Comments on Girl's Gone Child: Changing Rooms

This totally resonated. Loverly.

2009-07-03T14:05:36.535-07:00

This totally resonated. Loverly.

That's so awesome! I love it! You are just busting...

2009-07-03T14:00:17.240-07:00

That's so awesome! I love it! You are just busting at the seams with talent, Rebecca!

Will be posting pics of the kid's room as soon as ...

2009-07-02T20:16:45.973-07:00

Will be posting pics of the kid's room as soon as its fully finished.

As for the painting, YES! From the book.

Is that the painting you made for Hal before you w...

2009-07-01T19:38:34.462-07:00

Is that the painting you made for Hal before you were expecting Archer that you talk about in Rockabye?

Wow. I always come to your site first when I am b...

2009-07-01T18:58:49.097-07:00

Wow. I always come to your site first when I am boppin around. Today it was late because I have been trying to post everyday as I start my blog and I had a tough day with jealousy today and it took me a bit to figure out if I should tell the world I felt it. And felt it for something ridiculous. And then I hit publish when I realized how much I have and wrote about how happy I am and how I do not need what the Jones' have.

It was great to read it in your words though and push the point home that my grass is plenty green.

We are considering a bedroom switch as well as we wait for our third baby. We shall see but your beautiful little bedroom makes me think it might just be the solution we need to stay in our little bungalow with our slightly bigger brood and be all the closer as a family for brushing elbows every once in awhile.

Great Post!

Jennie of she like purple sent me this post. I'm ...

2009-07-01T07:57:42.358-07:00

Jennie of she like purple sent me this post.

I'm having a little bit of a nervous breakdown trying to sell my house to move to something bigger and better.

thanks for bringing me back down to earth.

Thanks for giving my husband and me a good laugh. ...

2009-07-01T06:16:44.784-07:00

Thanks for giving my husband and me a good laugh.
I emailed him from work: "There's this woman who blogs who wrote, "i want to be looked at and talked to like a piece of meat."
He emailed back, "WTF? Who would say that?"
I replied, "Your mother."
And we were off to the races, texting and giggling on our respective trains home from work.
We had dinner with another couple and we told them about the "piece of meat" quote. We started talking to our entrees (filet mignon for the ladies and T-bone steaks for the guys.)
"Hey you sexy thing! You hot piece of meat! Come over here. I'm gonna EAT you!"
Snickers and guffaws.
You gave four very childish attorneys a chuck-a-licious evening.
Piece of meat!

I really loved this.

2009-06-30T16:02:27.499-07:00

I really loved this.

we just moved this week. And I often apologize to ...

2009-06-29T06:46:17.592-07:00

we just moved this week. And I often apologize to Nate for the way I used to be. I think I could have written this post had I been as eloquent as you. ;)

Bigger, better, NEWER! I am 43 and have a great h...

2009-06-28T22:24:23.970-07:00

Bigger, better, NEWER!

I am 43 and have a great hubby and 3 fabulously loved kids. Hubby makes a great income and I make my bit artistically, full time mom otherwise. We live within our means and it is the way to live, for us. Our debt is low (mortgage) and we have money for travel a few times a year.

Sometimes you just have to juggle priorities and find what makes YOU and yours happy.

Do we have a big ass tv? No. Could we buy one with cash? Yep. Do we want one? Nope. Currently our living room houses a 70's model tv in a cabinet. Works for us :) And so on...

Sometimes I wish our old house were bigger. But then I wonder if it would be as homey as this house is. We live in an old character home with 4 (smallish) bedrooms and ONE bathroom. I know! The horror!

But works for us and we never do without.

"rearranging the same old items in a new and diffe...

2009-06-27T16:49:34.239-07:00

"rearranging the same old items in a new and different space"

Yes. This resonates with me. Your writing tends to do that. Thanks.

I bought Rockabye last weekend and expected it to ...

2009-06-27T12:35:26.704-07:00

I bought Rockabye last weekend and expected it to last me a week because I made a place in my budget for books and they have to last me a week or else I end up buying another book and going over. Rockabye lasted me about 2 days. And that was even when I was trying really hard to just put it down. Telling myself "You don't need another cigarette. You can read more next time you need a nicotine fix." So I would basically just sit outside and go through half a pack READING YOUR BOOK.

Anyway, I finished it and it is still my book of choice for smoke breaks. Every time I walk outside and open it to a random page, I'm like I DONT REMEMBER READING THIS! And its amazing v2.0.

