Did you notice Chuck Heath's comment? Kate's kids never complained.
Things are good here, we get to dig out of a fairly major snow storm first thing in the morning.
I have this great snowblower, it's a monster, chugs through a foot of snow and just says "meh, is that all you've got?" I named it after a medieval critter (out of an old epic poem). I'm thinking with your literary background you may be the only one who might guess......
After Kate was gone, did Chuck say that she bitched all the time? Or something like that, LOL.
Have fun with the snow.