A busy September comes to an end

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Comment by Catherine Bungard on October 2, 2009 at 1:40pm

Wishing you a quick sale on your house and an easy time with the move into your new one. Best of luck to DD in college. Just think of the fun you'll have unpacking everything and rediscovering what you have hidden away. It'll be like you just went shopping but on a larger scale.....lol.

Comment by Linda Richards/N. Ontario on October 1, 2009 at 4:31am

Karen, I know the feeling about the stairs. We have a 4 level back split which means we go upstairs, from the living room and kitchen, to the bedroom and bathroom and go down one flight of stairs to the family room, my office/sewing room and another bathroom and then another set of stairs to the laundry, storage and DH office. Some days I don't know why we bought such a big house but I do have a lovely big sewing room even though my computer and office takes up part of it.
Since not having children, I do not know that empty nest syndrome but I can feel for you. I remember when I got married and left how hard a time Mom and Dad had. Hope you sell and find a new place real soon. Thinking of you.

Comment by Debbie Snyder/WA on September 30, 2009 at 7:12pm

Well, you sure know how to tease us....again. If it's one of Vickie's it has to be nice. I love her patterns.
Good luck on the home sale. I, too have a basement but it was mostly for our boys and their friends and storage. My son wasn't even out of the driveway when I converted his main floor bedroom to a sewing room. I hate stairs too. Only go downstairs when I have to....

Comment by Nicola/De on September 30, 2009 at 6:22pm

Best of luck for a quick sale of your too big home and a quick find for your new home!!! Best of luck to your daughter with her college years and all the challenges that will follow!!!!

Comment by Ally Bryant on September 30, 2009 at 5:56pm

All the best on the sale of your house, a good distraction for you at the momment. It's hard this empty nest time but gradually you get used to it, I know you feel you have lost your best friend. But life has a way of taking you to the next stage and eventually you will enjoy that too. And they always come home usually with additions!!LOL.

Comment by Marnie/NH on September 30, 2009 at 5:30pm

We didn't move when the kids moved out, I remember some real sad days when I missed them. I am glad that part has passed and we now enjoy the grandkids that we have been blessed with. A new phase in life can move on to an excellent phase. Oh boy, I did it again...yak yak yaking away . Thinking of you Karen.

Comment by Kate in OK on September 30, 2009 at 5:04pm

Good luck with the selling and moving.

Comment by Trevi in Texas on September 30, 2009 at 4:18pm

Karen, maybe the house sale, packing, & unpacking will be a welcome distraction while you are adjusting the empty nest phase of life. Best of luck to you & your DH with the house sale & to your DD on her college experience.

Comment by Ginger Anne Johnson on September 30, 2009 at 2:51pm

We moved two years ago from a house with an upstairs and a basement that we had lived in for 42 years. But my knees were so painful on the stairs that It was a relief to move into our one floor town house. The painful part was the downsizing that I had to do, but I knew where we were moving to and I knew there wasn't room for all my "stuff" so I knew that lots had to go. My quilting totes spent the last two winters in the little shed but hopefully this year I'll have a chance to use them. I wish you lots of help in packing and moving and peace in your heart as you make this change. Ginger

Comment by Diane Gunter/Canada on September 30, 2009 at 2:49pm

I will pray that your house sells quickly. Know what you are going through as we did that last year.
I had a very hard time when my daughter left. I missed her terribly and she was only a 20 minute drive away!
Our house is a one storey with the basement fully developed. Because we designed it we were able to have an elevator put in. For my son in the wheelchair. BUT it has been a blessing with my knee!

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