Comment from I am Cat

Excellent

Uh oh... watch what you say and who you say it to...
the walls have ears... and they will speak them right back to you!
and to the people you don't want to hear them! :(
yikes... why is it we might say something ... just out of the corner of our mouths
and BOOYA! it comes back to smack us?
:(
bummer.

ok, moving ahead....

 Comment Written 06-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 06-Aug-2015

I wonder if I had told her not to repeat that, if it would have done any good. I'm guessing not.

reply by I am Cat on 06-Aug-2015

Probably not

Comment from w.j.debi

Excellent

Very interesting commentary on your sister and her divorce. You did say you wondered about the relationship right from the first. Doesn't look like she suffered much from it though.
Now the hook for the next chapter has me wondering...Half sister, what are you up to?

 Comment Written 23-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

Hope the next chapter clues you in. Anne was ten years older and not that much a part of my life.

Comment from Muffins

Excellent

I enjoy reading your chapters because you give the reader lots of information minus the clutter.

I agree with your sister's divorce. To the outsider her reasons may appear picky. However, if you have to deal with all the annoyances she had to every day, you run for the hills too.

 Comment Written 22-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 22-Apr-2015

LOL. Just keeping the house cold would do for me. I certainly would not hang on as long as she did.

Comment from Leen1

Excellent

I love it when I utter the word "Whoa!" out loud after reading a shocking sentence such as the one at the end of this installment. It's the only way I know to brace myself for the turmoil I know is coming. It keeps me interested, so I'm still hanging on every step of the way. Great writing.

 Comment Written 21-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 21-Apr-2015

Thanks, Leen. Working on the next installment now plus funny money to post it.

Comment from Walu Feral

Excellent

G'day Shari. This is another very interesting chapter. Some people just have to be a pain in the ass I think. We all have things we like and dislike but relationships are about compromise, so blokes don't understand that I don't think....one little typo...

"a great job opportunity in Missouri,(space)and Barb,"

Cheers Fez

 Comment Written 21-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 21-Apr-2015

Thanks, Fez, for pointing that out as I also forgot a comma in the sentence too.

reply by Walu Feral on 21-Apr-2015

you are welcome mate, but I can't help with commas as I don't know how they work.

Comment from mermaids

Excellent

I kind of agree with your sister, her husband's quirks could get old after a while, especially the one about the heat. She is quite the achiever and seems to get back on the horse, a widower is next. Great story telling and full of stuff to hold the reader's interest.

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015

Thanks, Elaine. High achiever, she definitely is. Turned out a lot of published academic books, essays.

Comment from judiverse

Excellent

Sounds like the job offer was one Barb couldn't resist. I think I'd have found some of Rex's habits annoying, too, like wanting the thermostat to remain at 65 or the business of always having to change rooms at a hotel they were staying at. I didn't realize she married again after her divorce from Rex. I can imagine the repercussions from telling Anne that you sometimes resented your mother living with you. She must have jumped all over that! Will be interested to find out how that plays out. judi

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015

I'll have more about her third marriage later. Don't know why I decided to toss it in this chapter. Am working on a contest entry now, but have the next part half written.

reply by judiverse on 21-Apr-2015

I've sworn off contest entries for now. Should be an interesting part of your book. judi

Comment from padumachitta

Excellent

Hey...explode away:-)
And yes, it is those little things that can build...the big stuff gets dealt with...but the constanct water torture drip of those little things...
MMM,,,what is coming eh...
you have me wondering.
padumachitta

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015

Good analogy--water torture drip. Will start writing the next chapter today. :-) Thanks for reading and reviewing. I know how busy you are.
Hugs,
Shari

Comment from boxergirl

Excellent

Uh oh...I can see how that slip of the tongue could bring trouble. Rex sounds as crazy as my brother-in-law! Cant wait to see where this is going.

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015

Thanks, BG. Next chapter will be a toughie to get through.

Comment from kiwijenny

Excellent

Oh no...I can see an explosion coming with the last sentence..
Family sometimes is stranger than fiction. I do not see why little things annoy so much but they sure do....like fingernails scratching a blackboard.
But love covers those things..my husband finds my messy ways irritating I'm sure but we are in it for the long haul...yay
God bless

 Comment Written 19-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Apr-2015

Yes, Frank and I discuss our minor grievances --I leave cupboard doors open, he's a master of road rage LOL. We both try to change. Going for fifty years now. :-)