tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post170360719336443388..comments2023-10-25T10:48:33.620-07:00Comments on Letters to the World: Thoughts of HomeRebecca S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-8326038282003305872012-10-19T19:04:16.862-07:002012-10-19T19:04:16.862-07:00i think we really want to keep some room when we g...i think we really want to keep some room when we get there for them to come home...when i was in college i came home in the summers as well...i went to school about an hour away...and you never know...it never happened but there was a time when out of work and the economy tanked we almost came home....god forbid, but...we got a few years though til we get there....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-27041253475578482972012-10-18T06:03:26.871-07:002012-10-18T06:03:26.871-07:00your home is very nice all of you can adjust in b...your home is very nice all of you can adjust in bog home.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014557837625199574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-51658595508773130552012-10-16T11:00:42.573-07:002012-10-16T11:00:42.573-07:00Based on the many conversations I have with my fri...Based on the many conversations I have with my friends who have high school and college aged kids, you are definitely in the preliminary stages of Empty Nest Syndrome; and you're so young! I'll be over 60 when my last one leaves. lol<br /><br />Reminiscing, anticipating the future... that's what I've noticed. They all get through it. The happier ones take advantage of new doors that have opened.<br /><br />As Abby said, there is such a warmth about your family and home. I don't blame you for wondering how the exit of each child will affect it. My guess is that it (your home) will always be that way. :)Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180243708565855383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-35635616896639744452012-10-15T09:28:28.457-07:002012-10-15T09:28:28.457-07:00Thanks Abby :) Our son has a weekend job because h...Thanks Abby :) Our son has a weekend job because he doesn't have a full course load, as I think yours probably does. <br />Thanks for the wishes as well! Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-62305331043360457182012-10-13T18:05:46.307-07:002012-10-13T18:05:46.307-07:00From this post (and others), I get such a warm fee...From this post (and others), I get such a warm feeling of your home. I suspect, though, even if you did move, that warmth would go with you. <br /><br />I'm having similar thoughts these days as you and I have kids around the same ages. In fact, your eldest's situation is a lot like ours - except for the weekend job!<br /><br />Happy belated birthday and Thanksgiving!Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853360875281742784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-9168129876183433012012-10-13T16:32:31.798-07:002012-10-13T16:32:31.798-07:00I'm not sure we are enamored enough with the h...I'm not sure we are enamored enough with the hospitality industry to embark on that sort of thing. Not anymore. Although we once considered it, long ago.Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-43884541528897457872012-10-13T00:51:12.078-07:002012-10-13T00:51:12.078-07:00Have you thought of doing a B&B.Have you thought of doing a B&B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-85953723966762636842012-10-12T16:57:43.066-07:002012-10-12T16:57:43.066-07:00That is true, because when we moved in, it was fro...That is true, because when we moved in, it was from a much smaller home. I thought we'd never fill it, but we did, especially as the kids grew taller and taller and acquired various collections of things.<br /><br />I'll just have to keep collecting dishes, for which I have a special fondness...to fill all these cupboards when there is just less food in them! Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-18570396454873403852012-10-11T14:49:39.196-07:002012-10-11T14:49:39.196-07:00The odd thing about space is you'll fill it no...The odd thing about space is you'll fill it no matter how big. What I expect you'll do is re-jig when you won't need so much seating. It the kitchen that'll check you if anything. That's fixed. But fixed for far larger than you'll have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-45450304269800227732012-10-11T13:23:09.565-07:002012-10-11T13:23:09.565-07:00The food bill's already gone down quite a bit ...The food bill's already gone down quite a bit with one strapping youth out of the house and cooking for himself! <br />...a jet...funny! <br /><br />I think,for me, it's more about feeling 'at home' in a big house when the children no longer live there.Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-7296578192571966532012-10-11T13:19:40.288-07:002012-10-11T13:19:40.288-07:00I hope you will find your decisions less difficult...I hope you will find your decisions less difficult than you anticipate. Good things usually happen to good people...:)<br /><br />You are right there, family is what is important. <br /><br />So glad you enjoyed the post and that you could find some common ground in it. <br />Cheers back at you Al!Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-17115587199798844562012-10-11T12:20:16.818-07:002012-10-11T12:20:16.818-07:00It will depend really on the running costs won'...It will depend really on the running costs won't it. Or at least it will in some ways.<br />Once the kids lessen in the house you will find your free cash will increase dramatically. I expect with four of them you could put a down payment on a jet when they go.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133586152925723487.post-46373702871631485592012-10-11T11:30:29.284-07:002012-10-11T11:30:29.284-07:00This strikes a few chords although our situation, ... This strikes a few chords although our situation, without kids, is different. There are some of those same choices and decisions ahead, some are looking painful from where we are right now and those are being postponed in the hope that things will improve somehow. But a postponement is only that and reality rarely changes unexpectedly.<br /><br />It's clear though that family is what is important and the rest, well the rest is nice but nothing without family to share and enjoy it.<br /><br />Thanks for this. An nice reflective piece which gives some insight into common feelings and priorities outside your immediate situation.<br /><br />Lovely.<br /><br />Cheers!Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.com