Comments on: City Sittin’

By: Kathie

Kathie — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:10:29 +0000

Well, thanks Jaye, Alison, Mignon, and Becky…so glad to know, I’m not the only one interested in other people’s homes! Hope you’re all staying warm…well, maybe not you Texans. It can’t be that cold there, right?

By: Jaye Wells

Jaye Wells — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:54:35 +0000

I’m this way, too. Hubby says I’m nosey. I tell him I’m just filing away information for my future-bestsellers, which will fund his retirement.

BTW A wall in my dining room and another in my foyer are painted that pumpkin color.

By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:42:05 +0000

I like to see how people decorate, too. There aren’t many houses around with no blinds, though.

By: Mignon

Mignon — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:23:37 +0000

We have vaulted ceilings and enormous windows in the front of our house and I’ve never ever closed the blinds in the three years we’ve been here. And yes, it’s a housing development. It makes me feel so alone to sit in my front room and watch the cars go by, people staring straight ahead, and all the houses dark and abandonded-looking. I love driving up to our home at night and seeing Jim playing with the kids and our little blue table lamp glowing on the end table by the rocking chair.

I miss our nightly walks around our old neighborhood in Portland. Like you said, checking out the decor and what’s on TV in our neighbor’s homes. It felt so much more like a community there.

By: Becky..Absent Minded Housewife

Becky..Absent Minded Housewife — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:12:35 +0000

When my home stops looking like the ball pit at the McDonald’s play land, you can assume one of two things.

I’ve duct taped the children to the wall or ceiling in a decorative shabby chic manner…

They’ve grown up, married, gotten their own mortgages and I’ve forked the evil eye at them, cursing them to ball pit homes of their own.

By: Kathie

Kathie — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:24:16 +0000

Cindy,
I def. don’t read over people’s shoulders or look at things on people’s desks. It does feel wrong…so why looking through windows (not that I climb trees or put my nose to the window–not for extended periods anyway) doesn’t seem bad to me, I don’t know! I didn’t realize people thought that other stuff was fair game–reading stuff on desks, looking over shoulders. NOw cell phone convos, they’re fair game, to me.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:07:36 +0000

I love looking in windows too, when I’m out for a walk or a jog. And one of the reasons I love living in a city — even a small town like Butler — is that there are sidewalks for walking and jogging. So civilized.

I love that “sitting in a cafe” thing too. I hung out for a few hours in our coffeeshop today, working on the computer, and I had the fun of overhearing conversations, scoping out who stops in after church, listening to the kids behind the counter chatting with each other. Very fun.

But like you say, listening to others’ conversation and monitoring their activity could be seen as rude. I think everyone draws the line somewhere. For me, it’s reading what someone else is writing or drawing over their shoulder, and looking at things on someone’s desk. I know other people think that’s all fair game, but to me it’s just a little too personal.