Tag Archives: memory

Lets have tea

Do you like tea? Do you drink it often? Do you drink it instead of coffee? My grandparents drank a lot of tea. They drank it with their meals and really did drink it more than coffee. They lived in … Continue reading

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Theme songs

Does anyone else miss theme songs? They don’t really have too many of them anymore. Some shows (The Good Wife) starts and goes on for a good almost 10 minutes and then it cuts, a little tune comes on, they show … Continue reading

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Making a list….

Are you a list maker? Do you make lists or notes for everything? I have always been a list maker but I think a big part of why I do that is I LOVE notes, pens and stationary of all … Continue reading

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Baby name remorse

Did you name your child something trendy or too common? Do you suffer from baby-naming remorse? Did you and your partner agree on names? Do you have an “instant memory” of any  names from the past that don’t sit well … Continue reading

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Future Disappointment?

I haven’t written a personal post in a very long time. I do need an honest opinion, but please be nice. 🙂 I was talking with some of the other baseball moms at practice yesterday. We were talking about what … Continue reading

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Is this a date or a “play-date?”

Okay now, I love Love LOVE Mark Wahlberg. I have for YEARS. I find him absolutely darling. In the last few days I’ve seen him taking a little bit of heat and at first the headlines all scared me because God help … Continue reading

Posted in childhood, children, dating, fears, feelings, growing up, kids, life, memories, memory, opinions, parent's, peer pressure, people, play date, playing, things, Uncategorized, young love | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

That Song that WON’T GO AWAY!!

“||: Oh, oh ,oh….  All the single girls say… If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it, if you like it you shoulda put a ring on it… Oh, oh, oh… : ||” (anyone familiar with … Continue reading

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Family Heirlooms

Laura and I were chatting one morning and I’m not sure what brought it up. We were talking about getting rid of things. Both Paul and  Steve have a hard time with that. I told her I had a hard … Continue reading

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How To Help Children Frightened By Storms

This good question came at the right time of the year. How to help children frightened by storms. Do your kids get scared? Did you get scared when you were young? Everyone who comes here often or knows me, knows … Continue reading

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What are your “before’s” or “afters?”

I think we all have these moments when we’re thinking of something, we think, that was “before” or “after” a major turning point in our lives. You know, you think of your childhood and you’re trying to recall when something … Continue reading

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Why Are Clowns So Creepy? Or, aren’t they?

I’m pretty sure we’ve talked about this before but I think it was more of a question of the day. One day last week this was on”Good Question” on WCCO. Are clowns creepy or aren’t they? I can’t stand clowns. Or, should … Continue reading

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Who do you think you are?

I’m not sure if any of you are watching this show or not. Who Do You Think You Are. It’s about a celebrity who traces back their family tree. I’m really enjoying it. But I’ve often been caught up in … Continue reading

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A blast from the past

I thought this was an excellent photo of the past. Do you recognize everyone?

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Question of the day from SKL

How well do you remember your childhood?

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Look what I found

I think most of you know that I’ve been working on cleaning up my house and getting rid of a lot of junk I’ve accumulated over the years. I’ve gotten a lot of closets and cupboards cleaned out and I … Continue reading

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Why Are Jingles So Catchy?

Anyone seen this?? Now, if you can listen to that jingle and not have it get stuck in your head, I envy you. My youngest grandson sings this NON STOP and I can’t help but find it hilarious. He’s also … Continue reading

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Fussy eaters. What did/do you do?

Here’s a little conversation that took place one day on Facebook with the names taken off to protect the innocent. A friend of mine put this: I need help. What do you do with kids that don’t like what you … Continue reading

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Chores? Allowances? What works for you?

A few of us were talking this morning on Facebook about how to go about getting kids to do their chores. Laura put the question out there and Nikki and I both commented and I thought it would be a … Continue reading

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Mother Faces Charges for Cursing at Principal

I heard about this story on The View one morning last week and couldn’t believe it and then I was surfing around and found it again and thought, what the hell. If you haven’t heard about this you can read … Continue reading

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Winning…..or not??

I was talking to my sister-in-law Nancy a few weeks ago and I was kind of making fun of a girlfriend of mine who entered all these dumb contests online. She really thinks she going to win a laptop or … Continue reading

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Soaps

Who watches Soap Opera’s? Or should I ask, who will admit to watching them? My mom never watch soaps but my grandma watched a couple. I can remember watching General Hospital with her when I was just a child. I … Continue reading

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Send your photo’s

Let’s share our favorite ornaments. Lights, tree’s. Send in your pics and we’ll see how each other do things. I’ll start with my favorite “store bought” Christmas ornament. I bought this ornament in the gift shop of North Memorial hospital … Continue reading

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An old memory

My dad recently gave me a box of 6 Christmas ornaments. They were in a little wooden box. I set this box on the Wii TV and never really gave it another thought until Saturday night when I opened it … Continue reading

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Parent’s bathing with their children?? From Lisa

I’m not sure if this is just me or what.  Growing up, I never even saw my parents in their underwear never mind nude.  I don’t remember ever having a shower or bath with either one of my parents. I … Continue reading

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Who is that??

They say an elephant never forgets.  So then Jason must be one.  That guy never seems to forget a face. I’m sure there must be those of us who forget someone we have met before.  There was a time I … Continue reading

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