OFF THE GRID, BITTERSWEET

I must apologize for my absence at the Whinery lately, but I've barely been online because I'm visiting my parents and accessing the internet is a challenge here in the land of dial-up (yes, you read that correctly–dial-up!).  I'm helping the folks pack up their house, the house I grew up in, in preparation of them putting it up for sale.  I've been painting, cleaning, painting, packing, sorting, painting, donating, more cleaning, and oh, yeah–painting.  My parents have lived in the house for 52 years.  That's a lot of stuff to sort through, and a lot of memories to relive.  My sister was here for a week and along with my parents we laughed and cried and reminisced.  I hope whoever buys the house will have as wonderful a life in it as me and my family did.  It's hard to say goodbye, yet my folks have a lovely new home in Florida in a retirement community filled with activities and fun things to do, so there's a lot to look forward to.  And that's helping to put the sweet in the bittersweet.

So what have you been up to?  How's your summer going?  Are you caught in a heat wave?  Please let me know what's going on with you!  Wish you were here–with a paint brush in hand, LOL! xox

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