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May 9th, 2006, 07:57 PM
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I am in my living room in Dallas, TX with my Dad. It looks kind of like an antigue shop. There is a huge leather couch with a quilt, a blanket, and a pillow with cover, all from very different vintages. The coffee table (wrought iron with a glass top) is covered with papers, as my mother opens her mail here. There are postcards from me from ages ago that the maid just picks up, dusts, then puts right back. My dad is sitting in his black leather chair, which was his father's leather chair and which will, some lucky day, be my leather chair. I am sitting in a huge wooden chair on a soft cushion. Behind me is the bookshelf and music section, which has thousands of CDs, lots of records, and pictures of my brother and me when we were small. The range of items is really stunning: a leather mardi gras mask from NO, a mobile from Zimbabwe, a huge painting from an artist friend in Arizona, jazz pastels by a local (Dallas) artist, a mosaic from Spain, a wooden wall piece from Jamaica, a sun and moon from Mexico, and watercolors from France. there is a family corner where my and my brother's art is on proud display, along with a knit wall hanging by my aunt, depicting our dearly departed cat, Elvin. My dad just swore because the printer got a paper jam (obviously mom's fault), and our two dogs are anxiously awaiting us to go to bed so they can jump up on the couch to sleep. My favorite thing about this room is, by far, the picture of my grandmother. That said, I also love the silver bowl full of fruit carved from marble and other stones, the granite grapes being my favorite of the group.
May 28th, 2006, 05:33 PM
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I'm here in Rock Hill SC (USA), just south of Charlotte, NC. Warm and muggy today. Just finished up an evening walk through the neighborhood with my wife, kids and dog. We are eagerly anticipating our trip to London, Paris and Rome...just a few days away now. Listening to U2, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". How true!!
May 29th, 2006, 05:47 PM
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Just back from Memorial Day weekend at Lake Martin in AL involving college children and their friends, eighth grade son and his friends, DH, two dogs, grandparents, and a niece and nephew apiece. Have learned a valuable lesson, though: when opening a lake house, do not invite a slew of people. Open house a weekend or day before, find and dispose of dead, dessicated lizard bodies in bedrooms before 19-year-old girls arrive. Make sure boat motor turns over before a group is on it with skis, wakeboards, etc. Go ahead and buy a new battery and take it with--why should this year be any different from every other year when we've needed a new battery?? Check for staples (paper towels, tp, unopened toothbrushes) and lay in a WWIII store of Diet Coke FIRST. Gather up all princess pictures made by young cousin's friends at lakeside birthday party, sweep up anthill of glitter, scrape up blobs of birthday candlewax BEFORE you have a new layer of older slobs who litter CD's, poker chips, playing cards and laptop computers everywhere. 
It was great to be with everyone and a blessing for DH to be off call for three days in a row, but it was sheer heaven to come home to our home in GA, boxwoods and gardenias on the porch welcoming us with that heavenly combination of fragrance, son and DH heading out for a game of tennis before it gets too late.
I am very happy to be home.
It was great to be with everyone and a blessing for DH to be off call for three days in a row, but it was sheer heaven to come home to our home in GA, boxwoods and gardenias on the porch welcoming us with that heavenly combination of fragrance, son and DH heading out for a game of tennis before it gets too late.
I am very happy to be home.
Aug 20th, 2006, 03:58 PM
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Hello Iola,
Is this the longest running posting?
This year we are at our new home in North Carolina making plans for another trip to Europe. Italy this time to celebrate 20th wedding anniversary and significant birthdays for both of us. (Five days apart.)
Is this the longest running posting?
This year we are at our new home in North Carolina making plans for another trip to Europe. Italy this time to celebrate 20th wedding anniversary and significant birthdays for both of us. (Five days apart.)
Aug 21st, 2006, 06:56 PM
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Tonight I am sitting on the tiny loveseat in my tiny little studio-efficiency apartment. My bed, kitchen, and bathroom are all no more than 10 feet away (and that's being generous). I'm a college student, about 4 months away from graduation. I just finished taking a final exam online, so now I'm waiting up to catch The Daily Show before I hit the sack. I have to work in the morning, but I'll most likely spend the day studying for another exam, with periodic breaks to check back here.
