Things are too expensive now. I need a roommate.

[lizziegrace]

:(

[Deja Q]

1. I'm something like 600 miles away

:(

[lizziegrace]

2. Story of my life

:(


:hug:

How ya doing tonight HT??

[Deja Q]

16. Thx for asking!

Did 30 mins on the elliptical trainer, about 3 really fast. (a big improvement to 2 months ago and aiming to make real strides the next 2 months)

Sober

Working on future career opportunities and ways to keep busy

:hug:

How are you doing?

[lizziegrace]

21. Sounds like you've got a plan

I like the sober part too. ;)

:hug:

I'm hanging in there. I need to get a birthday gift but hate to go out again. I just got home. Oh well. ;)

[lost-in-nj]

3. aww honey

I have a huge house with extra bedrooms....
sell and come live with me...
you just have to help my empty all the unused rooms.....
maybe we can set them up and rent to some MALE college students!!!!


sorry your having a tough time

:hug: :hug:

lost

[lizziegrace]

4. I'll manage okay

I *like* your college student idea. ;)

That's my kind of silver lining. ;)

[Guava Jelly]

5. I'm sorry lizziegrace

I hope things improve.
:hug:

[lizziegrace]

6. ...

gee, I was hoping you'd be interested. ;)



:evilgrin:


I'll be fine. :hug:

[Guava Jelly]

8. Let me pack my shit :o)

:loveya:

[lizziegrace]

9. Leave your shit

just bring yourself. ;)

[Guava Jelly]

12. ..

:woohoo:

[lizziegrace]

24. So?

when?? ;)

:woohoo:

[Guava Jelly]

35. As fast as the ol Toyota Tacoma will me

;)

[lizziegrace]

50. So the price of fuel isn't too high??

;)

[SPKrazy]

7. they do seem to just get more and more expensive

and my employer argues that there is no inflation :eyes:

I haven't had a cost of living increase for a while

and i'm topped out salary wise so i get a check every year that is taxed to hell before i get it. :P

and gas and oil are near $100 a barrel... that is going to be some TRICKLE DOWN economics for us all :grr:

:hug:

sorry it's tough lizziegrace

[lizziegrace]

11. Don't get me started about heating oil

I have space heaters so I don't have to run the furnace.

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

13. i KNOW I know

i remember that

:hug:

be careful, i know you said they can't be tipped over...

:hug:

[lost-in-nj]

20. please

please, please
be careful with your space heaters...... PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

my son has horror stories all the time because of people who didn't take the precautions needed with their space heaters..........

promise???
please???

lost

[lizziegrace]

22. Promise

they're the radiator-style, sealed. I keep them on low during the day and they're heavy enough and big enough the cats can't tip them over. Oh, and not a single one is plugged into an extension cord. ;)

:hug:

[Wcross]

32. "and my employer argues that there is no inflation "

Answer back that there are no two hour lunch breaks either. If he can ignore the inflation it wouldn't take much for him to ignore your new extended lunch "hour".

[bicentennial_baby]

10. We could use a roommate too, but...

I've sworn to never, ever have a roommate ever again...ever. Plus, we're going to have baby in the near-ish future, most likely, and we need our spare room. Sigh...

Good luck to you :)

[lizziegrace]

15. Thanks for the good thoughts

:)

I'm gonna stay put until Lelapin finishes college. Then I'll take out a map and throw a dart. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

19. Sounds like a plan!

You're a great mom, btw. :)

:pals:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. I'm in.

I can sleep on the floor. :D

[lizziegrace]

I have a spare room

and a high speed internet connection. I'm gone all day...

This could work. ;)


:hug:

How've you been stranger??

[Starbucks Anarchist]

28. Doing okay.

Enjoying this cold weather and making good progress on my novel. :hug:

[lizziegrace]

49. Good for you!

:)

It's REALLY cold here. Thermostat's on 50. ;)


:P

[ThomCat]

17. I understand what that's like.

:(

I've had pretty good luck with my current roommate. But she's moving out at the end of this school year. Then I get to advertise and interview all over again.

