Kristal Kraft wrote a blog today, that got me thinking. (She’s good at that!) Foreclosures...What the Public Perceives. Five days a week or more I sit in a model home. It is a 1524 sq. ft. passive solar home. This house was designed to be completely used and to cut your energy bills. It’s practical, it’s functional, it’s pretty, it’s affordable and it serves a purpose. Our biggest compliant is that The GemStar Passive Solar home is NOT a mini mansion.

When did we as Americans decide that bigger houses are better? That each member of the family had to have their own space, their own room? Everyday we see stories on the news about how obese Americans are getting because we eat at fast food restaurants so much. So why does the population of North America need a gourmet kitchen if it is going to go unused?   

Ok, my point. A generation ago people lived in modest houses. You shared a bedroom with a brother or sister and the only bathroom with the entire family. The family table was used for meals at home, home work, sewing projects and anything else that needed to be done. The generations that once existed were together more often, were healthier, and took pride in owning a home. Remember burning a mortgage?

In my opinion foreclosures are a result of many things. But can all of us stand back and get some perspective? That’s my high horse.

Chloes 2nd Birthday.