Countrymouse Posted November 2018
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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.
I am praying that everything is going well for him. I’m forever grateful that he caught his prostate cancer early. Early detection is key in treating cancer.
So true! LOL 😆 Great answer! Thanks for the chuckle.
I wonder what it is like to live in a place like that.
That Reggie guy! And the guy from California living out of his van, trying to hook up with a woman to live with.
The old lady by the pool was smart enough not to get interested when he said that he was a handyman to the stars in California! Hahaha, she says, “I don’t care!” LOL 😆
What can I say?
So much more that I won't say.
At least now I know what to avoid in my old age.
Out of 130,000 residents, the producers chose that set of people?
Did you watch it? The Villages is a huge retirement community in Florida. Not my cup of tea but I guess some people like that kind of atmosphere.
My friend called me and we were catching up. I hadn’t had the chance to proofread my posts and yet again I see messages with typos! I am thinking about disabling autocorrect! It is annoying at times.
Once, I tried telling Siri to text a message to my daughter when I was driving. What a mess that was! 😆
My daughter got the text and asked me if I had been drinking! I looked at the text and it was pure gibberish. I never asked Siri to send a text message to anyone else again.
You don’t have to apologize. I am happy to listen.
I have reconnected with family members that I haven’t seen since I was a child. One of my cousins lives in San Diego now. His mom and dad were my godparents.
It’s interesting how we are able to instantly recognize someone who doesn’t change much. As soon as my cousin’s name pop up on my app and I saw his profile picture I knew it was him. He hasn’t changed a whole lot from when he was younger. He looks like his dad’s side of the family.
Edited, yes, that was shocking, and awful.
Apologies for over-sharing.
Thanks though.
Oh, I see.
That’s a shame that she would make up stuff.
Not family records, but online Legacy type accounts-her own account online.
Why? "It was careless, and the evil work of a narcissist, sociopath, and liar."
Way2,
Would not be surprised. Thanks for that info.
It is always better to attempt to get along with siblings and be civil.
This falls under the often said wisdom of:
"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."
That used to be very common . My Great grandmother had a son out of wedlock . It was the big family secret until just before she died. Then she told her two children ( from her marriage ) that their cousin was actually their older half brother. She gave the baby to her married older sister who was not able to have children. They moved from New York to Washington DC to raise the baby as their own
What an awesome story! I hope you shared this with your children. It’s so sweet.
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That is awful. Why did your sister change the details of your family records? That’s an odd thing to do.
My parents lived next door to each other as toddlers in Brooklyn. My father’s mother even drove my other grandmother to the hospital when she was in labor with mother . Which was odd, not many women drove in 1930. Then my father’s family moved to the suburbs on Long Island when he was 5 or 6. The two families lost touch .
My mother was still living at home at age 18 and my grandparents moved out to Long Island . My mother got a job with the billing dept . at the phone company . She made friends with another young woman there. Her friend had a boyfriend . The boyfriend’s best friend from high school was my father. My father had come home from his stint in the navy and wanted to date . This couple set up my parents on a blind date . During the date , my mother had told my father that she had just moved from Brooklyn . So they got to talking about where in Brooklyn they lived . My father thought this could be the little girl that he used to play with , he remembered the first name , and he asked her what her last name was . My father went home and asked his parents what street they lived on in Brooklyn and the last name of the little girl . My father was right . My Mom was that little girl . There are even pictures of them together as toddlers , my grandfather loved photography . My mother didn’t remember them playing as toddlers , she was 2 years younger than my Dad .
I was surprised when my own sister rewrote my family history online.
[edited] Should have been confidential and private. imo.
Your mom lived longer than any of ours. Did she tell you about her family history? What is the most interesting thing that she shared with you?
You know what is interesting too? How our parents met? Some of the stories are so sweet. Some are really funny too.
My dad saw my mom walking with her sister. He was smitten. He followed her home!
He was extremely handsome. He asked her for a glass of water. LOL 😆 I told him, “Dad, that was an original pick up line.”
