tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post1257426738929737585..comments2024-03-27T05:30:07.368-04:00Comments on The More, The Messier: 2020. And 1985. All At Once.Suburban Correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-41324642137338570112020-06-07T16:12:35.664-04:002020-06-07T16:12:35.664-04:00I haven't checked you out in forever and you a...I haven't checked you out in forever and you are just as funny. We downsized last August since our older kids had moved out, and yes they are all back now. We are barely fitting. Oh well. There are some lovely moments like your mother's day.Amarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16851705755045197778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-40721564329458235982020-06-05T00:02:41.108-04:002020-06-05T00:02:41.108-04:001. There was some way you ditched the post-college...1. There was some way you ditched the post-college roommates for a different bunch of roommates, but I really can't say that I've been told all the details of the difference from point A to point B.<br /><br />2. I'm very sorry to hear about your lay-off. You have a talent. TALENT. And sometimes expressing a talent requires a client to walk into the office - and you write something for the client. And sometimes expressing that talent requires long nights at the kitchen table writing a novel after a long day at work. I'm talking about someone else who did this - that lead to 2 movies - who had the grace to say hello to me in the hallway. Maybe this is the time to turn this epistolary novel of a blog into a novel. Remember the movie rights will hinge on the more spectacular or gory details.<br /><br />3. We have also had re-arrangements and students returning home. And now we have a graduate who has been told he will not be hired because of a hiring freeze. So basically he is the dog walker and dinner cook (if you text him early enough).<br /><br />4. Refrigerator space. If you can have a fridge for wine, or one fridge for red wine and another for white wine, it is perfectly acceptable to have a fridge for condiments. Where did the mayochup disappear to !?!?!?!?!?Harrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-21165692943528519742020-06-04T13:52:35.949-04:002020-06-04T13:52:35.949-04:00Sorry to hear you're getting laid off. The 2 g...Sorry to hear you're getting laid off. The 2 gals that share my job are also going to get laid off so I'll be super busy once that happens. Hopefully I won't have to go into the office every day though! <br /><br />I can't keep enough food in my friend to get a 2nd. I can spend $400 on groceries and 3 days later we have nothing to eat (besides frozen meat) how does that happen?Julie Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827476441219850741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-36620858339151347252020-06-03T19:37:30.131-04:002020-06-03T19:37:30.131-04:00Awesome Mother's Day gifts! I tried to find wi...Awesome Mother's Day gifts! I tried to find wipes recently and was surprised it isn't yet available. And I so hear you on the empty nest stuff. <br />Sorry about the job loss. Keep using the hideaway!Karen (formerly kcinnova)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08965093440928340819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-36898682548131154772020-06-03T17:57:05.372-04:002020-06-03T17:57:05.372-04:00Listening to them giggle while plotting your gifts...Listening to them giggle while plotting your gifts is priceless - as are those wipes! There are still none to be found here either. Although, I imagine Man-Child might have a container or two that I bought when he moved into his apartment - hmmmm....<br /><br />I'm sorry about your job. I hope it's short term. Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-30705696858923954002020-06-03T17:04:12.796-04:002020-06-03T17:04:12.796-04:00I'm one of those people...life hasn't chan...I'm one of those people...life hasn't changed much for me at all. I'm retired and my son has been living with me for the past 10 years. Other than not seeing my daughter and grandson as frequently (and not at all for nearly 8 weeks) and no knitting group at the library, my life is pretty much as it was. But I did go through the return of the adult children 10 years ago, after nearly four years of an empty nest. It was a shock to the system.<br />Sorry to hear you're being laid off. Hopefully it is just temporary.Maebemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706540456819503068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-71414072579036123812020-06-03T14:41:28.498-04:002020-06-03T14:41:28.498-04:00Here it is! Wait until it is on sale to buy it - h...<a href="https://www.containerstore.com/s/desks-chairs/desk-chairs/black-bungee-office-chair/12d?productId=10022641" rel="nofollow">Here it is!</a> Wait until it is on sale to buy it - happens regularly! Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-16034793519983241222020-06-03T12:47:38.019-04:002020-06-03T12:47:38.019-04:00I hope you land a better job--or perhaps your situ...I hope you land a better job--or perhaps your situation will change. That's got to feel distressing.<br />A condiment fridge! Extra wipes! Korean beef! Those are definite perks, but yes, extra roommates can be a pain in the neck. Green Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548218493061015711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-2287244502124956392020-06-03T10:52:24.594-04:002020-06-03T10:52:24.594-04:00I hear you on fridge space. Lad has decided to ea...I hear you on fridge space. Lad has decided to eat vegetarian (although he did dive into my Sloppy Joe's the other day), so all the food he wants now has to get jammed into the fridge with all the meat-eating food. My fridges are all packed - I guess it is because the growing kids are now eating more like full-size adults. Even/especially the 14 year old boy. <br /><br />Sorry about your job. So unfortunate. Selfishly, I will look forward to the possibility of more posts. <br /><br />I hide in my walk in closet for Zoom conferences and lock the bedroom door AND turn on the noise maker in my bedroom. I need layers for my privacy, apparently. <br /><br />We have a list of jobs posted, but waiting for teenagers to wake up and get the dishwasher unleaded before noon is too much to expect. I would have asked for a roomate transfer at this point, if I was a freshman. Erniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14976227572609917624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-76625051769492798852020-06-03T10:05:10.336-04:002020-06-03T10:05:10.336-04:00Nothing describes this year like being truly delig...Nothing describes this year like being truly delighted at a gift of disinfecting wipes! (Though, yeah, pretty gross that he hadn't used them.)<br /><br />What kind of chair is it? I need a new one; my back is pretty bad these days.ccr in MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938353645353176255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-24408782856043489862020-06-03T08:30:15.414-04:002020-06-03T08:30:15.414-04:00Listening to the kids work on the mother's day...Listening to the kids work on the mother's day project the day before is, I agree, the best part of the gift.<br /><br />And the roommate thing --- yes. 2020 is weird.Jennifer Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15595231987892881691noreply@blogger.com