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[Manybooks]

Jeannette wrote: "Gummy Bears? Do you mean the Care Bears?

I hope you are okay! You do fall down a lot! Take care of yourself! :)

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Falling is not fun, I hope our leg is not too painful. Take care of yourself and be careful. I was wondering, though, have you always had the tendency to fall and trip easily (I have), or is this something new? If it's a new, you should maybe get your ears checked, my mother had balance problems a few years ago that turned out to be related to some inner ear problems. Have a relaxing (and safe) afternoon (and, you're not alone, as I've said, I have a tendency to trip over the most mundane things, like books and the bathtub).

[Kathy]

The Gummi Bears (I misspelled it the first time) was a cartoon show on when my kids were little. They (and I) loved this show. Here is a link to the intro to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUNoy...
Anyone else remember them? Surely, I'm not the only one.

Gundula and Jeannette, thanks for your kind words about my fall. You know, I think I've just always been a little clumsy, but I just can't admit it. LOL! The real problem is that I bruise so darn easily, have always done that.

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Kathy wrote: "What a cool link to the owls! Thanks, Lance. I just got back from my mother-in-law's where we put together a Memorial Day dinner for three, husband, m-i-l, and me. It was a very nice evening. M..."

I got too interested in the wild birds and didn't see the part about your fall. Hope you are okay. I too have balance problems, but I think it's circulation in my feet and legs. I absolutely cannot wear shoes with high heels any more.

@ Lance: finally managed to get an image of the owls, but at this timeof day the birds are sleeping. Can't see the kestrels.

[Manybooks]

Kathy wrote: "The Gummi Bears (I misspelled it the first time) was a cartoon show on when my kids were little. They (and I) loved this show. Here is a link to the intro to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loU..."

Me too, and I've always been clumsy as well. Hmm, at the moment I'm reading a very interesting and informative self-help book called Living With Dyspraxia: A Guide for Adults With Developmental Dyspraxia. It's a book about something called dyspraxia, and the author, Mary Colley, was only diagnosed with this disorder in her late forties. I have to admit, much of the information etc. contained in the book fits me to a T, and it's nice to realise that I am most probably not deliberately chaotic, that my disorganisation and other tendencies are not due to laziness, lack of trying and other such nice-sounding descriptions, but because might actually have something called neuro-diversity.

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Kathy wrote: "The Gummi Bears (I misspelled it the first time) was a cartoon show on when my kids were little. They (and I) loved this show. Here is a link to the intro to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loU..."

I am happy to report that I missed seeing this series! My daughter was born in 1994 and I was a single student/working gal in the 80's.

Sorry to hear about your bruising so easily. I think you should get your ears checked anyway. Can't hurt. :)

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Lance, thanks for posting the link to the Barn Owls and Kestrels! I was just watching for a few minutes but I couldn't see the babies. I will check back regularly to see if I can spot them.

Kathy, I hope you're okay!

[Lance]

I went to Bournemouth Ink 2010 (tattoo convention) today, where my son, Dangerous Dave, was creating his art. His entry for the best of day competition was called "Lucky", and was inked onto Sophie's arm. Picture are in the photos section of my profile.

Note: the photo of lucky was taken with clingfilm still covering the fresh tatto, so the picture quality isn't as good as it could be.

[Kathy]

Fiona wrote: "I used to love the gummi Bear cartoon... but for some reason it never seemed to be on reguarly and it was on a channel I didn't always turn to.

I loved the cartoon Bonkers as well, about the polic..."

Fiona, you have made my day, well, my night. So glad someone else loved the Gummi Bears. I can't remember Bonkers, but I will look it up and see if my memory gets jogged.

[Kathy]

Gundula, I'm going to have to check out that book. Jeannette, I do have an appointment with my very good looking ear doctor sometime this summer, so I am going to mention it to him, if I can form a coherent sentence while looking at him. Lee, I'll be fine. Thanks. Just same old same old. Lance, I need to check out the owls again and the pictures of your son's ink art. I have a secret fascination with tattoos, might yet get a small one someday.

[Manybooks]

Kathy wrote: "Gundula, I'm going to have to check out that book. Jeannette, I do have an appointment with my very good looking ear doctor sometime this summer, so I am going to mention it to him, if I can form ..."

