tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post5399302253708394393..comments2024-03-28T12:01:31.049-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Unpacking Boxes and StoriesJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-11450514457204357362017-06-19T20:38:05.480-04:002017-06-19T20:38:05.480-04:00KM, I wish I'd read your comment before I star...KM, I wish I'd read your comment before I started unpacking. I'd love to toss some of these boxes!<br /><br />Grace - did your friend ever get her table legs back??!!Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-19112808277678271352017-06-19T13:33:09.771-04:002017-06-19T13:33:09.771-04:00Fun blog. Glad you are finally getting settled.
T...Fun blog. Glad you are finally getting settled.<br /><br />The delivery people are frequently in so much of a hurry to get away that they grab the packing paper they are to remove and then leave. Unfortunately, they took two of the legs to my friend's dining room table which were still in the wrapping paper.Grace Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291304815273486038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-6692861134692790292017-06-19T13:32:50.661-04:002017-06-19T13:32:50.661-04:00I'm afraid I'm not particularly good about...I'm afraid I'm not particularly good about unpacking. I was even worse back when I was working full time. One rue of thumb was that if the box hadn't been unpacked since the last move, it got tossed unopened. No hunting for treasures we forgot we had & hadn't missed since the move. We lost a few things on one move, but I'm pretty sure they weren't in unopened boxes. My personal opinion is that the resident ghost in the house we were leaving took them as mementos of our stay.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-41040582682798123852017-06-19T13:09:51.986-04:002017-06-19T13:09:51.986-04:00EB, sorry about your mashed potatoes bowl. I hope ...EB, sorry about your mashed potatoes bowl. I hope it turns up. It's the little things, right? I have dozens of bowls but there is one big orange one that I use for EVERYTHING. If that didn't show up, there'd be war.<br />And your house name - PERFECT!Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-13219017804821701762017-06-19T13:06:29.939-04:002017-06-19T13:06:29.939-04:00Tonette, drat that real estate agent! I never knew...Tonette, drat that real estate agent! I never knew how wonderful it would be to have so many closets. My husband and I have always shared one, and our last one was tiny. This is a whole new world.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-34462813354624600712017-06-19T12:54:16.321-04:002017-06-19T12:54:16.321-04:00PS--our house at the beach is named (of course) No...PS--our house at the beach is named (of course) No Douts!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-42577925612714788792017-06-19T12:51:40.389-04:002017-06-19T12:51:40.389-04:00I hate to tell you this, Shari, but I'll still...I hate to tell you this, Shari, but I'll still missing a kitchen box after a year. In that box is a bowl I got from Magic Chef--for which I endured the "at home" party. We moved into our house while more stuff was in two different storage areas--one in Buxton, NC and the other in Herndon, VA. We have cleared out Buxton. The box did not appear. Most of the stuff in Herndon will be going to my son's house. If they end up with my bowl I use to mash potatoes--there could be war! Unless I decide it would seem as if I'm an (pardon the politically incorrect) Indian giver--then I'll shut up like a good mom and mother-in-law should.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-14988900169079805752017-06-19T12:43:13.190-04:002017-06-19T12:43:13.190-04:00I want your house! When we left CO to move to KY, ...I want your house! When we left CO to move to KY, the realtor who bought my townhouse added "walk-in closet" to what he expected me to leave behind!(My brother told me that I should have superglued the door to it shut!). When I moved into the house where I now sit,(23 years later), I have rued not trying to take the big closet! The ones here are really small.Tonette Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03282619985489614075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-56614929154457872332017-06-19T11:52:09.594-04:002017-06-19T11:52:09.594-04:00Hi Sherry! Yep, moving is an adventure. Lucky us, ...Hi Sherry! Yep, moving is an adventure. Lucky us, we got to do it a lot!<br />The packed trash - oh yeah! Thank goodness it wasn't your kitchen trash.<br />The flip flop is the red herring of course :)Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-26335387921485120842017-06-19T11:49:40.503-04:002017-06-19T11:49:40.503-04:00Gloria, you get me! I'm so glad you love your ...Gloria, you get me! I'm so glad you love your house - your refuge. And that image of your son playing his piano on your move is just plain wonderful.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-38429908543385146602017-06-19T11:35:51.700-04:002017-06-19T11:35:51.700-04:00As a former military wife (like you, Shari) I have...As a former military wife (like you, Shari) I have lots of moving horror stories. When we moved from LA to Ohio I found a potted plant in one box and a bag of trash (fortunately not from the kitchen) in another. Good luck with your unpacking and then your novel packing! I think the flip flop is a red herring. Sherry Harrishttp://sherryharrisauthor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-9379619493307347342017-06-19T10:56:08.652-04:002017-06-19T10:56:08.652-04:00Not counting the house I grew up in I've moved...Not counting the house I grew up in I've moved six times. One of the moved that I remember most was when we made an offer on a house that had six acres if our current house that my husband had built sold. At our open house, the people whose house we wanted came to it and made an offer. Same realtor and on the day of the move we shared the moving truck with the people whose house we bought that were moving into the house we were leaving. The picture in my mind that I will never get rid of was of my oldest son, John, sitting at the piano in the back of our pickup truck playing the piano as we moved the three or four miles from one house to the other. I was following along in our car. <br /><br />My next move was sixteen years later after I'd bought an old farm house with acres after my husband had his mid-life crises and left. Only my mother saw anything good about this old house, but I loved it. My son, Joe, gutted the house to put in new wiring, and walls, but when the other house sold, I moved into a house with all the new kitchen cupboards in<br />boxes in the living room and no kitchen sink yet, either. I got water from the bathroom sink to wash dishes in a dish pan. For a while the house was haunted by the old man who <br />had bought it the year I was born, but he has moved on.Over the years my son has done much to make it look better and added on a sun room, and two rooms and a bathroom upstairs.I love this house more than any house I've ever had and they'll have to carry me out on a stretcher before I ever leave it. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-45491498194517307862017-06-19T09:58:07.805-04:002017-06-19T09:58:07.805-04:00Kait, your house names are great. Moose Manor!
