Comments on: Faster, pussycat http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/ Web design news and insights since 1995 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:01:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tom Elder http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-30503 Tom Elder Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:24:30 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-30503 Jeffrey, I can entirely relate, not sure how old you are, but for me I hit a point where it all seems to gel. I had to roll with it for a long time, missing deadlines, clients upset, wife upset, 2 yearold upset, father in law (who lives with us 82years old )upset, dog upset. If you listen to your senses and believe that everything happens for a reason you will find that things will start to fall into place. You will also find that what you thought was important at the time in reality was not. My biggest fear is whether i am a great father or not. That has been a struggle for me for a long time. I finally realized that all I can do is the best that I can every day and my son will know that i truly love him. Case in point, there was a time ( age 10-17) that i did not see my father more than an hour a day ( he was an insurance broker and met with clients in the evenings). I think he was a great father and I know he did the best he could. Once in a while just say screw it and be present to it all. Good luck. Jeffrey,
I can entirely relate, not sure how old you are, but for me I hit a point where it all seems to gel. I had to roll with it for a long time, missing deadlines, clients upset, wife upset, 2 yearold upset, father in law (who lives with us 82years old )upset, dog upset. If you listen to your senses and believe that everything happens for a reason you will find that things will start to fall into place. You will also find that what you thought was important at the time in reality was not.

My biggest fear is whether i am a great father or not. That has been a struggle for me for a long time. I finally realized that all I can do is the best that I can every day and my son will know that i truly love him. Case in point, there was a time ( age 10-17) that i did not see my father more than an hour a day ( he was an insurance broker and met with clients in the evenings). I think he was a great father and I know he did the best he could.

Once in a while just say screw it and be present to it all.
Good luck.

]]> By: Anand http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22422 Anand Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:52:02 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22422 Exotic as it may sound, catching your breath and taking a couple of deep breaths can actually expand your conciousness and buy you that valuable stillness- really! I just started this new outfit and inspite of being Indian I've never given any heed to all the youga talk that happens everywhere here- until my worklife went over the top- Just try it. Exotic as it may sound, catching your breath and taking a couple of deep breaths can actually expand your conciousness and buy you that valuable stillness- really! I just started this new outfit and inspite of being Indian I’ve never given any heed to all the youga talk that happens everywhere here- until my worklife went over the top- Just try it.

]]> By: Sebastian Dammark http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22394 Sebastian Dammark Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:14:24 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22394 And by the way ... we need good speakers also. And by the way … we need good speakers also.

]]> By: Sebastian Dammark http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22387 Sebastian Dammark Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:33:23 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22387 Hey Jeff You gotta move to Denmark. Nice housing, good pricing. Just bought a 134m2 totally remaked on the inside for $354,394.00. It took 1½ month from finding the house to moving in. Hey Jeff

You gotta move to Denmark. Nice housing, good pricing. Just bought a 134m2 totally remaked on the inside for $354,394.00.

It took 1½ month from finding the house to moving in.

]]> By: Jeffrey Zeldman http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22372 Jeffrey Zeldman Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:14:16 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22372 @Robert: You are lucky! Three days after writing this post, we are still faxing and messengering and overnighting documents; still playing phone and e-mail tag with the mortgage broker, the attorney, the skipper, Gilligan ... @Robert: You are lucky! Three days after writing this post, we are still faxing and messengering and overnighting documents; still playing phone and e-mail tag with the mortgage broker, the attorney, the skipper, Gilligan …

]]> By: Robert MacEwan http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22369 Robert MacEwan Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:53:20 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22369 We live in historic downtown Washington, NC. The South. We'd been told the owner had been turning down offers for quite awhile. After 20 minutes of talking with my wife as they walked through the house he asked if we'd like to buy the house. It's my first house and I never went through all the craziness folks speak of in buying a house - am I'm glad. We live in historic downtown Washington, NC. The South. We’d been told the owner had been turning down offers for quite awhile. After 20 minutes of talking with my wife as they walked through the house he asked if we’d like to buy the house. It’s my first house and I never went through all the craziness folks speak of in buying a house – am I’m glad.

]]> By: Greg http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22363 Greg Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:30:26 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22363 Welp, I feel disgustingly lazy now. Sometimes I forget to shave in the mornings, and here you are stuffing 30 hours of activity into every day. Good luck, and hopefully things become more manageable soon. Welp, I feel disgustingly lazy now. Sometimes I forget to shave in the mornings, and here you are stuffing 30 hours of activity into every day.

Good luck, and hopefully things become more manageable soon.

]]> By: Marla Erwin http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22359 Marla Erwin Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:50:48 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22359 <blockquote>The Girl must be taken to preschool and picked up and played with and loved and taught and put to bed.</blockquote> ... and everything else will fall into place soon enough.

