tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post4059805934818830610..comments2024-03-20T20:37:14.527-05:00Comments on Blondie's Journal: THE REALITY OF LIFEBlondie's Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12988377413260331618noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-40759073671538806302011-09-19T05:25:54.548-05:002011-09-19T05:25:54.548-05:00I have never watched a reality show on TV - why wo...I have never watched a reality show on TV - why would I need to when I can enjoy reading such great posts such as this one! You hit the nail on the head here - I laughed, I felt a tear fall, I loved your honesty as always Jane, and I remembered similar days when our family was different - in age and around more! Enjoy these somewhat difficult days while you can - it will all change much too soon and you wish to have them back in spite of all the work!<br /><br />Hang in there - and hope your camera shows up.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-67065849279854315852011-09-18T19:56:54.728-05:002011-09-18T19:56:54.728-05:00Oh Sweetie, this was hysterically funny, and so tr...Oh Sweetie, this was hysterically funny, and so true.. reality just isn't fun at times. I know you wanted to run away to the lake again and have some quiet peaceful downtime....you hit the nail on so many heads you are a brave woman to put them out there for all of us to read, take in, sit back and say YES THAT IS MY LIFE TOO! Love ya girl.. hope you're having a better week... hugs ~lynne~Lynne (lynnesgiftsfromtheheart)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01257730471888896363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-43537764770509275062011-09-15T17:18:22.260-05:002011-09-15T17:18:22.260-05:00oops missed this one..I was wallowed in Annie Hall...oops missed this one..I was wallowed in Annie Hall trying to recover from my own PP..<br />We all have em..days, weeks like this...<br />Today I had to call a friend across town to stay on the cell phone with me while I climbed way up into a tree to saw down a huge dead branch. If I didn't say anything now and then she was to call 911. No money to hire anyone for help and no one who would come to help. Almost started crying ( OK I did a little) while I was cutting the huge thing off, for my life of living alone now...so yes we are all in the same leaky boat at times. How lucky we are to share it all in bloggie world. :D<br /><br />Glad to see you rebounded as I will tomorrow.<br />xx<br />z<br /><br />lost my sunglasses 2 months ago...in the HOUSE!!!! Never showed up and I had to buy the cheapest prescription ones I could find..200.00 sigholdgreymarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797732200457673279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-82109208453320449422011-09-15T08:29:11.249-05:002011-09-15T08:29:11.249-05:00Sending big hugs your way, Janie! I remember these...Sending big hugs your way, Janie! I remember these days - and cannot (CANNOT) believe my "kids" are now 36, 34, and 28 with busy lives of their own. I miss them. I miss the messes and chaos... but most of all I miss the hugs and laughter.<br /><br />You WILL get through it all! Glad you can get away with your sweetie from time to time for a little break. :)<br /><br />Hugs,<br />ZuzuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-30256491741839820232011-09-14T22:40:58.637-05:002011-09-14T22:40:58.637-05:00Blondie, this is a fabulous post. We all have thes...Blondie, this is a fabulous post. We all have these days. I like BJ's idea! Hope things are better tomorrow!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />DebbiePink Roses and Teacupshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07292534447306279495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-55843008192660325082011-09-14T20:55:11.231-05:002011-09-14T20:55:11.231-05:00You poor girl! If I lived closer, I'd be over...You poor girl! If I lived closer, I'd be over there in a jif to help you, sweetie.... :) Now, chin up. Go throw a load in the washer, call a plumber, and then start packing for a weekend at the lake. You need one.... lol!<br /><br />oxo laurieHeaven's Walkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632739764562279850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-16064025611977052912011-09-14T20:26:15.841-05:002011-09-14T20:26:15.841-05:00Now this is a "Real Housewives" show! Th...Now this is a "Real Housewives" show! This is funny and real and I feel your pain.