Aug 5, 2008
Ten-Word Tuesday. The Camping Edition.
If you know one thing about Bossy it’s this: she loves living small.
Bossy was never the type of girl to be enamored with princess castles or to admire celebrity mansions. Bossy is the type of girl who saw Rear Window and wanted to live in a tenement during the depression:
Just like Bossy is the type of girl who saw Swing Shift and wanted to live in a California Bungalow Court, preferably with Ed Harris:
Which is why it’s easy to understand why Bossy is in love with her
This is a view of Bossy’s side of the trailer—and when Bossy says “Bossy’s side”, she is of course referring to the side shared with her husband, who is not allowed to keep any of his things in her trailer:
And this is a view of the other side of the trailer:
Everything a family of four needs is located within this trailer, including two king-sized bunks, a table with built-in benches, a sink, a stove, a refrigerator, some cupboards, two welcome mats, four flashlights, a few stuffed animals, the latest David Sedaris book, and a box of Breathe-Right Nasal Strips.
Which is what today’s Ten-Word challenge is all about. In exactly ten words, can you tell Bossy if you wish your house were bigger than it is, or smaller than it is, and why?
And check back later today for the best kvetching on the web.
Bigger: a master bathroom, grow rooms by five square feet.
Need smaller house, would force getting rid of (husband’s) crap
Not bigger. Not smaller. Just better utilization of available space.
Perfect as is, although could use my own HUGE bathroom!
I will keep what I’ve got, thank you very much.
I like house’s size,
but my room is oddly shaped.
And wouldn’t kill to have eat-in kitchen with raised hearth.
Slightly bigger for the baby and the family who’ll visit.
His and hers master suites; no effing baby powder allowed!
Perfect fit. Tiny house grows loving families. Second bathroom please.
Bigger so that the Dyson can have its own space.
Mine is perfect. 5 bedrooms for me, wife and cat.
House plenty big. Just too much crap to deal with.
Mine is the right size for me and the cats.
Happy as a pig in poop with my house size!
Size ok. The 1975 Carol Brady orange countertops gotta go.
I would like a fourth bedroom so family could visit.
I would like a second bathroom, one just isn’t enough!
We had an extra child and now need a bedroom.
Little bigger. Want a kitchen eating area and whirlpool bath!
condo too small, need tidy little brick bungalow with yard
We live in a Goldilocks house – full of fricking porridge!
Love my 30s bungalow. Everyone, own room. Who needs more?
Bigger only so the wieners could have their own wing!
Hallie
http://wonderfulworldofweiners.blogspot.com/
Smaller: much easier to keep clean and neat. (Clean? Neat?)
Tiny bit bigger, husband would like to have a study.
Built it ourselves, size is great, lacking is ocean view.
Need art studio, otherwise perfect for girl and the nugget-makers.
more space, less junk would make this house big enough.
Smaller, 3400 square feet, need maid, given up long ago
Same but rearranged layout (so easy in Sims2), with storage.
smaller house; spouse has lotsa junk. but bigger bathroom wanted.
Definitely smaller, quicker to clean and more time for fun!
Size? Perfect. Coveting central a/c, dishwasher, and dryer vented outside.
I just need a house that DOES NOT have termites.
Moving into 650 square feet. Thinks that’s just about perfection!
If my house was smaller, I’d go bat shit crazy.
Giant master bathroom just means more floor to mop. Ugh.
Need a separate house for all the kids friggin toys
Bigger – kids each need their own bedroom for less fighting!
Perfectly happy with house size; remodeling was horror show though.
Stayed in Residence Inn suite once wanted to stay forever.
Baby due very soon.
Dogs need more room to hide!
You could always sell the house and just live in the trailer, after all, son will be off to school and it will just be the three of you (or five if you count the dog)
Smaller, and round: no corners for dog hair to hide.
like the house.
wish it was in a town about 30 min. north east of me.
A smaller house would mean the kids had moved out.
Bigger please. Four kids. Three bedroom townhouse. Bedrooms too small.
Bigger: Three boys five and under. Can’t have enough room.
One more room so baby doesn’t sleep with sewing machine.
