I Need a Yurt

I wouldn't really be meself if I wasn't worrying about something. I am worried (not in a terribly bad, all consuming way, just more like a cough that tickles your throat the tiniest bit sort of way) that the house is going to be too small.

Now it shouldn't be; there's only me and Rich there, it's got 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, and two (2!!!!!!!) living rooms for crying out loud. We thought long and hard about how much space we needed and what we didn't need. I know for a fact from 9 1/2 (!!) years of appraising that I like the sense of coziness from smaller houses rather than vast spaces of too muchedness that being in a grande house gives me. Our master bedroom is going to be 50 square feet bigger than our current bedroom. We'll be using about the same amount of space we use in our current house, but more functionally.

For the past 3 years or so, I have been trying not to have so much stuff. What does one need all this stuff for anyway? Oh, Rich would try to argue that there's a need for 12 old carburetors, 8 car stereos, 4 International Scout engines, and various car parts I couldn't even name. But he would be wrong. I always think back to a Life magazine spread I saw a loooooooooooonng time ago that showed families from various countries/cultures all over the world standing outside their abodes with all of their worldly goods. There was a nomadic family of 11 from DHEEWDNdjshjsyas standing outside their yurt with a spoon, a wooden bowl, and 5 blankets. Now compare that to a family of 4.5 from America standing in front of a sprawling ranch style home with 10 walk-in closets full of clothes, 8 T.V.s, every appliance known to man, books, not less than 50 pieces of furniture, their 3 cars, oh, I could go on and on.

Turns out it was from the Sierra Club, and I may be exaggerating a little tiny bit. But, I think their point was and my point is, that it makes me really think about what I need and what I don't need. I mean really need. I mean Webster's Dictionary definition of need (a lack of something necessary, useful, or desirable). So, I can still buy things that look pretty, but, I think if they are going to sit unused in a drawer or closet for eternity, I don't need to acquire such things. And if I don't need a lot of things, then a 1,500 square foot house should be more than adequate.

BUT..... when I look at this area where the new house is going to sit, it just looks like I might need a bigger house............