tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post6577227169630950816..comments2024-03-15T03:28:25.388-04:00Comments on 111 LaLa Lane: Memories, The Heart Of Our HomeLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569684144657934330noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-11877904811439413772015-11-01T21:06:14.578-05:002015-11-01T21:06:14.578-05:00Well Glory! We actually talked about the same thin...Well Glory! We actually talked about the same thing....tearing down the lake house and building new. I couldn't do it either. I will just keep working in the lake house, making it my own. I have a painter coming tomorrow to give me a quote to paint all the rooms. There's lots I would love to do. Loved your pictures from your lake this weekend!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569684144657934330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-59756188034904978322015-11-01T21:01:59.151-05:002015-11-01T21:01:59.151-05:00Thank you so much for your kind words, Mama Pea. ...Thank you so much for your kind words, Mama Pea. You've summed it up perfectly. Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569684144657934330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-27142046751642000732015-11-01T21:00:06.359-05:002015-11-01T21:00:06.359-05:00Well....look at you Miss Laurie!
How exciting! Bes...Well....look at you Miss Laurie!<br />How exciting! Best wishes to you...<br />We have talked about downsizing for years!<br />We even had a contractor out to the cottage....tear down and build a permanent home...<br />Couldn't go thru with it!<br />You are so lucky to have 2 options!<br />OMG! Can't wait for your first post from the Lake House!<br />Hope you had an easy move...<br />Take care my friend!<br />Cheers!<br />Linda :o)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682800877894439940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-34677918381552137152015-11-01T19:38:30.334-05:002015-11-01T19:38:30.334-05:00Oh, my goodness! What a lovely tribute you wrote ...Oh, my goodness! What a lovely tribute you wrote not only to your home in Andrews but to your memories. A wise person you are to realize there are different stages of our lives and there are times when changes are the right thing to do. How wonderful it must be for you and Cliff to be turning your house over to a young couple who you know will make it as much of a home as you have. Your transition to the next place, wherever that may turn out to be, will be so much easier since you already have made a home (two homes!) elsewhere. Best wishes to you both.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-21755891995625372792015-10-30T17:23:59.098-04:002015-10-30T17:23:59.098-04:00I think it was meant to be, too. I can look back a...I think it was meant to be, too. I can look back and see how everything has just fallen into place. Girl, let me just tell you, those memories will put you over the top. Oh, no the little place at the beach is in Myrtle Beach. And the lake house is on Lake Greenwood in the upstate. What may have confused is that there is a very small lake across the road from us at the beach, too. Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569684144657934330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-30454142927068383662015-10-30T17:18:04.164-04:002015-10-30T17:18:04.164-04:00Thank you so much, Tanya! Oh yeah, may be going to...Thank you so much, Tanya! Oh yeah, may be going to your old stomping grounds for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569684144657934330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-83772769014743747852015-10-30T16:46:23.289-04:002015-10-30T16:46:23.289-04:00Closing one chapter, and starting another...think ...Closing one chapter, and starting another...think of all the memories yet to be made, in your new place. Wishing you an easy move, that's gentle on your heart, my friend. XOXOTanya https://www.blogger.com/profile/10949961269443532464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-80343370784436112172015-10-30T16:38:00.926-04:002015-10-30T16:38:00.926-04:00How very exciting...it was just meant to be! But ...How very exciting...it was just meant to be! But I can see why this is bittersweet...I would be the same way! We built out house three years before our first baby was born and have lived in it ever since...lots and lots of memories here! I hope you enjoy this new adventure...so fun, too! I wondered if you would be living at the lake house or somewhere else. So, the little place at the beach? I think I thought that and the lake house were one and the same!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-9054031079325778012015-10-29T22:58:42.839-04:002015-10-29T22:58:42.839-04:00Thank you so much, YaYa! I've heard it more ti...Thank you so much, YaYa! I've heard it more times than not that you take your memories with you and I know it's true, but I'll sure miss all that brick and mortar. A little advice, if you're thinking of downsizing.....start now paring down your belongings. When you've lived for years and years in the same house, you accumulate so much and it will take a lot of time to go through and decide what to let go. Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569684144657934330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-2088165213946356292015-10-29T22:07:01.722-04:002015-10-29T22:07:01.722-04:00I grew up in Chicago and my Mom still lives in the...I grew up in Chicago and my Mom still lives in the house my Dad built in 1951. I know she'll be there till the end of her time and it's a comfort to know the house will then belong to my Sister who's been taking care of Mom and living with her for the last 8yrs. However, all my other siblings have recently moved from the Chicago area. I've lived in Ashland, Ohio since 1977 and was the first to move away from the big city. It's weird to think my Mom and Sis are the last ones there! We've been thinking of downsizing lately. Not sure when we'll do it but I sure understand your reasons for doing so. I know you'll be happy wherever you are because having family around makes it "home". Good luck with the move and I hope your memories are the treasures that will never move away! yayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12047536332780197024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-30825393595072057042015-10-29T21:10:34.335-04:002015-10-29T21:10:34.335-04:00Thank you Diana for your comforting and wise words...Thank you Diana for your comforting and wise words. I think it might take a little bit for the lake to feel like home. Our beach place already does. My daughter just posted another memory on Facebook and I boohoo'd again. But, you are right...I will learn to love some place else and make great memories there. Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569684144657934330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284188381082334916.post-37225372146109182452015-10-29T20:40:35.524-04:002015-10-29T20:40:35.524-04:00Aw, Laurie, God bless you. What wonderful memorie...Aw, Laurie, God bless you. What wonderful memories you have created there and that is the one thing they can never take away from you! I know moves like that are bittersweet. My whole family was born and raised in one place--most of my cousins moved to adjacent farms in the mountains...and then I married my hubby and we have lived in 16 or 17 homes in the years we have been married. I have rehabbed 15 houses (and we rented a couple of times until we could find a house). Each of my kids thinks of a different house as "home"...and all except my youngest son have moved several times, too. Really, wherever YOU are will be home to your kids and grandkids<br /><br />This is the longest we have ever been anywhere- over 10 years and I think I might have one more rehab in me as we downsize to something more manageable.<br /><br />I am so glad you sold your home to someone that will love it like you have...they will make their own sweet memories their as they make that HOUSE their HOME...just as you will do in your new place.<br /><br />Blessings and hugs- DianaNanaDianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298962791700019785noreply@blogger.com