tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post4594835347369210003..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Out with the Old, In with the New (Someday Soon, Please?)materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-91209061784831098232016-04-29T07:11:53.546-07:002016-04-29T07:11:53.546-07:00Oh, that young woman must have been thrilled with ...Oh, that young woman must have been thrilled with the loveseats! I'm always happy when we can find someone that it gives as much pleasure to us to give to as it does the recipient to receive (Oooh, that was an awkward sentence but you know what I mean, I hope!)<br />And I agree with you about regrets -- wasteful, generally, and often what we really need is just a few steps further or higher to really see the overall picture...materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-9220252689595178952016-04-29T07:08:28.216-07:002016-04-29T07:08:28.216-07:00Yes, the ten were just a start, all he could carry...Yes, the ten were just a start, all he could carry without a car. He brought twenty home for me when he was back this weekend -- generous man! ;-)<br /><br />I do feel good about, as you say, "stepping into the next phase." Looking forward to it. . . just have to get through this one!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-8186397893292590352016-04-29T07:06:55.233-07:002016-04-29T07:06:55.233-07:00;-) Mine has been moving with us for 35 years now,...;-) Mine has been moving with us for 35 years now, and before that the upright did (and for a couple of moves, both of them!). Just not sure how one will fit in a condo. . . .but it will come along to storage at least, while we think about it. Does Mr. know he was dragged along as well? ;-)<br />materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-7289317288799600542016-04-28T12:55:52.929-07:002016-04-28T12:55:52.929-07:00I too had receipts for everything, and financial r...I too had receipts for everything, and financial records neatly stored in identical boxes, although I cleaned out boxes that were more than 8 years old, saving only certain receipts etc, to a home inventory file. I haven't been as meticulous here, and would be surprised if I had all the receipts. A bit of a burp in my otherwise orderly nature.<br /><br />We also had Natuzzi leather loveseats, which I wish we had saved. They were more comfortable than the big sectional unit we purchased for this house, but we had agreed that we wanted a big sectional that the whole family could pile up in together. I don't regret that loving pile of family intertwined on one sofa for a moment though. And I am determined to live without regret. Besides we gave them to a lovely young girl who worked for us for a while, furniture for her first home with her then fiancée.Mardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850551308931710502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-51395385268449274152016-04-28T05:18:19.581-07:002016-04-28T05:18:19.581-07:00Congratulations on the engagement!
It's not ...Congratulations on the engagement! <br /><br />It's not that I'm so perceptive, it's that I've had friends move from an island similar to yours. Ten boxes, eh? You will not believe how many you will fill!<br /><br />Agree about the loveseats. You can get a storage unit by the month to store loved but larger items like your teak pieces, until you know the dimensions of you new place. Then should you decide to sell big items that don't fit you have a much bigger market.<br /><br />The leather chairs are beautiful and in that possibility you have stepped into the next phase, the creation of a wonderful new home.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-38833805755811545392016-04-26T21:10:26.787-07:002016-04-26T21:10:26.787-07:00That should read "with me " because mr h...That should read "with me " because mr has been with me for 45 years.😄Studio https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258094086684252360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-86450371485068407212016-04-26T21:08:23.675-07:002016-04-26T21:08:23.675-07:00I have been dragging my grand piano with mr for tw...I have been dragging my grand piano with mr for twenty five years. Can't part with it.Studio https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258094086684252360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-64962404195744730622016-04-26T09:43:23.557-07:002016-04-26T09:43:23.557-07:00Well if we achieve this move we wont be going far....Well if we achieve this move we wont be going far. Still be in North Wales, still have room for guests and would totally love to meet you in person!