Kathy, I would definitely check it out, it really explained a lot to me and some of the advice was definitely worthwhile. The only thing that was a bit annoying was that because the book was published in Great Britain, many of the websites etc. are British (but, I've also notice that Dyspraxia is seemingly much more accepted as a bona fide problem for both children and adults in Great Britain, people are just beginning to accept that it is a problem in North America). And, I decided to check it out when I read somewhere (after a psychologist tried to tell me that I had adult ADD and should be on medication) that the young actor who plays Harry Potter has dyspraxia. I'll send you a recommendation for the book.

[Kathy]

Gundula wrote: "Kathy wrote: "Gundula, I'm going to have to check out that book. Jeannette, I do have an appointment with my very good looking ear doctor sometime this summer, so I am going to mention it to him, ..."

Thanks, Gundula.

[Kathy]

Hey all, just wishing everyone a great June. Mine hits the ground running this week with hair appt. today, picking up son tomorrow, a wedding this weekend, and some lunches and dinners in between. June has some good events for me, so it's a promising start to the summer.

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Hi Kathy! Sounds like a fun start to your summer. I'm just trying to help my daughter get her school work finished before our big trip. Where does all the laundry come from??? I've been running the washer for days now and we are only three people.

[Kathy]

Jeannette wrote: "Hi Kathy! Sounds like a fun start to your summer. I'm just trying to help my daughter get her school work finished before our big trip. Where does all the laundry come from??? I've been running..."

Oh, Jeannette, you are getting ready to leave right away, aren't you? How exciting! Refresh my memory where all you will be going, so I can drool in envy. When does your daughter finish school? Don't you leave in a few days on your trip? Talk about fun, a great trip to kick off the summer!

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We leave Saturday for Germany to visit the grandparents. On June 11 we fly to Norway and tour with the Ames Children's Choir around the SW part of the country. We fly back to the US on June 22, via Germany (on my husband's birthday).

The choir director has planned a wonderful tour with some great venues. We are staying with host families for 7 nights. I don't know any Norwegian, which is shameful! Everyone there speaks English, at least well enough to host all of us.

My daughter is homeschooled, so her goal is to finish before the trip. She is almost done. She's got the busy summer planned, not me! I think I'll be reading and watching a lot of movies (she's at a writing camp for 3 weeks in July & driver's ed in August). A little preview of empty-nesting. :)

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Kathy wrote: "Hey all, just wishing everyone a great June. Mine hits the ground running this week with hair appt. today, picking up son tomorrow, a wedding this weekend, and some lunches and dinners in between...."

We've got a wedding this weekend too. I have just returned, hot, sweaty and cranky, from the wedding present expedition. Naturally the first place didn't have what we wanted... so off to the second place.

Grrrr.... I hate shopping!

Hope your wedding is fun Kathy. I know ours will be. The groom is very funny indeed, and the bride is a lovely woman. I can't wait to hear all the speeches. (This is his second marriage, and no one liked the first wife!)

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That's funny, Hayes. Nobody liked my brother's first wife, either! The second marriage has lasted 24 years.

[Kathy]

Hayes, I had to trudge around to several places to find the wedding gift I wanted to give, too. Luckily, the place gift wraps and delivers, so I was through with it when I left the shop. The couple's wedding I'm attending are two really sweet people who are in their mid-thirties, and this is their first marriage. The bride is my hair dresser, but so much more. I'm really happy for her.

Jeannette, what a fantastic summer you have ahead. I'm so jealous of your trip overseas. Your daughter's writing camp sounds really cool, too. I'd like to hear more about that, what an interesting opportunity.

Have a great day, everyone!

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Kathy wrote: "Luckily, the place gift wraps and delivers, so I was through with it when I left the shop. ..."

*sigh* Oh, to live in a civilized country!

[Kathy]

Hayes wrote: "Kathy wrote: "Luckily, the place gift wraps and delivers, so I was through with it when I left the shop. ..."

*sigh* Oh, to live in a civilized country!"

LOL!

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Hayes, are you happy living in Rome? It's such a bustling big city.

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No, I don't like it much. Love Italy; hate Rome.

It was nice last week playing tourist with my friend, and going places I don't get to see very often. Otherwise it's just a lot of traffic and too many hyper-nervous people (of whom I am the hyper-est!)

[Manybooks]

Hayes wrote: "No, I don't like it much. Love Italy; hate Rome.

It was nice last week playing tourist with my friend, and going places I don't get to see very often. Otherwise it's just a lot of traffic and too..."

That would drive me crazy. I hate nervous, bustling cities or huge crowds (masses) of people. Some European cities really give me claustrophobia.

