Average Family, Small House: Tight Hams

Friday, May 16, 2014

Tight Hams

I have perpetually tight hamstrings. I think part of the problem is that I don't take very long strides in my house. If I planned well, I could take three long strides from the living room to the kitchen/back door, and that's only if there isn't a bunch of toys and other tripping hazards in the way. Otherwise, I take very few steps, and they aren't long. I was at my friend's five bedroom house the other day, and as I walked down the long hallway to the play room, I realized that I could really lengthen my stride, heh heh. Plus all the going up and down stairs. I guess I should start doing laps around house like my preschooler.

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UnknownJune 2, 2014 at 2:56 PM
Are your heels also sore? Because mine used to be tight all the time until I picked up some good arch support sore inserts. Unsolicited advice- maybe helpful, maybe not.
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AliciaJune 2, 2014 at 8:01 PM
A few years ago I had some trouble with my big toe and balls of my feet, and the podiatrist recommended good inserts. Since then it's just tightness, although I try to stretch a lot!
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Welcome!

Our family lives in a small house, by American standards. We have 850 square feet to do most of our living in. No attic, no basement. We do have a spacious--albeit crumbling--garage that we use for storage and spider breeding. We have a shed for garden supplies and bikes, and a generous lot at about 5,000 sq ft. We live in the city of Seattle, but near the border. One thing we love about Seattle is that each neighborhood has its own character, and little "downtown" of shops and services. We live about 1/4 mile from our little downtown, so we can walk to most everything we really need. We value walkability and bikeability over driveability, but we do own a car.

When we first bought the house in 2008, the real estate bubble was bursting all over the country, but Seattle was staying strong in comparison. At the time, we got a pretty good deal. Older house (1943), but new roof, new windows, new flooring, new paint, new siding. Since then the market tumbled even more and we found ourselves underwater. We thought we'd be here 3-5 years. The market's back up and so is our house value, but we like where we live, so we're going to stick it out a while longer.

In the meantime, I'll share my thoughts about living small and having a great life! If you expect fancy Pintrest-worthy magazine photos, you'll be disappointed. I don't have the time or the inclination to clean things up all pretty pretty before I take a picture, so you'll just have to accept the unvarnished (or filtered) truth.

Here's us on the day we closed on the house and got the keys!

And here's our first meal at home, take-out Thai.