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Erma Bombeck quotes about house

American Journalist February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996

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...I remember thinking how often we look, but never see...we listen, but never hear...we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive. Erma Bombeck
After twenty-two years of marriage, we had outgrown the challenge of making something out of nothing. The nesting instincts just weren't there anymore. I no longer hyperventilated over a melon keeper that I bought at a Tupperware party. I now worshipped at the shrine of convenience and Sara Lee. Bill no longer rushed home to make bird houses in the basement. He wanted to sleep in his BarcaLounger so he wouldn't be so tired when he went to bed. It was as if we were closing the door on the... Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck quote: "All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage...."
All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them. Erma Bombeck
I don't know why no one ever thought to paste a label on the toilet-tissue spindle giving 1-2-3 directions for replacing the tissue on it. Then everyone in the house would know what Mama knows. Erma Bombeck
Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you have just answered, "A house guest," you're wrong because I have just described my kids. Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck quote: "House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out..."
House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad. Erma Bombeck

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