The Daily Three Things

Imaine that you are a uest in your own home. Which three thins would you find most interestin or unusual?

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[Mamacita]

Hmmm. . . . . .

1. One living room wall covered with hanging stringed instruments. (3 guitars, two banjos, two mandolins, and a dulcimer)

2. Computer room (formerly son's room) with two computers, huge amp, four electric guitars, one bass guitar, one electric mandolin, and over six thousand cd's.

3. Stereo system in dining room where most people have a sideboard. People often comment on the vintage receiver (1970) that I still use. One speaker has a skull on top of it; the other has a candleabra. There's a short in the receiver but I don't know how to fix it. I hope it never sets the house on fire.

Come on over. We have music.

[lani]

1. how meticulous it is for housing three kids. a keen observer would probably guess that the homeowner (namely me), was somewhat neurotic about "lining things up" and alphabetizing books, music, and DVDs. heh.
2. people inquire about the quirkier objects in the home, mostly things given to me by my mother. things that she collects during her travels. also items that i've brought from home (Hawaii).
3. not a big deal back home, but people think it's odd here that we don't wear shoes in our house. ever. shoes stay lined up neatly outside the front door, near the entrance, or are carried to the person's closet (if not a visitor).

[Amy]

1. The wooden "urn" that holds the ashes of my first bird, a beloved African Grey named Echo.

2. The fish tank with NO FISH!

3. The amazing number of carb heavy snacks on the kitchen counters.

[Nikki]

Hmmmm, great question -

well, I get teased b/c I'm 29 years old and I have doilies EVERYWHERE (it ain't just for grandma's ya know - lol)

the second would be the huge Rhett Butler picture in my dining room

the third is a picture of the President that I have hanging up - (I am not a republican, democrat, liberal what have you - I'm just LABEL-LESS) HOWEVER, it's difficult to get an autograph personalized with your name from the President. I worked in Politics for three years and finally, was able to go to the White House and have the President autograph a picture for me personally. It's unusual to those who know me b/c of my beliefs but um, yeh - I think that's it -

Well, and I have....never mind, we won't go there - ROFL...;)

[Rebecca]

1. The entire apartment is decorated in tan, white and red. No other colors. Bathrooms, everything.

2. There is no dining table...a piano takes its place.

3. The telescope points not at the sky, but at a certain apartment across the courtyard.

(Alternate, otherwise known as more truthful, #3) The apartment is a manifestation of the resident's obsessive-compulsive tendencies towards neatness and order.

[kimbofo]

1. Apple Airport Extreme base station - it's a mushroom shaped device that is our wireless solution for all the freakin' laptops and computers we have in this apartment.

2. The ridiculous amounts of magazines we have piled up everywhere - we both work in magazine publishing so it's kind of an obsession.

3. The clothes hanging up everywhere to dry. I'm sorry our place often looks like a chinese laundry.

[Melody]

1. Our view - we have an awesome view of the inner city skyline. People think it's amazing.

2. How white the walls are. More like, how bare the walls are. A downfall in renting I'm afraid.

3. My framed 'Blur' print hanging on the wall. It is an original out of 500 and Blur actually own the last 100. Mine is number 9 - signed by the artist. It should be worth something, I am hoping....

[ms. mac]

My Children who will be no dout causing a ruckus somewhere.
My photos of loved ones. I love photos, anyone's and everyone's.
My Wine bar!

[milehighdivacyn]

All the pets (4 dogs and 1 cat)
an ecletic mix of every style
my makeup room (er.....bathroom)

[elle]

1. The view. Everyone stares at the lake.
2. The art room. The little space in the house to get messy.
3. The kitchen. My bedroom and bathroom. The last rooms that need to be decorated. They are hideous.

[bari]

The ninety-nine pound dog that won't get off of your lap.

All the framed pictures of family, friends and said dog.

The collection of cows in the upstairs office

[Tamara]

hmmm, I guess it would be
1. The 1940 enclosed bookcase just filled will old bibles, and old religious texts including bound latin services and a bible illustrated by Salvador Dali. (we're not catholic)
2. The fireplace in the livingroom - hubby and I re-did it to look like old copper and we added carved birds and a chinese knocker to it. (looks better than it sounds)
3. The chess table I finally ripped from my parents house. It's table size, hand carved, from spain, and comes with a complete set of hand carved pieces about 4 inches high.

[Home Detention Lady]

The stacks of laundry I'm too lazy to put away, the size of the itty bitty kitchen built into a corner, and the random paper bags laying around that my cats love to play in.

[True Jersey Girl]

1. My basement, aka "Margaritaville", in which my husband built a bar and we have arcade video games and pinball machines. Its like adult Disneyland down there.
2. We have an old house, but one super-modern bathroom which is all black and white with a big black jacuzzi tub (which I have used ONCE since being here!) I dislike the bathroom because its in such stark contrast to the rest of the house.
3.Tshachkis (huh? Is that how you spell it?) everywhere. We love "stuff" and have to display it all at once.

[Shannin]

Our two dogs

My photographs, specifically the ones from my last trip to Paris

The number of cookbooks (I must have close to 40, and I rarely use them since I make up my own recipes)

[Marie]

1. the baby barricades everywhere
2. the cranking wood stove
3. the videos and books in the big glass-doored bookcase.

[Nzyme]

seashells, dolphins, dvds...

[cori]

6 Bathrooms
5 Fireplaces
5 TV's (2 flatscreen)

[annie]

1. My huge computer desk that has a place of honor in the living room.
2. #1 becomes even more unusual when they see I have a separate office room with 2 more computers in there.
3. Motorcycle nic-nacs subtley mixed in with my other decor. (15 years ago, it would have been the actual motorcycle parked in my kitchen. I lived in a bad neighborhood.)

[Lloyd]

1. The English lantern on the roof of our four family building. It's about 10 feet tall--part of the architecture.

2. The color of our living/dining room: yellow and sage.

3. My office with it natural cherry desk and wall of books.

[rebeka]

1. These people have way too much stuff to live in such a small space.
2. These people take way too many photos of their cat.
and
3. These people need new carpet, and new curtains.

[Christine]

1. "Command central" in the enclosed porch: the heart of our home LAN, the racks that house over 10 computers.

2. My husband's ornamental knife collection.

3. Our collection of occult books.

[Crystal]

Harry the Longhorn, (and NO we're not UT fans, it's a real longhorn skull from my husband's bachelor days)
The broken curtain rod with the torn up curtains, only because they are so unsightly (thanks kitties!)
Our chinchilla, she's always a favorite!

[Amy]

The many many rows of beanie babies on the planter shelves.
The cool playroom my kids have.
The candy everywhere.

[Melinda]

What an interesting and difficult question considering it's all normal to me since that's the way I did it. But let's see...

The CDs are in alphabetical order with multiple CDs of the same artist in order by release date.

I own all of the Sex in the City DVDs and the board game.

How did you fit so much stuff into such a tiny little apartment?

[A-Dub]

my CD collection
my book collection
how it looks like my (and my roommates) apartment got hit by a tornado...its a train wreck in here!

[sleepingmommy]

1. A framed family tree drawn to look like an actual tree that goes from the turn of the twentieth century back to the early 1700s complete with pictures. (It's confusing as hell to look at)

2. A curio cabinet full of my father's toys from the 1950s all in immaculate mint condition.

3. The closet door with a pet door in it. (you really don't want to know, but you would be very curious)

[Sarah]

1. All our books (3- 7 foot high bookshelves full of them)
2. All our photos from our travels
3. The magnets we collect from states and countries we've been to (you know, the state or country shaped magnets). We have many of them on our fridge.