Ok, I'm going to have to sell my house for one that is all on one floor

[LynneSin]

Yes, I feel down the steps AGAIN.

Don't wear those soft fluffy socks while walking down wooden steps while holding 17lbs of fur. Normally I hold onto railing when I walk down steps but I was carrying Abbott downstairs. So when I went down - well it had to be traumatic for the cat too. Thank goodness for my ass because it took the hit on the floor. Mind you I now have a giant horizontal stripe bruise across my ass.

[Roon]

1. My Step-Father and Mother lives in a house with a LONG staircase going downstairs

to the living area. My Step-Father took very ill and couldn't go up/down the stairs anymore. So they got one of those lifts that you sit on and it zips him up and down the stairs no problem. He loves it!! My Mother even uses it to haul groceries..lol

[LynneSin]

2. I'm not disabled - I'm a klutz

:cry:

[Roon]

10. I'm a klutz too

so you are in good company. When I was in Job Corps my fellow students used to imitate me getting out of bed to go the the bathroom..staggering fall over myself..LOL

[Flaxbee]

3. buy socks with the little grips on the bottom of the feet. ...

Only thing that has kept me from killing myself on the stairs.

Ouch! Last time I did it I sprained my ankle really badly. Be careful! :hi:

[no name no slogan]

12. You can get them for free if you go to the hospital

Every time I've been, they've always given me a pair of those socks. They rock!

[Inspired]

4. I've taken a ride down my stairs on my butt many times.

Usually I step on the bottom of my pj pants or slide off the edge of a stair. Lucky for me I have carpeted stairs.

[av8rdave]

5. You're going to SELL a house???

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[In_The_Wind]

6. OUCH!

I refuse to relocate anywhere that has a 2nd floor! I've looked (on-line) at some beautiful tutor and contemporary homes.

I love your upstairs but I honestly couldn't live there without a chair lift. http://www.buyastairlift.com/sterling/stairlift_2000.htm

[LynneSin]

14. Well eventually I'm going to put a bathroom on the 1st floor

I figured one day when I get really old, I'll have my house setup that I could live entirely on the first floor if I had to

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

17. Do it now, before you need it.

Make it COMPLETELY handicap accessible - lower switches, high toilet, grab bars, open shower, etc. You will be really really glad and you will have the time to get competing estimates, referrals, etc. without being under the gun because it's something you have to do right away.

I think an accessible bathroom on the first floor is a great investment for any house.

[In_The_Wind]

21. I hope your tush is better today!

:hug:

[TZ]

7. I speak for Abbott when I say...

Why are you walking down your stairs with 17 lbs of potential furry destruction in your arms? :hide:

[LynneSin]

8. My stepfather was upset the cats were hiding from him

and was being nice by bringing Abbott to him. The man had just grouted my tub - the least I could do is give him a cat to hold

[Roon]

Awww, that's so sweet

My kitties love strangers...Daniel always shakes them down for treats and Barney is just nosy and has to see who is here.

[Shell Beau]

9. Be careful!!

[KG]

11. 'giant horizontal stripe bruise across my ass' this thread is useless w/o pics!

:P

[Jimbo S]

13. Are you sure that horizontal stripe is from the fall?

and not anything kinky we'd care to know about?

[Symarip]

15. You have a two story house?

Elitest.

[latebloomer]

16. Argh, I did that a year or so ago

Fractured my coccyx and another bone. Could not walk for 2 weeks. Meanwhile got a terrible case of diarrhea. I'll shut up now and spare you.

[Parche]

18. Did you fall down on the porch?

That fukin Ambien again isnt it....:rofl: :hi: :hug: :hug: :hug

[Iggo]

19. Must...not...offer...to...kiss it...better.

Stop it, dude! Just stop it!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

20. Ouch!!!

Glad you and kitty are ok
I slipped on some ice on the deck steps last April (hey, it was spring, how was I to know it would be freezing after a light shower? Me dumb)
And I did sport a couple of horizontal bruises on my back for a few days