http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/12/what-kind-of-cottager-are-you-2/ Online Guide to Cottage Living Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/12/what-kind-of-cottager-are-you-2/#comment-1102 Yappy Happy Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:49:58 +0000 http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/12/what-kind-of-cottager-are-you-2/#comment-1102 I like the simplicity of cottage life. My family is happiest when we are there. We all laugh more and spend time conversing and listening to one another. Everyone is relaxed. No one is in a hurry to be anywhere, the phone rarely rings, no one runs around scrubbing,or fussing. and no one cares what they wear. The food and the coffee taste better. Oddly enough I even enjoy washing dishes when I'm there. (Especially the old plates and the cast iron frying pan.). I like the old blankets, books (there is time to read), the comfortable old couch that you can put your feet up on, the collection of old games, the smiling faces in the photo frames, the mismatched utensils (how did that happen), the wild flower arrangements and even the sound of the train going by in the middle of the night,, In the winter the kids tromp through the cottage in their ski boots and in the summer they skip past with wet feet. If we had granite counter tops, and high polished hardwood floors, a dishwasher and all the high tech toys - cottage life might not be the same for us. I like the simplicity of cottage life. My family is happiest when we are there. We all laugh more and spend time conversing and listening to one another. Everyone is relaxed. No one is in a hurry to be anywhere, the phone rarely rings, no one runs around scrubbing,or fussing. and no one cares what they wear. The food and the coffee taste better. Oddly enough I even enjoy washing dishes when I’m there. (Especially the old plates and the cast iron frying pan.). I like the old blankets, books (there is time to read), the comfortable old couch that you can put your feet up on, the collection of old games, the smiling faces in the photo frames, the mismatched utensils (how did that happen), the wild flower arrangements and even the sound of the train going by in the middle of the night,, In the winter the kids tromp through the cottage in their ski boots and in the summer they skip past with wet feet. If we had granite counter tops, and high polished hardwood floors, a dishwasher and all the high tech toys - cottage life might not be the same for us.

]]> http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/12/what-kind-of-cottager-are-you-2/#comment-1089 Runningcar Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:38:48 +0000 http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/12/what-kind-of-cottager-are-you-2/#comment-1089 Life is pretty fast now and time is of the essence for a lot of families. I'm itching to get out ice fishing one more time this year. The schedules are making that difficult. Not everyone has the time to maintain another home on the water. Fractional ownership makes sense in some of these cases. Affordability for some and not having capital tied up in something you can only use a couple of weeks a year frees up cash for a winter holiday etc. I like my cottage year round. But having said that I don't have a million dollars tied up in a non revenue generating asset either. Life is pretty fast now and time is of the essence for a lot of families. I’m itching to get out ice fishing one more time this year. The schedules are making that difficult. Not everyone has the time to maintain another home on the water. Fractional ownership makes sense in some of these cases. Affordability for some and not having capital tied up in something you can only use a couple of weeks a year frees up cash for a winter holiday etc. I like my cottage year round. But having said that I don’t have a million dollars tied up in a non revenue generating asset either.

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