sue my urologist, of course!
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July 6th, 2010 at 9:34 am
ha..we kept our son in the bathroom when he was that age! …that way we couldn’t hear him crying!
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Muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
@Jade, Cruel! Actually, that’s something I could do. I’ve been known to set her on the front porch when she’s crying; then I close the front door.
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Pretty Bride Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 11:39 am
I am quite certain this never happens when I am home. I shudder to think what takes place when I am away. Clearly the Muskrat is poorly trained.
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jade Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
…poorly trained or ‘un-trainable’?
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July 6th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
As long as the closet doesn’t flood I think it’s fine. Rooms are overrated anyway.
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Muskrat Reply:
July 6th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
@Carolyn Online, Why’d you have to mention “the flood” again? Not cool.
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July 6th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
My wife spent the first year of her life in the closet. She seems fine today for the most part.
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Muskrat Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
@Kevin, Thanks for the encouragement!
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July 8th, 2010 at 10:20 am
That closet looks bigger than our first apartment. Lola should consider herself lucky.
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Muskrat Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
@unfinishedperson, I asked her, and she doesn’t feel lucky at all.
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July 10th, 2010 at 11:24 am
is there no space for kiddo plus crib in your bedroom? The kid’s going to grow up expecting an owl from hogwarts will arrive at any moment.
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Muskrat Reply:
July 13th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
@drew, There’s space, but she won’t sleep well in the room where we go in and out all day.
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July 12th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
This is the most brilliant thing I’ve ever heard of… I cannot believe I didn’t think of this first. Off to convert my children’s rooms into a day spa and library. Respectively. Or maybe a sewing room. I don’t sew, but one day I might.
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Muskrat Reply:
July 13th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
@faiqa, Knowing the company you keep in Orlando, that this is the “most brilliant thing you’ve ever heard of” is not surprising.
I suggest you do all 3!
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July 13th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
My six year old tries to sleep in her own closet from time to time, of her own volition. Go figure.
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muskrat Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:07 am
@magpie, 6-year-olds are weird. At least, I was at 6.
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July 21st, 2010 at 8:55 pm