Guest room needed on main floor for cane-using relatives.
For a family of four, my house is juuuuuust right.
Want sSmaller house = less dust and scrubbing after children.
Would like to live more simply; somebody take my junk.
Basement: to send all my kids and their crap to
Current size is fine: layout is being fixed RIGHT NOW.
House is perfectly sized, we just need to paint it.
Man-cave/house needs at least average kitchen and bathrooms.
Need another bathroom. Did I say need another bathroom? Yeah.
My house is the right size for all my crap.
Bigger. Adult children came back home. One with a wife.
My house is perfect. And small. And I love it.
More rooms for when the Jolie-Pitts come to visit.
PS: That’s some interesting upholstery, no?
With a playroom/finished basement I’d drink sidecars in peace.
Bigger so I can reclaim my livingroom and my diningroom.
House just fine. Need 40 acres more yard for garden.
many primary colored toys, need basement to banish child to
What is this “house” you speak of?
Just moved MUCH SMALLER house .. Madness and Family LOVE IT!
Smaller, because it takes me 8 hours to clean it.
I just want a basement for the cats litter box.
Smaller house means smaller payments means more money for me!!
Just the right size. Needs cleaned and have less stuff.
House fine. Bigger family room. So small considering stadium seating.
Bigger house means bigger yard to mow. Not so much.
1930s Tudor: Tiny closets, one bathroom, males with bad aim.
Size cozy good; plaster paint needed; sunny dirt for plants.
Live in 39 foot RV. Too Long for small parks.
Size is good, but needs remodeling to fix layout problems!
Bigger: need computer when guests stay,
like others need coffee.
Kitchen is to small, fridge is in another room. Ugh.
Same size but with closets. WHY no closets old house?
Family of four selling everything to travel around the world.
Can’t remodel anymore without suffering divorce. Love both house AND husband.
(seriously, I love the idea of teeny tiny spaces, too, but I’m not sure it’d really work for us)
I want a smaller house, but I crave more land!
I just wish the owner of the house was me.
Kids each need room, bigger bathroom, please make kvetching stop!!!
larger if it’s closets.1500 sq ft, 2 closets! Insufficient!!
A larger LR/DR area would be swell for cocktail parties!
Bigger, our seven kids can’t hear us take a “nap”.
Want to have four kids. Need more bedrooms.
Just right size. Need more storage and tons less stuff.
one bedroom apartment with baby makes me scream “BIGGER PLEASE”
It all depends on whether I am vacuuming or entertaining.
SK
Bigger. Need more room for more crap.
Bigger bathroom needed to stop sharing potty time with felines.
I wish it was bigger, because of the incoming spawn.
Six-foot-two husband always bashes head. Need full height ceilings upstairs!
Size is fine. Better arrangemed rooms and closets much needed.
No pantry. No laundry room. No storage. Need bigger house.
Smaller house equals no children, no grandchildren, and peace again.
Fewer nooks and crannies would mean less hoarding of crap.
Loft is perfect but wish boyfriend had own bathroom. (Stinky.)
Bigger. Must have my own four walls, I dislike apartments.
Need more room to fit all of my stupid stuff.
room enough for six kids, too much to keep clean
Perfect except for tiny shower stall, want BIG clawfoot tub.
(will “settle” for spa outdoors – anyone wanna give theirs away???)
Bigger, because I am superficial and my apartment is matchbook-y.
No room to grow out, 2nd story would be nice.
Bigger? Smaller? Who cares as long as there’s no mould.
bigger bathroom. bathroom of my own? Definitely a bigger deck.
the house is fine; just move it to London please!
would love it to be bigger for separate family room.
PS – Thank you so much for challenging my mommy brain with ten-word tuesdays!
Bigger please. Need basement and larger bedrooms.
Although I’m Malcontent Mama,
I’ll take my place
PAID FOR
Right as rain now
Until more grandchildren
Make an appearance
Wouldn’t mind extra bathroom for husband and his toothpaste drippings.
BIGGER…650 square feet, two kids, a dog, need counters!
Same sized but laid out better and with better storage
Mine is perfect! Hubby has his own room and so do I!
OK house; remove the clutter; kids all grown and gone.