I love the book and your blog and I am excited to someday feel that kind of love (in 5-7 years, hopefully)

I just love all of your art!

2009-06-27T12:06:17.003-07:00

I just love all of your art!

Being ridiculously short, the saying good things c...

2009-06-27T09:06:33.696-07:00

Being ridiculously short, the saying good things come in small packages has always been a fav of mine. Enjoy your new space with all your familiar things.

I'm not sure if it's appropriate that I comment he...

2009-06-27T08:10:09.608-07:00

I'm not sure if it's appropriate that I comment here: I'm a single, childless young woman who's staring down twenty-three. I'm a regular reader who coos over your kids and wows over your words, and I've never thought I had much to say before this post.

Speaking as one of the untouched, the Last Girl, the virgin, I envy you deeply. I don't want the pedestal or the pats on the head for keeping my mouth shut. Believe me, us virgins do not feel prized or privileged: we feel scrutinized, judged. "What's with her? Frigid? Damaged?" I want what you have: sex and life and messiness.

I'll be the first to admit that it's my own fear that keeps my legs together as much as any societal conditioning, so maybe this is a moot point. In any case, I thought it would be comforting for you to hear that I'm here, staring back at you from across the line, wishing I was where you are right now. Peace and love to you.

We have many products on children try to find สิ v...

2009-06-27T07:23:28.668-07:00

We have many products on children try to find สิ view.

We too will be moving into the smallest bedroom in...

2009-06-26T19:45:41.352-07:00

We too will be moving into the smallest bedroom in the house within days. Just makes the most sense, we only sleep there (and have been known to fool around a bit) and most of the time hubby is off at work anyway.

So my 'office' will be bigger and our sleeping room smaller. Hope mine looks as great as yours. (Mine will be smaller!)

I love your Victrola, and I love the mess that is ...

2009-06-26T17:31:09.255-07:00

I love your Victrola, and I love the mess that is humanity. Thanks for reminding me of that second part with this post. Rock on.

I have a smaller "number" than most people, but a ...

2009-06-26T17:06:35.957-07:00

I have a smaller "number" than most people, but a bit larger than my boyfriend, who has ... just me. We met at 18, first few months of college, and have been together ever since (about 7 years) and probably will get married as soon as we have some money. And sometimes I feel guilty about my somewhat sketchy high school past, and I know that he sometimes gets a little jealous or angry that he doesn't get to have those experiences. To be honest I thought I would have more years of that... but we met early and I'm thankful that we did meet, and that I have found someone who is worth settling down for. But every once in a while... you do get the urge to air those feathers. I feel a little bad reminiscing about my wilder days (though it's all relative and I certainly wasn't as crazy as I could have been)... but it's nice to have something to look back on. The challenge is moving ahead without feeling wistful... and like you say, appreciating what you have.

blessings counted. thanks for the reminder.

You just keep rocking that way you have about you....

2009-06-26T16:13:19.550-07:00

You just keep rocking that way you have about you.

ack...i meant "new" room, not "new room". oops.

2009-06-26T14:30:40.975-07:00

ack...i meant "new" room, not "new room". oops.

I love the pictures of your "new room", and as alw...

2009-06-26T14:29:18.570-07:00

I love the pictures of your "new room", and as always, the beautiful and thought-provoking words along with them. I'm curious though-how'd the kids' room turn out? I would love to see pics of that too! :)

-Emily

perfect timing. i have been compulsively scouring ...

2009-06-26T11:13:08.078-07:00

perfect timing. i have been compulsively scouring the internet for new houses in our price range in our area that are bigger. and you know what? we're broke as a fucking joke. the things we want don't exsist in our price range.

i feel like i've been so negative and bitter because i hate this house. but you have inspired me to just stop looking beyond what we have and focus on the here and now. making this house better, fresher, a feeling of newness. we have all we need here. at least we can say that. :)

This was an amazing post. So beautiful. I think ev...

2009-06-26T10:54:46.092-07:00

This was an amazing post. So beautiful. I think every mother and wife wants to be that girl sometimes. That one that was free to wallow in her own stuff. Stuff that was hers and now theirs. beautiful.

Wow, definitely know the feeling about the bigger ...

2009-06-26T10:37:48.015-07:00

Wow, definitely know the feeling about the bigger space. Had that talk recently with my husband. It is true though... new things area always exciting, no matter where you live. I am sure if we all lived in palaces we would still have the same inklings.