Interesting question. I´ll take a villa. That way there would be room for family and friends. It should have enough land for a few animals (chickens, a few lamb, whatever, and a decent sustenance garden too.

 Ahhh yes, those were fun times!  The power outage was during a major storm and half the city was out too.....the internet....well, that´s just good ol´ dial up for you. 

I do now actually have an option of high speed wireless but I am leary since my wireless card that I already have doesn´t work well at home and I can´t find anyone who has the service so I don´t know how reliable it is.

Our House - Madness

Father wears his sunday best
Mothers tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sisters sighing in her sleep
Brothers got a date to keep
He cant hang around

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...

Our house it has a crowd
Theres always something happening
And its usually quite loud
Our mum shes so house-proud
Nothing ever slows her down
And a mess is not allowed

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
Something tells you that youve got to get away from it

Father gets up late for work
Mother has to iron his shirt
Then she sends the kids to school
Sees them off with a small kiss
Shes the one theyre going to miss
In lots of ways

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...

I remember way back then when everything was true and when
We would have such a very good time such a fine time
Such a happy time
And I remember how we´d play simply waste the day away
Then we´d say nothing would come between us two dreamers

Father wears his sunday best
Mothers tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sisters sighing in her sleep
Brothers got a date to keep
He cant hang around

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...

Our house, was our castle and our keep
Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, that was where we used to sleep
Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, in the middle of our street

Just thought I would add this lyric of this amusing song which actually typifies many households in the UK.

 You still wear "Sunday best" in your your house LL?

I like my house better - more relaxing!

I´ll light the fire
You put the flowers in the vase
That you bought today

Staring at the fire
For hours and hours
While I listen to you
Play your love songs
All night long for me
Only for me

Come to me now
And rest your head for just five minutes
Everything is good
Such a cosy room
The windows are illuminated
By the sunshine through them
Fiery gems for you
Only for you

Our house is a very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy
´Cause of you
And our la,la,la, la,la, la, la, la, la, la, la.....

Our house is a very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy
´Cause of you
And Our

I´ll light the fire
And you place the flowers in the jar
That you bought today

Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

East or west

Home is best

I´d love to live in a beach house with huge windows and palm trees around it. For now, a four-bedroom terraced house has to do

 My ideal home would be a lovely log cabin perched on a beautiful mountainside....but alas, it´s a city life for me!!

my ideal......it would most definately need to be by the sea the rest is just detail

After living for a year in an appartment in Ýzmir with one of the most stunning views of the city (the bay, the other side of the city at the other side of the sea, most enchanting at nights with all its lights, a forest at the other side and a pretty wide panorama of most of the other central city quarters), I have always said I would even live in a tent if I get to enjoy that view everyday.. maybe a little overstatement, but really, who needs a big villa with too many rooms for too little (useful!) stuff, if you can live simple but surrounded by beauty when you wake up and go to bed. Even putting trash outside the building was generally nice business, because of the children playing around, the flowers around the building and the view and smell of the sea!

  Reminds me of a magnet we have on our refridgerator:

Dull women have immaculate houses