carriem

QNS--it may not always be easy to keep a positive attitude, but you have been a great example to me over the years. Please remember those of us who are younger need women like you to encourage us to be good wives even when things get tough!!

QuiltingNinaSue

When we married fifty years ago March 24, 'they' said it would never last; I married below my 'level'. He was as stubborn as I in making sure it worked for the two of us. Neither one of us are perfect, so why expect our kids to be perfect? As a parent and teacher, I know we set the standards high for our children to be successful, but we are the adults that need to let them know its unconditional love.,...and let our chosen pardner know we love and work together. Its an adjustment in retirement, after jobs cease and children gone from the home. But it gets easier to forgive when you cannot remember what you should forgive DH for!! LOL.

Guess you young gals will just have to remember that....after we have gone from your lives. Thanks, Carrie, its good to know a few of you are noting the real meaning of what I am saying. To me, Love is what makes the world go arouond: love for family, love for friends, and love of life...with a few hiccups along the way.

oksewglad

And isn't it amazing how that love changes...one of the things I love the most about MrOK is the kind of father and now grandfather he is...not a part of the equation all those years ago...and you are right, Carrie we need those positive examples in our lives and what we must do to model those examples....

It was a hi ho hi hi it's off to work I go day today...also work Saturday...more EOY bookwork in between...now to fix tuna/egg salad for supper...I'm hungry....it's raining now...snow packed roads are going to be slippery tomorrow if they don't put some gravel on the hills I have to drive on....supposed to be 0 by Saturday night.....

Honchey

Jan & others, if you saw my stash you would understand why DH gets frustrated with me.. I just collect too much of what my current hobby is.. I also have a "collection" of beautiful yarns, ceramics & paints..But..the fabric is my passion Oh, I forgot..sewing machines too!

QuiltingNinaSue

dublb

DH & I do have our times. He was sure frustrated today as we were packing & trying to figure out where we are gonna put stuff in the Brady house. Trying to fit the stuff from one house to one that is smaller & already furnished is very frustrating! We have been giving stuff away left & right but it is still gonna be crowded! We are gonna take another load tomarrow.

janRN

Bev, you bring up something that MrJan and I are disagreeing about: what to keep, what to trash, what to donate. I'm a big believer in upcycling, donating anything that can be re-used, re-purposed, sold by GoodWill, etc. He just wants to trash everything that we don't use. I'm talking about things like kitchen utensils, books, puzzles, small appliances, Christmas lights that I think can be donated. How did we solve this? We didn't--everything is in piles in the basement and nothing is solved. Then there's the problem of some of my son's things: original StarWars toys, GI Joes, early video games. His house is picture perfect but he says he still wants those things and will get them "some day". Right now I'm so frustrated with all this that I think I'll leave it all in the basement and when I die someone else will have to deal with it LOL!!

QuiltingNinaSue

JanRN, those 'toys' of your DS is worth $$$ today and probably more in the future. As long as he is gettin free storage, he may not want to 'move' them into his house.

We both are trying to down size our things from moving into a smaller house, all one story, from a two story bigger house. I have too many clothes that I hang on too but never wear...winter things that were wore a dozen times or less down South. Dillard winter wear. Puzzles, sets of plate ware, pots, pans, puzzles, games and fabric. Garden tools and small garden and yard machines.

JeanieG

I have not done this in a couple of years, but this year I am going to do it again! I will turn all the clothes in my closet with the hooks facing forward. When I wear something, I'll put it back into the closet the usual way, hooks facing the back. At the end of the the year, whatever is still facing forward I know I have not worn in a year, it will be donated to the Rescue Mission (or whatever charity). I have a separate closet for my "good" clothes (wedding, funeral, party) so those don't count. This is a good way to weed out those things that we just seem to "hang onto" because we might wear them again!

dublb

Sigh! I am not getting my e-mail notices when ya'll post here! I resubscribed yesterday & I still didn't get any notifications! I will have to talk to DH. I will have to say "Mike, fix it!"
We are in Brady again today. We did unpack a few boxes & made some plans for some of the stuff we have. We are gonna take the 7 boxes of canning jars to the storage unit tomorrow & do some rearranging in there too.