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-27066395205316890542016-04-24T15:40:44.742-07:002016-04-24T15:40:44.742-07:00I'm so pleased that you reciprocate my sense t...I'm so pleased that you reciprocate my sense that we are friends, even if we've never met. I had hoped I might someday make my way to visit your delightful home in those Welsh hills, and selfishly disappointed that will not be likely to happen now. But I can imagine the attendant logistics of living there, not so much day to day, but getting supplies in, having someone come to repair a fridge or dishwasher, trying to get to a family gathering after a snowfall. I can also imagine the logistics of leaving, and given our own current experience, I have to say that as tough as it is, we congratulate ourselves daily for deciding to do this now -- it's not going to get any easier physically! And yes -- although I'm feeling a bit more shook up than I want to be, I think it's much better for me, overall, than "the dreamy blur of routine." Thanks for cheering me on, friend. . .materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-87625608598429546202016-04-24T15:34:24.260-07:002016-04-24T15:34:24.260-07:00In fact, Lynn, you've identified one of the mo...In fact, Lynn, you've identified one of the motivators for us to do this now, although I didn't spell it out here and although we could have left the culling a few more years. But we were both affected by the process of helping parents move from family homes to smaller units, by which time they required considerable assistance with the disposal. Having had that experience, it's also much easier to see that what I once thought valuable to hang onto for the kids is not going to hold much appeal for them. And really, if there's anything they will treasure, I'd love us to talk about it now and I'll either give it to them now or try my best to earmark it for them to receive later.<br />And I love your closing. Here's to fresh starts and new adventures!<br />materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-13323420742737915612016-04-23T14:58:35.955-07:002016-04-23T14:58:35.955-07:00As so very often in our virtual friendship (I hope...As so very often in our virtual friendship (I hope you don't mind me calling it that although I know we have barely scratched the surface) I find a synchronicity. We have just decided to put our house on the market and go for somehthing a little simpler to live in and to leave. The logistics of leaving here are a bit overwhelming. This is truer for my husband than for me as he has outbuildings full of stuff, but he is up for the challenge! I truly think this is a good thing to do for people of our age and stage. It makes you shake things up and look at them and have new experiences, and that for me has to be better than the dreamy blur of routine. Go Frances, that is what I say!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-14124423174265749252016-04-23T10:31:42.812-07:002016-04-23T10:31:42.812-07:00Perhaps you could also think of this as a gift to ...Perhaps you could also think of this as a gift to your children? Having had to close down both parents homes, which was difficult and painful in both cases, you are ensuring that your children won't have to go through 40+ years of papers, odd things and furniture. As a result of our experience we (or I since it is more difficult for my husband) have been going through closets in our home getting rid of things we no longer use or need. It is so difficult to leave a beloved home...but eventually it will be a fresh start and new adventure. <br />Lynn Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-54264193036664979602016-04-23T07:25:46.842-07:002016-04-23T07:25:46.842-07:00Those can be some really stormy seas, and I wonder...Those can be some really stormy seas, and I wonder what your mother remembers of that day, traveling to a new life with three children, one very young, one quite sick. Did you end up finding the move a happy one?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-40213824949209930232016-04-23T07:23:24.089-07:002016-04-23T07:23:24.089-07:00Another receipt-keeper! And the Natuzzi -- such go...Another receipt-keeper! And the Natuzzi -- such good quality. Besides the two loveseats, we had those two lovely club chairs and two ottomans, bought on sale over the years, a piece or two at a time. I love the way good leather furniture develops even more warmth and life in a home, and, in my mind anyway, looks better every year. <br />I'll pass your congrats along to R and J, thank you!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-13821784345506792332016-04-23T07:20:29.305-07:002016-04-23T07:20:29.305-07:00Oh, I'm sure moving to Alaska was very complic...Oh, I'm sure moving to Alaska was very complicated! As will moving back someday. . . .<br />Thanks for the congrats -- I'll pass them along.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-76747344885656867612016-04-23T07:19:47.864-07:002016-04-23T07:19:47.864-07:00I'd be tempted to use that champagne bucket fo...I'd be tempted to use that champagne bucket for bouquets of flowers, and regularly, but I do know what you mean. My in-laws gave us silver (plated) wine goblets for our 25th, and I pulled them out of the cupboard last week, the engraving obscured by almost 20 years of tarnish. I'm so very tempted to toss them, and I know very well that by the time the kids have to confront them, should I choose to hang on, they'll be tarnished past the point of any appeal at all. Wish I had an attic! ;-)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-43624305301108301632016-04-23T07:16:26.951-07:002016-04-23T07:16:26.951-07:00Oh, you'd be shocked, then, to know that I had...Oh, you'd be shocked, then, to know that I had our household financial records for 42+ years of marriage -- every month I'd tuck them in a file, every year-end they'd go in a bundle, elastic-banded, into a box. I've been burning my way through those, and committed now to clearing records a bit more often. But I find it easy to through receipts into the simple but effective filing system I set up decades ago, and it's turned out to be useful surprisingly often.