Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Do Unto Others...
Stupid fat beardy man has been sitting in his SUV for ten minutes outside my living room window running his stupid diesel engine. I've been popping my head up and shaking my fist at him every couple of minutes, he's just looked up from his cellphone, and he's wearing a clerical collar. Doesn't make me any less annoyed with him though.
Glad you said today's the day Send~Thanks!
timeanddate.com.....happening now.
Something to do from home.
Not visible in USA?
The sun will be eclipsed by the New Moon.
But fb I hate it!
I tried to quit, but would miss seeing my family on there.
After eating two chocolate cake donuts the night before, I did eat only 1/2 of the apple fritter for breakfast. It was good, just not my favorite. So you are right.
But once a year, I could eat a whole bag of fritos chili flavor---back when I was younger, that is. Just last year!
"Gurus"!!! That is what I call "them" too! Lots to not say on that topic, after having to unfriend their political views on fb. Some guru advice is good, it is just that even they can't follow it, imo.
A new HMO for health insurance means I will be seeing all new doctors.
I allow myself to stand and gaze at the confectionery aisle. Then I say "you will eat all of them and you will be sick and your teeth will hurt. Step away."
Sigh. I think if you're the sort of person who can eat half a Mars Bar or save some chips for later you can't really like them.
It is 5 a.m. here now, so I am going back to sleep-the old person's phrase for
I should crash, lol Gershun.
I had something on my mind before coming here, but it also flew out the window.
That is a good thing.
It cheers me up no end to be reminded that nothing is *really* getting worse. It's just us!
I'm getting old so the celebrations seem tacky. And the docs and cops are too young and I've fallen and I can't get up. LOL
Acorn stair lift in my future and everything.
Yes, I'm becoming an old fossil.
Next thing I'll be shaking my fist and saying things like "you young whippersnappers"
Gotcha cm!
Always wanted to use that word in a sentence. Obtuse, that is.
Aren't celebrations getting tacky these days... Gershun, are you sure this isn't in the same category as police officers and doctors being far too young?
who'd know there is a h o l i d a y? The fireworks are now just an irritation.
You are right, we are very blessed to have had dads that loved us so much that we miss them so much.
Right before my dad passed he gave me one of his rings that belong to his dad (my grandfather) and I wear it around my neck and it does make me feel like he is still with me; if that makes any sense!
Thank you for your sweet words, prayers, and hugs.
But how blessed we are that we have had those Dad's that we love and miss so much.
I just wanted to send you a big ol hug. And tell you that you are not alone and I know what you feel.
May God give you strength and comfort, for seasons in life sometimes overwhelm us in dark moments.
We will miss them everyday. But God and time make that heartbreak more bearable.
(HUGS)
But thank you for your concern and taking time out to pm me!
Today is the 5 yr anniversary of my dad's death and tomorrow would have been his 78th birthday.
I still feel like that little girl who misses her daddy! I wonder if I will ever get use to the fact that he is gone! I just can't wait to see him again...
I pray that he is looking down at me and smiling with pride.
I just really miss him!😢
From the old U.S. census, it was common for a daughter who never married to continue to live with her parents. Same with sons who never married or married late in life. Those grown children who did marry and continued to farm carried on the tradition of 10 to 17 children. Thus, many hands to help take care of the older generation.
I did notice those grown children that decided to move to the big city, their families were much smaller, from no children to maybe 3 or 4 children.
Also, I was surprised how many daughters didn't go to school. The sons would go to school but ended at 6th grade.
Grown daughters that did go to school and went on to teaching colleges [2 years], they got jobs as teachers. But once they married, they had to quit their job.
One family had children that were college grads. One brother and sister had masters in chemistry. The brother climbed the corporate ladder, and the sister [equally educated] couldn't do that as that wasn't the norm back then. She was able to be school teacher. She never did marry, lived to be 103, and that was back in the early 1900's.
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