My little house is just the right size, thank you.
Camp is where you park and pop your house up.
Bigger – Fart anywhere in this house and everyone can smell it.
Another bedroom so two boy children don’t kill each other.
With 6, need bigger house. Would help to escape noise.
Three gals one hubby one bath you do the math.
My house is exactly perfect. NOW what do I do?
only one bathroom -sometimes four of us -oh my god!
House fine, but want another bathroom and a bigger yard.
Love my new house! Love my new house! Love it!
Five bedrooms. Three baths. Kids grown. Crowded when they return.
Smigger or Baller, whichever.
House is perfect. Husband has book addiction..they’re multiplying everywhere!
just move this house to a bigger yard…and garage.
Bigger. Need more closet space
And a giant master bathroom.
Five year old needs playroom, husband needs own playroom too.
Bigger:
Playroom for baby without giving up any grown up space.
My current house is 2200 sq. feet, however, for a family of 3 I would love a 2 bedroom cottage with no formals and just enough stuff, but not too much stuff. Unfortunately, my DH is a pack rat.
Cozy little home better than large poorly laid out one.
bigger. because i want to be hugh hefner’s girlfriend. seriously.
erm…where’s the potty?
Just need a place for everything…less living more closets.
Bigger. No room for babies with a one bedroom apartment.
wanted bigger, got it. now my furniture looks stupidly small.
Houses are like men, size doesn’t matter, monthly costs do.
(I’m such a hopeless romantic. Or hopeless something)
Heather says she is now very intrigue with Viking’s pop up camper and now wants one.
Size OK. Better floorplan = could pretend no one else lives here.
Smaller. I hate to clean. I only like to sweep.
All I want is my very own girlie bathroom please!!1
500 square feet: perfect for one person and a dog
one room bigger because we are having a baby girl.
My friend used to have a pop up growing up. We stayed out in her backyard all the time. I had the best time. Fun Times.
Need cupboards need shelves need closets. Or dump the crap.
One more full bathroom please. A big deck outside. K’thanks
Small studio. Dream of two bedrooms. Live in San Francisco
Omigod more bathrooms. Maybe three more. One for the cats.
bigger master bedroom, bigger master bath, bigger shower, smaller bed.
6 toilets are impossible to keep sparkly clean and fresh.
I simply cannot live without guest house or maid’s quarters.
debby, no it wouldn’t, move out. trust me. been there.
Smaller when I’m tidying and cleaning, larger for everything else!
My house is just perfect. I love my house much.
colonial to ranch and separate living qtrs for dogs.
must simplify, must simplify, must simplify, must simplify, must simplify!
four dirty toilets are too many for just one mom
16 foot quilt frames don’t fit in 10 ft rooms.
Better ventilation because previous tenant was a heavy smoker — yuck!
smaller.more room,more crap,more kvetching.less room,crapless…
Building a tiny house. Sex in my parents’ house…ugh.
I so wish my house was bigger. Why? Oh, because I have a furnace, hot water heater and a washer and dryer in my already very small kitchen. That equals no counter top space. Also, my tiny little house does not have even one closet. So, therefore, yes, I would like a bigger house.
My home is perfectly sized, but needs more counter space!
Smaller over all but need a bigger bathroom/closet.
850 sq. ft. Sustainably cozy. Enclosed patio would be nice.
Only need lottery win to make my little house perfect.
bigger: 95-pound german shepherd, 88-pound rottie mix, dream of walk-in closet
Right size home, especially if kid moves out real soon.
Same as it is – with all the work finished please.
Same size but need finished basement for son and friends.
I grew up in a small house, one bathroom, perfect.
Swap home unit for little cottage, with wide shaded verandah.
One more room, boyfriend moves in instead of me moving.
Bigger, so I can have a painting studio.
Bilbo Baggin’s Hobbit hole would be a dream come true.
Single wide mobile home. You do the math.
Okay, easy one. Trade in BIG house for
RV. That has been my goal for a long time.
I’ve settled now for a villa in Costa Rica
for Feb./Mar. Sorta like your tent trailer.
Actually not at all like your tent trailer.
I lied.