Unp...Kait, your house names are great. Moose Manor!<br />Unpacking is like that. I keep scratching my head - where did this come from? Did I buy this? What was I thinking?Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-84514228114661891212017-06-19T09:42:18.563-04:002017-06-19T09:42:18.563-04:00The first house I ever bought was named Palm Cotta...The first house I ever bought was named Palm Cottage. The house in Maine is Moose Manor. Haven't named the current one in Florida. <br /><br />Packing (and unpacking) is such an adventure--especially when someone else does it for you. I love having the packers in--I hate packing mostly because I will use a huge box for one tiny teapot. What I love is unpacking when someone else does the packing. I always wonder where they found the whatever I just pulled out of the box, where I found the whatever I just pulled out of the box, what I was thinking when I bought it, and if it really is mine! It's like a trip to Discovery land, and it's when I do the most culling. <br /><br />Enjoy, Shari, you will find some wonderfully cherished possessions and some real thought provokers too!Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-75406845335657480252017-06-19T09:16:20.469-04:002017-06-19T09:16:20.469-04:00Margaret, that story does make me weep - losing we...Margaret, that story does make me weep - losing wedding china. I bet that hubby has never lived that down. We do the flattening each piece of wrapping paper also, and still I'm afraid I'll lose something.<br />The story checklist is a great idea. Maybe that will kickstart some writing mojo for me, since writing has been back-burnered for awhile.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-67494508903546425652017-06-19T09:13:45.795-04:002017-06-19T09:13:45.795-04:00Julie, I'm torn between laughing and tears. Lo...Julie, I'm torn between laughing and tears. Losing your favorite shoes - that's the worst.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-47167505689835599042017-06-19T09:12:31.506-04:002017-06-19T09:12:31.506-04:00Jim, Wolf's Echo is the coolest name ever!Jim, Wolf's Echo is the coolest name ever!Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-14311941389458839282017-06-19T08:11:16.758-04:002017-06-19T08:11:16.758-04:00The day they moved in, a neighbor told her husband...The day they moved in, a neighbor told her husband to put all the dish cartons out with the recycling for pickup. She assured him they were empty...but they weren't! The dinner plates for her wedding china were packed on the bottom of each carton. Life lesson learned! I completely unpack each box and flatten each piece of wrapping paper just to make sure.<br /><br />Like packing for an extended trip, I have a checklist of all the components of a story. Enough of everything, and no more. Including bug spray and sunscreen.<br /><br />Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-42230069160863233772017-06-19T07:07:50.793-04:002017-06-19T07:07:50.793-04:00Years ago, we had a few weeks overlap between when...Years ago, we had a few weeks overlap between when we began moving in to our first house and when we had to be out of our rental. We were sloppy packers then, throwing odds and ends in whatever box. And leaving odds and ends around the rental while we took our sweet time moving out. One day, I went back to the rental for more stuff and found that someone, presumably our landlord, had been there while we were gone and had thrown away a bunch of stuff - including my favorite shoes!<br /><br />Congratulations on the new house!<br />Julie Tollefsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01579825918764925361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-75463817774657276832017-06-19T06:00:33.841-04:002017-06-19T06:00:33.841-04:00Shari -- I hope your unpacking goes as smoothly as...Shari -- I hope your unpacking goes as smoothly as possible. My place up north is called “Wolf’s Echo” named before it was born as I lay in a tent not far from where the house would be built and listened to the wolf pack’s calls echoing around our lake.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com