Mom must have liked him. She gave him a drink of water. She said that she could tell that he liked her. Too cute!
If a man would be following a woman now, we would be calling them a stalker! 😆
You need to get a copy of it so you can pass it down to your children. That would be a wonderful gift to them!
Mom’s dad was a carpenter. Actually, a shipbuilder. He could make anything. They were master craftsmen back then. Oh my gosh, woodworking back in the day was spectacular!
I have friends who own historical homes and it is a labor of love to maintain them. You can’t walk into a Home Depot or Lowe’s to buy something. You have to restore them to the original condition. Restoration is more costly and labor intensive than a modern renovation.
The side of the family that stowed away to come to America kept a genealogy for nearly 300 years. I have a second or third cousin ( not sure) that keeps it up .Names , marriages , births are recorded
Isn’t that a cool story? I’m glad that your family shared that with you. I love knowing things like that. We are able to learn about our family traits, their likes and dislikes. It’s fun to find out what they were like back then. Do you know the name of the ship and the date they arrived here?
I never knew my dad’s parents. They died before I was born. Every time we went to visit daddy’s family in Florida, my relatives would say that I looked so much like my dad’s mom.
We never know who we share our gene pool with!
I am addicted to researching my family tree!
Everyone finds a few surprises in their tree. It’s kind of sad that interesting stories get lost along the way and we never know about them.
My mother told me that my grandfather’s family name was changed.
One of grandpa’s brothers was a bootlegger during prohibition and they changed the name in case he was arrested so their family name wouldn’t be disgraced! LOL 😆 It’s a common British surname and they changed it to the shorter variation.
Sure enough, I saw my ancestors with the original surname when I researched my family tree.
I became interested in genealogy when I got older. I would have considered it to be boring when I was younger. It’s sad, because when we get older, the older family members are dying off, so we aren’t able to ask them questions any longer.
I am fortunate that I have a 100 year old cousin who is a hoot! She’s the one that I have always gone to for the scoop! She is a cousin on my mom’s father’s side from England.
My grandmother’s parents came from Norway. My other grandmother’s family came from Ireland. Both my grandfathers families came from England .
My one grandfather’s family coming here is interesting. The story that has passed down is ….Two brothers stowed away on a ship to come to America because King George III had hired someone to kill one of the brothers because he was “dating “ a Lord’s daughter My relative was dating out of his class , not allowed. He was not royalty or a Lords son . He was just a commoner . The brothers were carpenters, apparently that’s how he met the girl . He was hired to do work at her parents house where she lived. This was during the 1700’s .
I will look for the movie that you mentioned.
These 55 and up senior communities are something else!
It’s interesting to see the various attitudes on aging. Some people age gracefully and have no qualms about growing old.
Others are enjoying a second adolescence! LOL 😆 Partying all of the time!
Enjoy your flowers!
Movie reminds me of the 2005 movie: The Boynton Beach Club,
or the Boynton Bereavement Beach Club. A comedy.
I will watch Some Kind of Heaven as soon as my dH can find it for me, because we don't have Hulu.
Now, what do I do?
My only thoughts are how to give them away to some neighbors, to share.
One hubby per lifetime is enough for me.
😂😂. I wouldn’t remarry as an older person. But plenty do.
My grandmother lived in a senior apartment after my grandfather died . She was so proud that she got the boyfriend in the complex that all the other widows wanted. Lol.
That’s so cool being related to Princess Diana. I’m related to Chester A. Arthur, not one of our best Presidents .
I also registered with a Mormon website to trace my roots because they have incredible knowledge on genealogy.
I am not Mormon. I was raised Catholic but you don’t have to be Mormon to register with the site. They baptize their dead so it isn’t surprising that they have an amazing genealogy library.
Anyway, it turns out that Princess Diana is a distant cousin. Interesting!
Some of the old photos are amazing to see on these websites. It’s truly fascinating to see our family history.
It takes so much time to verify the historical records. I do feel that it is worth the effort though because it is so interesting.