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Just wanted to echo what Jill said- I loved reading that. It was so lovely Di and also so moving and I know what you mean about- well, all of it really! I'm a housewife and home maker and I like it, I don't regret giving up my little job one bit; and Zan is generous so if I want anything I could just ask, although I try not to cost him too much money! I still do voluntary work at school and find it plenty. It touched me what you said about end of an era and how significant the past 14 years has been to you; but a new chapter is starting now and you never know what might happen. Watch an old epsiode of Night Gallery called 'They're tearing down Tim Riley's bar' - it's all about closing doors but moving forward and it is quite beautiful. Love you loads and hope we can meet again soon; you are a wonderful person. xxxxx



You are so sweet Karen. You are the one that is the wonderful person. I am not much of a housewife or home maker anymore. I think I burnt myself out with too much Martha Stewart crap in the 1990's. Everything had to be 'perfect' back then. My house was spotless, my gardens were gorgeous, I made delicious meals for Keith all of the time and I worked full time. Now Keith is lucky if I take a frozen pizza out of the box to stick in the oven for him. I once read that Martha Stewart said she only gets about 3 or 4 hours of sleep per night. No effing wonder!

I am also more than happy to spend Keith's money. I have to remind him all of the time that I am fairly frugal with his earnings. I had to tell him that again the other day when he brought a package in from the porch. He said "What is this?" I told him it was a faucet for when we remodel one of the bathrooms this summer. I said "I got a great deal on this faucet from E-bay. This faucet retails for $585.00 and I got it for $290 because it has a little scratch on the underside of it."

He said "Why do you have to spend that much on a faucet in the first place? You couldn't find one you liked for $70?!" I just told him "No, I couldn't. You get what you pay for. If you install a good faucet you will never have to replace it. People also notice these things when you go to sell your home. They think 'Wow. Look at this faucet. Everything else in this home must be quality as well.' It pays off in the long run. Look, I can't even find the scratch on this thing." I am going to save Keith a ton of money on Brazillian walnut floors for the family room too. He should thank me now.

I think things are different when you have kids to raise. That is the most important job anyone could ever have and you are lucky that Zan's income allows you to stay home to take care of your children. I think it is the way nature intended things to be and it's too bad that so many parents have to work full time just to make the bills.

I did not get married until I was 34 years old. LOL, I just had to use a calculator to figure out how old I was when I got married because I forgot. I did recall the year I got married and the year of my birth though and that was how I managed to come up with 34. That is only significant because I think I was way too set in my ways by then to consider having children. I am not saying that is the right decision for everyone; it was just the right decision for me and Keith. Neither one of us ever felt compelled to reproduce and it never bothered me a bit when I was told that I could not get pregnant. "Carry on. I am already over that. How soon can I chuck my uterus?"

I do think life is like a book and that it is made up of rather clearly defined chapters. They aren't clear to you when you are going through them but they do become clear later on. There are some things I would have preferred not to have to go through because they were very painful. But if I had to do it all over again I would not go back and write myself a happy ending for every chapter; I would not change anything. If you take away one thing then it changes your entire story.

And we don't really get to pick and choose anyways. We are just along for the ride.

I'll have to try to find that episode of "Night Gallery" on hulu. I have about 900 channels on the TV but I have never seen "Night Gallery" listed on any of them. I used to watch that show all of the time when I was a kid. The episode I remember the most is the one where Joan Crawford played a rich blind woman who black-mailed some Dr. into performing a surgery that would allow her to see. If I recall correctly she wound up falling through the window of her luxury high rise apartment when she was reaching for the light or the sun.

I spent a significant amount of my childhood letting Joan 'Crazy' Crawford (NO wire hangers!!) scare the crap out of me with films like "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" She and Bette Davis were really scary looking when they were older. I guess good plastic surgery was not available back then.

If things had been left up to me I would not have watched any scary or horror films at all. I don't like them. "Psycho" still really scares me. But we only had one TV and my older sister was bossy so we watched what she wanted to watch. I'll have to remind her about how much she scarred me the next time I talk to her. I will also have to remind her of how damn bossy she was and how she always got to watch what she wanted to watch. I was happy to watch "The Monkees" and "Batman". Having to sit through "Lost In Space" (on at the same time "Batman" was on) and "Star Trek" was pure agony for me. I think I might make this chapter of my life all about 'blame'. emoticon

Love you loads too, Karen. You are the sweetest person I have ever met. You will probably have to see me again as I plan on traveling to the UK and Ireland in the future. And you are too nice to make up an excuse and lie to me over why you can't meet me again.

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I was only reminiscing the other day about my 3 favourite memories of being an usher at our local Arts Cinema in the 80s. #3 (only #3) was seeing Bruce on the big screen in No Nukes. #1 was not when I was working as an usher. They ran a 10 week film appreciation course. During Psycho, the woman sitting next to me grabbed my leg at one point. She had not seen the film before. It was a genuine fright reaction by her, and I was too shy to speak to her afterwards.

For the record, #2 was about the projectionist who I had a crush on. I was one of only a handful of people to see her debut film, a short, in Welsh, about growing up as a twin. It was really good, and (thanks to google) I see that she is still involved in the academic side of cinema. I was not too shy to speak to her; it would have been strange if I hadn't, given that I was collecting tickets right next to the projection room door once a week. But I never asked her any personal questions and it was months before she mentioned one night that she was meeting her boyfriend after the film.

I am so glad that I am more confident now.

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Lol- we have pizza for tea a LOT in this house Di believe me! :) I would never win any prizes for wife/ mother of the year. Maybe when Amy was tiny I would have but not anymore. I cut so many corners it is unbelievable. Maybe I've just got lazy because I'm at home all day. I used to be OCD about the house being tidy and now, well it stays fairly tidy downstairs but upstairs is a bomb site! I do feel guilty that Zan is out working incredibly hard all day whilst I'm just- here. I need to be better really; do more stuff with my time. I am meant to be repainting the front room but whenever I think about it I can't get motivated.

I agree about not rewriting chapters in your life; I wouldn't either. xxx


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I do have some concern that I may lose a large part of my identity.



Just remain yourself. You´ll be safe then.



That is pretty much the scariest advice I have ever been given!




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