Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 30, 2021

Give it up Arlo. As I previously said. The Grammaw gene has kicked in. The kids are no longer tied to the Bistro and Meemaw is looking for spoil time! 8^ )

How about the guest room? Besides, isn’t Gene’s room a shrine?

Janis may be very disappointed. The ‘kids’ may not have any plans for a long visit any time soon.

So they’ve had a three bedroom home all this time and only one kid. What was the guest room used for? We know Arlo doesn’t spend any time in a special exercise room.

Anybody else notice the autumn colours lately?

My observation is that where your kids grow up forms their expectations of what their life will be like once all grown up. I know that sounds obvious, but the obvious sometimes becomes so embedded, so institutionalized, that we lose our awareness of it.

The fact is that Gene expects his room to be there. A major adjustment is required when Mom and Dad move out into a smaller nest. Then the children have to host Mom and Dad, or what’s left of them for the major holidays, and no longer the other way around.

When did the sofa change color??

Two Guest Rooms, Hoity-Toity!

The “Sleeping-On-The-Couch” thing reminded me of when my family had moved to a new house in a different state, we stayed in a hotel for a few days because the house wasn’t quite ready. They got what was called a “Roll-Away” bed for me. When I opened it, there was an empty coin-collecting book, a coin values book, and an uncirculated Canadian 2-dollar bill (we were in the USA). That was what started me on a many-year coin-collecting hobby…

some people do not take into consideration what others do to accommodate them.

No peace, Arlo, until Janis is fully accommodated.

This reminds me of when my mom decided to redo her living room before my brother few home for Thanksgiving. She asked he husband to help her decide between two couches her and I were looking at. Her husband very bluntly (and very accurately) told her she was only looking for someone to agree with what she wanted and to just buy it. He knew what’s what.

I’m with Arlo they need less rooms, and maybe a bigger pool room.

What with the Bistro’s failure and this, looks like A&J are being set up for another live-in family in their declining years.

I’m seeing them fixing Gene’s room up as a place for Little Meg to sleep. But when the time comes She’ll choose the sofa.