oh hugely! Every time I walk into one of the kid’s bedrooms, or see a pink patch on the carpet where one of Ms FM’s friends tipped over her creaming Soda (nothing gets creaming Soda out), or remember all the girls in the pool with their hair done up after Dr FM’s semi formal (we were fishing hair pins out of the pool for months), or what the rabbit used to do or the previous dogs, or a thousand other memories!
It is half the reason why we are still here - that and we love the area and the neighbours - sometimes the dogs walk takes twice the time it should by the time we stop to chat.
However you have to be practical and by the time the fur babies pass on we will be mid 70s and I think a downsize will be on the cards - we would like more around 250 m2 - big enough for the hobbies, but not ridiculous....you take your memories with you and make new ones - when the grand children come there will be lots of new memories in Ms FM’s house