<br />Yes, I'm leaving a great community -- I wish a similar model could apply more widely, nodes of, say, 500 people within a close enough distance that a small social media network could support neighbourhood. I don't know all my island neighbours well, but we mostly choose trust and it's been working so far.<br />I like those sighs of happiness -- what a good note to end on ! ;-)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-67726927640233624352016-04-23T07:10:53.848-07:002016-04-23T07:10:53.848-07:00It's true, L., it helps to think of it as a ve...It's true, L., it helps to think of it as a very big Spring Cleaning -- a good thing to do every, say, 20 years or so ! ;-) I have more than a month to get it done, so I'm working my way through dust and memories at a reasonable pace.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-6585879377082313622016-04-23T07:09:27.115-07:002016-04-23T07:09:27.115-07:00Ah, you two have such good taste -- I quite like t...Ah, you two have such good taste -- I quite like that combination of colours, and the Tripolina is the chair I can imagine sitting in . . . I'd need some kind of footstool as well, don't you think?<br />And thanks, Georgia, I'll pass along the congratulations.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-90086346427432878262016-04-22T01:40:09.954-07:002016-04-22T01:40:09.954-07:00This post has made me reflect on my own family'...This post has made me reflect on my own family's move from mainland Scotland to the Western Isles way back in the early '80's. Everything had to be transported by car and ferry, and a removals lorry on the ferry too. A huge undertaking, in a bleak November, with a teenager (me) a ten year old (my sis) and a toddler (my brother). I had influenza and was really rather ill, so the whole journey was slightly nightmarish. XPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03174324346613155013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-19716073544902686122016-04-21T22:36:28.305-07:002016-04-21T22:36:28.305-07:00Congrats to your daughter and son in love!
You did...Congrats to your daughter and son in love!<br />You did a great job with packing-it must be exhausting physical,emotional and logistic- as well as with the move. It was a really good choice and in right time (don't think that even I,as a reader,wouldn't miss your fairy tale island,but still.....)<br />Btw. I have Natuzzi leather sofas,too (with the receipts :-)!) and they are italian brand,too,so.....signore Dario has beautiful pieces,you'll have to visit him again)<br />Send you motivation :-)!<br />Dottoressa<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-75624774537169963242016-04-21T22:19:06.512-07:002016-04-21T22:19:06.512-07:00It is just my choice too :-)! Tripolina chairs are...It is just my choice too :-)! Tripolina chairs are beautiful<br />DottoressaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-15497929483380504422016-04-21T19:10:36.258-07:002016-04-21T19:10:36.258-07:00And I thought moving to Alaska was complicated. I&...And I thought moving to Alaska was complicated. I'm glad you've had success in divesting yourselves of some of the furniture that you're not deeply attached to. I also love that your community is close-knit enough that you have an island list-serve. <br /><br />Congrats to the daughter and son-in-love!Raquelitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13138113830990586689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-79530638183218563822016-04-21T12:03:54.259-07:002016-04-21T12:03:54.259-07:00I moved and downsized recently. I took a silver ch...I moved and downsized recently. I took a silver champagne bucket that was my parents'. Now it is up in the attic. I'm wondering if I'll ever get it out again. So hard to move those objects which have sentimental value and no much more. Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424660063345307786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-75137509543661733392016-04-21T09:45:49.443-07:002016-04-21T09:45:49.443-07:00I'm still stuck back on you having the origina...I'm still stuck back on you having the original prices in your files;). My goodness. Also, a community where you feel safe in a listserv environment, and letting people see your house and your furniture. And then I arrive at the happy news from Rome, and sigh in happiness at the idea of new chairs with memories built it. LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.com