[lizziegrace]

25. Think I could adapt to the city??

;)

:hug:

[ThomCat]

30. Sure! And you'd make better money here too!

:)

[TK421]

18. I'm sorry this is happening, but DON'T...for the love of God get a roommate

if you do, you had better be certain that you can get along with the person, and they don't have annoying quirks that make you want to wrap your hands around their neck and squeeze as hard as you can until their face turns purple and blood starts squirting out of their eye sockets and.....oh, I'm sorry about that.

Don't get a roommate

[lizziegrace]

23. Ouch

sounds like the voice of experience screaming...

:hug:

Hang in there...

[TK421]

26. Don't do it, is all...

good luck:D

[lizziegrace]

27. I remember your post about the roommates

sounds like hell on earth. :(

[TK421]

31. I'm alone at the moment, and loving every minute of it....

would hate to see you get yourself into a situation with the wrong individual...but more especially if you found yourself locked into a lease agreement :scared: no way out

But that's just how I feel about it :hi:

[texanwitch]

29. I have 3 roomates, the 4th will be here early next year.

The housenote I can afford, the property taxes I can't.

Roomates can work but make rules from the start.

[lizziegrace]

38. Good to know

:hi:

:)

[Writer]

33. We're having that same problem over here, too, lizziegrace.

:hug: x 2

~Writer~

[Deja Q]

37. Pity I'm (roughly 1000 miles away, probably)

:hug: x infinium

[lizziegrace]

41. I hope it's a mild winter.

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

34. What are the perks?

:hi:

RL

[Deja Q]

36. I'm sure she has a couple you're thinking of...

:rofl:

[lizziegrace]

40. That would be a

yes...

:rofl:

[lizziegrace]

39. I think you know...

:evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

42. I'll start packing...

:D

RL

[lizziegrace]

44. Promises, promises

:eyes:


:evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

52. Can I bring my saddle?

:9

RL

[lizziegrace]

53. Sure ya can

cowboy...

[RetroLounge]

55. Hmmm. Can I ride your horse too?

:shrug:

RL

[lizziegrace]

58. ...

I dunno. Can you? :shrug:

:P

[RetroLounge]

64. I might need some lessons until I get the hang of it...

Do you teach riding?

:hi:

RL

[lizziegrace]

66. ...

sure. But you'll have to practice - a lot. :evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

70. I can go the distance...

:D

RL

[lizziegrace]

72. I knew you'd be a

model student. :D

[RetroLounge]

75. I remain teachable...

:hi:

RL

[lizziegrace]

76. ...

:hug:

[GOPisEvil]

43. A year ago, I would have invited you to Austin.

;)

I do wish you well. :hug:

[lizziegrace]

46. Awww shucks

:hug:


:)

I wish you and the love of your life nothing but happiness.

[malta blue]

45. ...

:hug:

It happens sometimes. This too shall pass lizziegrace....

[lizziegrace]

47. I offer you the same...

this too shall pass... Family can make you crazy. :hug:

[Madrone]

48. SWEET!!!!

I'm sending the 19 year old.

*furiously packing*


:P

[lizziegrace]

51. You're just a riot...

:P

Can she help pay the bills?? Hmmm... this could work. Lelapin's always wanted a sister. :)

[GOPisEvil]

54. Pay the bills? The 19-year-old?

:rofl:

She is a money pit! :D

Just the Mountain Dew and cigarettes alone! :o

[lizziegrace]

56. Ummm...

never mind!

:P

[Madrone]

65. Yeah, what Dave said.

Perhaps you could pimp out her little dog. Oh yeah, he comes too.