<br /><br />The lat two days have gone like this: It was 107-degrees (I know everyone is sick of me talking about the heat) and we have a area wide 6 hour power outage. Then my computer started throwing a temper tantrum, my cell phone has given up the ghost and it's old so it's time for a new one. Then after washing a load of clothes, the dryer stops working. Can I join you on that new reality show?Honey at 2805https://www.blogger.com/profile/07052569778145607835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-78197750704068119602011-09-14T18:35:19.319-05:002011-09-14T18:35:19.319-05:00This post is wonderful Jane. It is a look inside y...This post is wonderful Jane. It is a look inside your real world. I appreciate and can relate to your world, even though my kiddo's are in their 40's now. The memories are still there.:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-75852455711663993992011-09-14T17:18:48.789-05:002011-09-14T17:18:48.789-05:00the wedding pictures were beautiful.. I feel the s...the wedding pictures were beautiful.. I feel the same way lots of time..I am in a constant cespool!! Let's go get a drink!!just ask bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278712539196907589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-10739882342449236232011-09-14T14:57:13.367-05:002011-09-14T14:57:13.367-05:00I really do think we would be friends in real life...I really do think we would be friends in real life! I love the honesty and posts like this just make me feel as if I know you better. It does get better, they eventually leave and don't come back. However, my son still lives in town and when he comes over just for dinner it is as if Pig-Pen from the Peanuts cartoons has been here and he is 29. <br /><br />I hope the camera is at the lake...I hate losing things. Don't you wonder sometimes about the bloggers that seem to have perfect <br />houses, perfect menus and perfect decorating all the time?? How do they do it? <br /><br />As for my life being a reality show? That seems to be our new normal. Sometimes we just look at each other and say, "how did we end up here"?Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03190096917851087676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-37922916116947225242011-09-14T08:51:21.850-05:002011-09-14T08:51:21.850-05:00I have been in your shoes many times...believe me!...I have been in your shoes many times...believe me! My kids are older and have moved out, for the most part anyways, one of them comes back more often than the others. But my house always looks like a bomb went off, and it's just my husband and I! How can that be? I always blamed my kids because everything was such a mess, but I can't even do that anymore. LOL. It's OK. I'd much rather live this way than to be constantly cleaning. I'll save that for my maid when I win the lottery. <br />MarciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-32623958206592116162011-09-14T07:42:15.319-05:002011-09-14T07:42:15.319-05:00Oh Jane, if it makes you feel any better it happen...Oh Jane, if it makes you feel any better it happens to lots of us. Poor Nicole and her family were flooded again with Irene and they lived with us for a week. The three little ones,2,3, and 6 were like a tag team. lol But I love them:)I have a huge party of almost 200 people coming next week and my house is a disaster, mostly from ME. I'd show pictures on my blog but I would lose all of my followers. lol Take care Jane, it's all good:)<br />~Debra xxx<br />Capers of the vintage vixenswww.MaisonStGermain.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03916957841730565226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-37805550557147157202011-09-14T05:21:19.070-05:002011-09-14T05:21:19.070-05:00Your last line . . . seriously made me chuckle. Gr...Your last line . . . seriously made me chuckle. Great post. <br /><br />Can you imagine those reality tv cameras in your home. . . no thanks.<br /><br />Fondly,<br />GlendaGLENDA CHILDERShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413897395818998532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-83889339076307006532011-09-14T04:25:02.937-05:002011-09-14T04:25:02.937-05:00No kids here, but between the two of us we are re...No kids here, but between the two of us we are really quite good at making a mess like that ourselves. Hang in there, don't forget that teaching your children how to clean up after themselves is being a good mother too, and keep your mind at the next weekend at the lake.<br />Loved this post, we all lead real lives in real homes and not in fancy catalogues with photoshopped people.Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617133305191792462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-84560071393077006272011-09-14T02:20:05.803-05:002011-09-14T02:20:05.803-05:00Tell the truth and shame the devil, my Nana always...Tell the truth and shame the devil, my Nana always used to say!<br />Bravo, Jane for telling it like it is, you certainly deserve your me time at the lake after dealing with all this!Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778709902157945708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-14000837936723314442011-09-14T01:54:51.179-05:002011-09-14T01:54:51.179-05:00Another voice here to chime in 'you're not...Another voice here to chime in 'you're not alone, or crazy - it's my life too'. Always keep it real, Jane - everyone appreciates it a lot!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-54594695789537610372011-09-14T00:23:38.560-05:002011-09-14T00:23:38.560-05:00Yup Jane, that's the real world many of us liv...Yup Jane, that's the real world many of us live in, right, we just don't always see that in our blogs! My motto is, it will still be there in the morning....but yes, it can be overwhelming at times. Hang in there, after all we are women, hear us roar!!