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| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 06:31:44
I am in the process of packing and moving in to help care for my aunt as she faces lung cancer, after having recovered from 2 fairly serious strokes 3 years ago. As I'm moving in, my sister is moving out (don't ask...). It's making me crazy, since I was supposed to be out of this apartment almost 3 weeks ago, but I can't move till my sister does. So if I'm a bit schizophrenic, or even absent, don't think twice about it, I'll recover! |
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| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 00:06:45
Thanks to all of you. Your thoughts and wishes are very appreciated.
My aunt is a great woman. All she's ever done in life is take care of some part of my family, since she left the factory in 1958 to take care of my grandfather after a heart attack. She helped take care of my grandmother and my mother when they became ill, and she took care of us after my mom died (well, I was fairly grown, but she was like a mother after a time). There's no question of what my sister and I should do. I promised her years ago she'd never go to a nursing home.
She has a huge heart and a stubborn constitution. The docs told her 3 years ago that she'd never do a lot of things again and within a year, she was fully recovered and driving again - at least until this past Thanksgiving. She believes in prayer and has stated quite succinctly that she will live to 90. The women in our family tend to do something close to that (or they die quite young).
If I can't find a piano mover, I'll leave it. I've had it over 20 years and my sis is leaving HER piano behind. It's not like either of us play them. I've moved 3 times in the past 7 years, and I at least pared down a lot of my useless *stuff* in those moves. The things I have left I have no desire to lose. Well, I DO have these two cats... I wonder if it would be too much trouble to ship them off to Salopian?? (KIDDING!!)
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| Chris C |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 20:10:14
Thoughts and prayers are with you, Livie. |
| MguyX |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 19:16:21
Avoid "Acme Piano Movers" at all costs.  
Good luck with everything: I'd help you myself if you weren't so far away.  |
| TitanPa |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 19:06:33
My heart and prayers go out to you WHL. We are here for you. I know its tough. Live from day to day and try to keep your spirits up. |
| Downtown |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 16:09:34
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Originally posted by wildhartlivie
I have some heavy furniture (anyone know a good piano mover??).
If you lived in New England, I'd recommend Deathwish Piano Movers...no joke, that's really what they're called! They're quite reputable, but I don't know if they have any affiliates in your neck of the woods. They'd probably ship a piano from here TO Illinois if you were moving interstate, but I don't know if they'd go out there to pick it up and do a local move. |
| Downtown |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 16:03:57
You never realize just how much worthless crap you've accumulated until you have to pack it all up and move it. |
| duh |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 14:44:15
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Originally posted by wildhartlivie
a candle fell off the bedside table and burned a huge hole in the carpet.
So much for the soothing effects of aromatherapy. |
| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 14:27:21
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Originally posted by wildhartlivie
Thanks to you both. I know it will be okay, it's just so blasted frustrating. All my good friends are suddenly hard to pin down and I have some heavy furniture (anyone know a good piano mover??). DAMN!!!
If only Laurel & Hardy were still around!
Best of luck Livie. Just keep calm, and avoid bedside candles - you're lucky it was just the carpet! 
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| thefoxboy |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 13:43:37
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
My Father-in-law was the hardest due him knowing that he would never meet his only grandson, thefoxcub.
I am sure he was delighted to know that he was on his way, though, and that your wife would have something so positive to focus on.
Well, he was in hospital and he was the first to know that that his daughter was pregnant. We went to visit him and thefoxgirl whispered in his ear and the smile that came to his face is something that we will never forget. We didn't want to know the sex of the baby, but it was his request to know before he passed away, so we found out for him. He was over the moon to know that he had a grandson on the way, he already had a granddaughter.
He was a very hard time for thefoxgirl. |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 11:22:43
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
My Father-in-law was the hardest due him knowing that he would never meet his only grandson, thefoxcub.
I am sure he was delighted to know that he was on his way, though, and that your wife would have something so positive to focus on. |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 11:21:13
Sorry to hear about this, W.H.L. Moving can be stressful enough at the best of times, but it must be particularly weighing on you in these circumstances. It's nice of you and your sister to look after your aunt - plenty of people wouldn't in this day and age.  |
| randall |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 11:00:05
Hang in there, livie, and enjoy some mirth whenever you can. |
| Ali |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 09:45:20
I am sorry, WHL. Good vibes on your way. We're here if you need us.
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| thefoxboy |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 08:18:26
All the best whl.
I've lost 2 uncles and my Father-in-law to cancer in the last 12 months. My Father-in-law was the hardest due him knowing that he would never meet his only grandson, thefoxcub. |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 07:49:57
Thanks to you both. I know it will be okay, it's just so blasted frustrating. All my good friends are suddenly hard to pin down and I have some heavy furniture (anyone know a good piano mover??). I'm surrounded by boxes, need probably 30 more to just finish boxing my books and last night, a candle fell off the bedside table and burned a huge hole in the carpet. I can cut a piece from the extra piece in the laundry room, but ... DAMN!!!
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