:D

[lizziegrace]

67. Uh

no thanks. ;)


:yoiks:

[GOPisEvil]

68. And he pees on stuff...

:D

[lizziegrace]

69. My cat Gracie would kill him

:)

[GOPisEvil]

71. Heh - he got hit by a car and didn't have a scratch.

That had better be one tough cat. Apparently this is one tough yappy dog. ;)

[Whoa_Nelly]

57. I need one, too!

Come on over! :hi:

[lizziegrace]

59. Hey stranger!!

It's a shame there's almost an entire country between us right now. :(


:hi:

[Whoa_Nelly]

62. It is a shame!

And I bet we'd be great roomies...and would make us some real fine fun trouble out in the local world :evilgrin:

[lizziegrace]

63. Hehe

hell on wheels. ;)

It would be so much fun. :)

[Mike03]

60. Honestly, I have no clue how people make ends meet anymore.

If I were 21 years old or thereabouts, and just out of college, trying to survive, there would probably be no chance for me. My empathy for people struggling now is vast. I just don't know how people get by now.

[lizziegrace]

61. I think you nailed it

it's reduced to survival for so many now. :(

[SammyWinstonJack]

90. According to george, they have two or three jobs and that is uniquely 'Murican.

:eyes: Of course, he does wonder when they find the time to sleep. How considerate of him, eh? :eyes:

[lizziegrace]

91. But didn't you know?

sleep is highly overrated... :sarcasm:

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

92. Oops!

Dupe

[flvegan]

73. That's why I have one.

[lizziegrace]

74. Things are going okay?

No horror stories?

[flvegan]

78. Define "okay" for me.

As it is with any relationship, there's a lot of give and take.

Mostly give on my behalf. Bitter, party of two. Thanks.

However, no real horror stories. Well, none that I can think of off the top of me brain.

[lizziegrace]

82. It seems with many relationships, one is always doing the

compromising. Hopefully, life will turn out the way it's supposed to and "happily ever after" may find it's way in, replacing the roommate??

[SallyMander]

77. I hear ya!

I was totally struggling... my fiance moved in with me really quickly (according to convention, i guess...). "Unofficially" almost immediately, and "officially" after about 10 months of dating. Partly cuz we were having way too much fun, and partly for financial reasons! If he hadn't shown up i might have ended up getting a roomie...


I hope everything works out for you :hug:


What part of Columbus do you live in? We're in Victorian Village in an 880-square foot house... still pricy!

[lizziegrace]

81. I work in Columbus

live in Delaware County.

:)

[sasquatch]

79. You can move in with me

I live in Dayton, it's not to far from Columbus.

[lizziegrace]

80. I was called about a job in Dayton

They couldn't come close in salary. Pity too, because it was an organization I believe in.

:hi:

[sasquatch]

83. Where do you live in Columbus?

I have an Uncle that lives in Westerville.
:hi:

[lizziegrace]

85. I'm in Delaware Co

ten miles north of the outerbelt.

:hi:

[lizziegrace]

86. Oh and

there's an Ohio meetup party on December 29th (Saturday)

Several DUers from the Columbus-area are coming, as is ThomCat from NYC. RetroLounge is also planning to make the trip.

Mark your calendar!

:)

[Ellen Forradalom]

84. I have one

He's a good one. I'm enjoying having him around.

[lizziegrace]

89. :-)

:)

[LynzM]

87. Hugs, dude....

:hug: Ya wanna play landlord for a while out here in CT, if you can find someone to room with ya? The option's still open! :)

I'm sorry things are tight for you, that's really hard. :hug:

[lizziegrace]

88. Hey Lynz!!

I owe you a resume. I'd love to live in an old farmhouse and play landlord. Are you around this weekend?

:hug:

[LynzM]

95. Hey dude...

I'm around some, busy some. Take the "farm" out and you're all set... unfortunately there's no farm to our house, just old. :) :hug:

[MissMillie]

93. Wanna move here?

I'd share living space w/ ya!

[lizziegrace]

94. Same here!

ya wanna move west? ;)

:hug:

[raccoon]

96. HOpe you get one who's honest, and pays his/her share of the rent. nt