<br />Traceyraggygirlvintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186418929704241114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-13528143922563380532011-09-13T22:36:00.046-05:002011-09-13T22:36:00.046-05:00haahhhaaa...o, darlin' girl...don't you kn...haahhhaaa...o, darlin' girl...don't you know we have ALL been there...done that !!..? <br />And there is NOTHING wrong with having a pity party..I have them ever so often, myself..and all my kids are grown..even the grands are mostly grown.<br />You are so precious...Now,...go fill up your tub with bubbles,light as many candles as you can get in your bathroom, eat chocolate..and LOTS of it and have 3 or 4 glasses of wine. Then, go sleep IN THE NUDE and by morning, you will feel like a new woman.:))bjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04432398383127199206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-77715500091811854482011-09-13T21:59:50.325-05:002011-09-13T21:59:50.325-05:00I feel your pain, Jane. Sometimes it would be so ...I feel your pain, Jane. Sometimes it would be so nice to live alone wouldn't it? I feel like I spend my days constantly picking up...I just get done and then a see there's a new mess that someone made. You can only do what you can, I suppose. I've been getting my son to do more things around the house. I don't want him to grow and a expect the woman to take care of everything. Hope everything comes together for you and you'll get a little bit of a breather :)Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00974419983321226169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-48928877000733302652011-09-13T21:42:29.134-05:002011-09-13T21:42:29.134-05:00I love this post Jane!! I think we all concentrat...I love this post Jane!! I think we all concentrate on the pretty ~ the good ~ the clean ~ the fluffed that we never mention the reality! I have had baseboards sitting in the living room since May ~ well I stained then in May ~ it's been so long I cannot remember when they were picked up but they are still there. Yes some got installed in July but anything since ~ nah! We picked up the flooring for the master bedroom 3 weeks ago ~ I am aiming for Christmas ~ the rest of the baseboards ~ who knows!! xoLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00933214618325580791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-21574733659129758262011-09-13T20:59:28.647-05:002011-09-13T20:59:28.647-05:00This is the best post I have ever read! Reality! ...This is the best post I have ever read! Reality! My daughter once drove all of the cars until they were out of gas while we were gone on a trip. Yeah, it gets better. Like when they move out and you move far away!!! (jk)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826731771375350000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-67036618818057260422011-09-13T20:46:33.653-05:002011-09-13T20:46:33.653-05:00Ok, sounds like you have good reason for the pity ...Ok, sounds like you have good reason for the pity party. That re-entry into your real home must be tough. The lakehouse sounds like a dream, but, at least you do have an escape.<br /><br />I'll join in the pity party. I am working so many hours at work and then running to vist my mom in the nursing home most nights that the laundry is piled up, I can't remember the last time I vacuumed and I saw dust bunnies on one of the cat's whiskers. The litter box needs to be emptied and I forgot to put the trash and the recycling out. Now I have to wait another week for pickup. I haven't grocery shopped in two weeks and I've been living on take out. I've taken only 3 vacation days all year. That's my reality show!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09132687955890418093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-2989339255090779402011-09-13T20:14:02.683-05:002011-09-13T20:14:02.683-05:00Pass me the coffeemate, would ya?Pass me the coffeemate, would ya?Karen thisoldhouse2.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03302171590212119499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-26039725518890415572011-09-13T19:46:50.942-05:002011-09-13T19:46:50.942-05:00I'm glad you are keeping it real. Give a good ...I'm glad you are keeping it real. Give a good scream and then dig in. I would charge those grown kids of yours hard labor and give them each a list of chores you need done for the party. Give them a deadline too. Time for their reality show to kick in. You deserve it. Hopefully the home repairs will get on track. I'm sure that is a worry. Hang in there sweet friend!Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646226377258322937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702005723584006500.post-51857129946270662752011-09-13T19:42:43.772-05:002011-09-13T19:42:43.772-05:00You are so funny and so good with words, Janie. Is...You are so funny and so good with words, Janie. Isn't that a reality? Life with grown up kids in an electronic world!...Chistinexinexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100438341646700750noreply@blogger.com