Comments on: Summertime, and the living isn’t easy at all! http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/22/summertime-and-the-living-isnt-easy-at-all/ Ten Authors. Five Genres. One Blog. Because the only thing scarier than a loaded gun pointed at your head....is writing about it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:45:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patricia Barraclough http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/22/summertime-and-the-living-isnt-easy-at-all/#comment-230906 Patricia Barraclough Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:10:18 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2741#comment-230906 'Tis true our kids and their things never really leave and I wouldn't want them too. Our son has an apartment attached to our garage and his puppy really thinks our house is hers. She does spend more time with us than him. One daughter lives about a quarter mile up the road, and her animals are NOT coming to stay or even visit. Emus, llamas, cow, horses, pig, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, bunny,dogs and cats - when they need someone to watch them, we drive over to do it. Our oldest daughter has a cat that would die of heart failure if he were exposed to the chaos in this house. We have 3 dogs (plus the grand puppy), two cats, a ball python and peacocks. We have been renovating since 1992 and there are boxes and furniture all over. You sort of get used to it because you have no choice. We are almost done and I so would like to have a house that is presentable. It has been so long. I know most of the stuff is mine, but once I start digging, a lot of their stuff will surface. We have two trips coming up and it will be really nice to get away for a while. ‘Tis true our kids and their things never really leave and I wouldn’t want them too. Our son has an apartment attached to our garage and his puppy really thinks our house is hers. She does spend more time with us than him. One daughter lives about a quarter mile up the road, and her animals are NOT coming to stay or even visit. Emus, llamas, cow, horses, pig, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, bunny,dogs and cats – when they need someone to watch them, we drive over to do it. Our oldest daughter has a cat that would die of heart failure if he were exposed to the chaos in this house. We have 3 dogs (plus the grand puppy), two cats, a ball python and peacocks. We have been renovating since 1992 and there are boxes and furniture all over. You sort of get used to it because you have no choice. We are almost done and I so would like to have a house that is presentable. It has been so long. I know most of the stuff is mine, but once I start digging, a lot of their stuff will surface.
We have two trips coming up and it will be really nice to get away for a while.

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Heather, you presented an amazing class at RWA and the DH and I plotted all the way home. I can’t wait to get started on the new project and hope to have significant work done on it by the time New Orleans rolls around!

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Happy Summer everyone !

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]]> By: Karen in Ohio http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/22/summertime-and-the-living-isnt-easy-at-all/#comment-230886 Karen in Ohio Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:12:43 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2741#comment-230886 Also glad to know I'm not the only one. But I now understand a good friend who sold her home when the last kid went off to college, and moved to a two-bedroom apartment with her hubby. No room for the kids' stuff, and only enough room for one of them to stay with Mom and Dad at a time. Brilliant move! Also glad to know I’m not the only one. But I now understand a good friend who sold her home when the last kid went off to college, and moved to a two-bedroom apartment with her hubby. No room for the kids’ stuff, and only enough room for one of them to stay with Mom and Dad at a time. Brilliant move!

]]> By: Ev http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/22/summertime-and-the-living-isnt-easy-at-all/#comment-230882 Ev Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:41:46 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2741#comment-230882 I needed that. Makes me feel more normal since I am going thru the empty nest thing too. Youngest Dtr. is now in CA. But I have both of her cats. Youngest Son leaves his dog with us all the time and his cat is there full time. And years and years of crap still in the house. Although a bunch of it is from DH's parents- long dead. I don't think they will be back, but throw it out. HA! And a wig on the counter wouldn't shock me any either. Glad to know I am not the only one who isn't a perfect housekeeper. More important things to do. I needed that. Makes me feel more normal since I am going thru the empty nest thing too. Youngest Dtr. is now in CA. But I have both of her cats. Youngest Son leaves his dog with us all the time and his cat is there full time.
And years and years of crap still in the house. Although a bunch of it is from DH’s parents- long dead. I don’t think they will be back, but throw it out. HA!
And a wig on the counter wouldn’t shock me any either.
Glad to know I am not the only one who isn’t a perfect housekeeper. More important things to do.

]]> By: Debra Webb http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/07/22/summertime-and-the-living-isnt-easy-at-all/#comment-230881 Debra Webb Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:38:26 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=2741#comment-230881 Heather! You summed it up so well. I have two daughters, one married and one still in college. But THIS is where they bring all their stuff...their dogs...their whatever. Like you, I never know when I'll have an extra dog or mountain of laundry. Heather! You summed it up so well. I have two daughters, one married and one still in college. But THIS is where they bring all their stuff…their dogs…their whatever. Like you, I never know when I’ll have an extra dog or mountain of laundry.

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