It's a really nice night tonight, unusually quiet around here, since I'm used to the sound of drunken frat boys and shattering beer bottles. But tonight, all I can hear are the crickets outside my open window. I attend the biggest of the Big Ten schools, so it's only nice and quiet like this during the summer.
By the way, I'm very impressed that this thread is still going after a year. Keep it up!
It's a really nice night tonight, unusually quiet around here, since I'm used to the sound of drunken frat boys and shattering beer bottles. But tonight, all I can hear are the crickets outside my open window. I attend the biggest of the Big Ten schools, so it's only nice and quiet like this during the summer.
By the way, I'm very impressed that this thread is still going after a year. Keep it up!
Aug 21st, 2006, 07:12 PM
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Home at computer, checking mail, making to do lists for youngest child who leaves for boarding school in a few days 
sad to let go but everyone in (my) known universe assumes "empty nest" mom will suddenly be able to staff neighborhood food pantry weekly, run box office for local theater group, and continue as church treasurer indefinitely! Give up garden club, get saddled with music fundraiser! Need to subtract without adding!
sad to let go but everyone in (my) known universe assumes "empty nest" mom will suddenly be able to staff neighborhood food pantry weekly, run box office for local theater group, and continue as church treasurer indefinitely! Give up garden club, get saddled with music fundraiser! Need to subtract without adding!
Aug 22nd, 2006, 04:41 AM
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In the (renovated) attic of our renovated 18th century house in a village in the Perigord in France. Just spent the weekend working on our village fete, participating in the making of 5000 crepes, serving 300 meals on the grounds of the 12th century chateau. Finally I think I have the smell of several hundred portions of confit that I cooked out of my hair, clothes, etc. Husband is busy counting receipts of fete - he is the treasurer. This is called being 'integrated' - i.e. exhausted from all this participation.
This morning into Sarlat to welcome guests at one of our properties there. Checked laundry, dishwasher, toilet etc. People have been saying to us for years how nice it must be to have taken early retiremement. If only. It' wonderful here and we aren't about to go anywhere else, or complain, but we still do some work for a living.
This morning into Sarlat to welcome guests at one of our properties there. Checked laundry, dishwasher, toilet etc. People have been saying to us for years how nice it must be to have taken early retiremement. If only. It' wonderful here and we aren't about to go anywhere else, or complain, but we still do some work for a living.
Aug 22nd, 2006, 05:48 AM
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And I had to find this and post after Carlux with the 12th century chateau...
I'm in my sitting room waiting for the baby to fall asleep and wishing my sisters house peeing dog would stop barking outside-where he'll stay until she returns!
Another hot day in Atlanta, counting the days until the glorious fall.
kswl-we spent Memorial Day weekend at lake Martin also! Same trouble w/the jet ski-it never did work that weekend!
I'm in my sitting room waiting for the baby to fall asleep and wishing my sisters house peeing dog would stop barking outside-where he'll stay until she returns!
Another hot day in Atlanta, counting the days until the glorious fall.
kswl-we spent Memorial Day weekend at lake Martin also! Same trouble w/the jet ski-it never did work that weekend!
Aug 22nd, 2006, 07:24 AM
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Sitting in my livingroom in Goersroth, Germany just north of Wiesbaden. I'm staring at the pile of boxes just delivered by Ikea and trying to figure out where to start. When we move back to the States in four or five years we'll most likely leave much of the furniture behind, so Ikea is a favorite of ours.
Thought I'd take a break and try to get some ideas from this forum for our one week trip in October. Croatia, southern Italy and Turkey are all possiblities. Whenever I start to miss home, I just come to this board and start to get excited again about all of the great possibilities of what to do with our weekends!
Thought I'd take a break and try to get some ideas from this forum for our one week trip in October. Croatia, southern Italy and Turkey are all possiblities. Whenever I start to miss home, I just come to this board and start to get excited again about all of the great possibilities of what to do with our weekends!