The Girl must be taken to preschool and picked up and played with and loved and taught and put to bed.

… and everything else will fall into place soon enough.

]]> By: Michael Nolan http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22325 Michael Nolan Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:55:47 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22325 Can't wait to see the new place. So glad to know you and Carrie and Ava will have a home of your own. Your piece of the “American Dream.” In New York of all places! Makes me feel like anything’s possible. Can’t wait to see the new place. So glad to know you and Carrie and Ava will have a home of your own. Your piece of the “American Dream.” In New York of all places! Makes me feel like anything’s possible.

]]> By: Greg Bulmash http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22262 Greg Bulmash Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:51:47 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22262 Read somewhere that buying a house and moving into it is the second most stressful and emotionally draining thing you can do. Sick dogs aren't much fun either. Any suitcase can be closed if you have enough people sit on it. If you've fit all the people on it you can and it still won't close, you just need denser people. Read somewhere that buying a house and moving into it is the second most stressful and emotionally draining thing you can do.

Sick dogs aren’t much fun either.

Any suitcase can be closed if you have enough people sit on it. If you’ve fit all the people on it you can and it still won’t close, you just need denser people.

]]> By: bellalace http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22260 bellalace Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:28:36 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22260 Ah! Home-buying aerobics. I am now 5 years in my magnificent, albeit tiny, abode and I couldn't be happier. Right after closing, I began moving in, had just taken on a high school age mentoree in a mentoring program, decided a <em>second</em> 8-HOUR-DAY-JOB would be a good idea to recoup my monies, and I spent every waking hour working, moving, unpacking, freaking and loving my new place. I ditched the second day job about 3 months later with a kind letter of thanks and I have not had such a whirlwind bag of events since. It is all worth it. It is worth all the headaches, the turmoil, the enormous stress and the urgency. You are going to love it. All my very best to you and the family. Ah! Home-buying aerobics. I am now 5 years in my magnificent, albeit tiny, abode and I couldn’t be happier. Right after closing, I began moving in, had just taken on a high school age mentoree in a mentoring program, decided a second 8-HOUR-DAY-JOB would be a good idea to recoup my monies, and I spent every waking hour working, moving, unpacking, freaking and loving my new place.

I ditched the second day job about 3 months later with a kind letter of thanks and I have not had such a whirlwind bag of events since. It is all worth it. It is worth all the headaches, the turmoil, the enormous stress and the urgency. You are going to love it. All my very best to you and the family.

]]> By: codebitch http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22252 codebitch Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:52:28 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22252 This is my professional training coming out but... You're buying real estate? Now? In the United States? Please tell me you got a sensible mortgage and not one of those "write in the income you'd LIKE to have" ones. Hope it goes well despite the meltdown going on around you. This is my professional training coming out but…

You’re buying real estate? Now? In the United States?

Please tell me you got a sensible mortgage and not one of those “write in the income you’d LIKE to have” ones.

Hope it goes well despite the meltdown going on around you.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22250 Jeremy Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:22:20 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22250 You're doomed. That's all I have to say. Like that overstuffed suit case, there are only two ways to get it to close. Throw out the old stuff to make room for the new or buy a second suit case. Since you're the suit case this time and throwing out the old stuff isn't really an option, you're just screwed. But hang in there. I'm sure the apartment will be more than affordable. \ / [x x] - cheers You’re doomed. That’s all I have to say.

Like that overstuffed suit case, there are only two ways to get it to close. Throw out the old stuff to make room for the new or buy a second suit case.

Since you’re the suit case this time and throwing out the old stuff isn’t really an option, you’re just screwed.

But hang in there. I’m sure the apartment will be more than affordable.
\ /
[x x] – cheers

]]> By: Ray McK http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22249 Ray McK Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:36:41 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22249 <i>"Faster, pussycat"</i> Hahahahaha Jeffrey, buying your first home is kinda like having a baby. Don't worry, the three of you will get through this. You WILL see light at the end of the tunnel. All the best “Faster, pussycat” Hahahahaha

Jeffrey, buying your first home is kinda like having a baby. Don’t worry, the three of you will get through this. You WILL see light at the end of the tunnel.

All the best

]]> By: Lori http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22247 Lori Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:15:32 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/19/faster-pussycat/#comment-22247 I was in your shoes exactly one month ago with the presentations and the kid and the deadlines and the spouse being even more busy at work than I. Thank god I was not also buying a house at the time. Good luck with everything -- you definitely have lots of people rooting for you! I was in your shoes exactly one month ago with the presentations and the kid and the deadlines and the spouse being even more busy at work than I. Thank god I was not also buying a house at the time. Good luck with everything — you definitely have lots of people rooting for you!

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