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I don't know how I would react to living in a big city again. I grew up in a big city in the US, but I think European cities are different, because people have to live so much closer together. I do wish I lived a little closer to some "big city" amenities, but I like my husband's short commute.

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I grew up in NYC, but it never felt as compressed or as crowded as Rome does now. And it wasn't like this when I moved here 24 years ago.

I wish we could move to the "burbs", or to a smaller town, but I don't think that's going to happen.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Hayes, I'm sorry you feel kind of stuck there. When I was there 20 years ago, I thought all the traffic and noise was pretty crazy. I don't think I could be happy living there either.

[Lance]

Just got back from Gretna Green, where I witnessed my granddaughter's wedding. Yes, I AM old!

It was beautiful. Well worth the 800 mile round trip.

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Lance wrote: "Just got back from Gretna Green, where I witnessed my granddaughter's wedding. Yes, I AM old!

It was beautiful. Well worth the 800 mile round trip."

Did they elope to Gretna Green? How lovely! :)

[Lance]

Jeannette wrote: "Lance wrote: "Just got back from Gretna Green, where I witnessed my granddaughter's wedding. Yes, I AM old!

It was beautiful. Well worth the 800 mile round trip."

Did they elope to Gretna Green? ..."

Not quite. There WAS a plan. They got married over the anvil, though. And there was a piper to pipe them in and out, and to play whilst they had their photos taken in the garden. He played Dark Island, my Mum's favourite lament; and mine. Although not usually played at weddings, it is the most beautiful tune, even better on a chanter than on the pipes. It brought tears to my eyes!

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That sounds wonderful! I really like it when people stray from "traditional" music and play something that is meaningful, even if you wouldn't usually play a lament at a wedding. :) There is something magical about Scotland.

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Hi everyone! I haven't read any messages yet, so I just hope that everyone is doing well. Both of my kids ended up being sick on vacation (the yucky kind of sick, the stomach one), but it only had us stuck in the hotel for a few days at least. Overall they had a very good trip.

I just got in so I have to get the dog settled, and carry suitcases upstairs to be unloaded, etc. I'll catch up tomorrow. I missed everyone here. Glad to be back. :)

[Mona]

Welcome back Christine! Missed you and your posts. Yes, stomach sick is the worst kind. My daughter has had that where she can't keep anything down.

What happened? Did they eat something that didn't agree with them? Was it the heat? At least, they had a good trip overall.

When we get back from a trip, the suitcases stay downstairs and we just keep taking clothes/stuff we need out of them. Eventually, I carry the now lighter suitcases up and unpack them and get to the dirty laundry from the trip.

When I'm on the trip, I don't want to go back. But when I'm back, I'm glad to be home. As soon as my daughter gets to the hotel, she asks when we're going home. And then, the day we leave she doesn't want to go back home.

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Christine wrote: "Hi everyone! I haven't read any messages yet, so I just hope that everyone is doing well. Both of my kids ended up being sick on vacation (the yucky kind of sick, the stomach one), but it only had..."

Welcome back kiddo!! I misssed your little doggie face! Did you go into the Tiki Room and then experience nausea? Did I warn you??

I am glad you had fun and that you all got home safely! We leave Saturday and I am just gathering stuff for the trip. My dog had a tumor removed last week -- all the bad cells are gone now and he's okay. Will you be posting pictures? xoxo

[Kathy]

Christine, welcome home! I remember a vacation when the kids were little and we all got a throat infection. I think people deserve a do over when they're sick on vacation. LOL!

Lance, congratulations on your granddaughter's wedding. Gretna Green is a great name. I'm assuming it's in Scotland, since Jeannette referenced that. I'll have to look it up. Sounds wonderful. I have a fascination with all things Scottish and Scotland, love books set there. And, you are not old, as that would make me old. I am two years older than you, and I certainly don't feel old yet. Maybe next year. LOL!

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Gretna Green is the place in Scotland where Lydia Bennett was to run off to with Wickham for a quick marriage, without parental consent. The more novels you read from the period, the more familiar the name is. That's why I jokingly asked if they eloped and Lance replied "They got married over the anvil" referring to the blacksmith that could wed the couple. (And, Gretna Green was/is the place to go over the border in real life, too! The novels just used the place in the story.)

Lance, my brother was a dad at 20, grandpa at 40, he's 57, He will probably be a great-grandpa soon! :)

[Kathy]

Jeannette wrote: "Gretna Green is the place in Scotland where Lydia Bennett was to run off to with Wickham for a quick marriage, without parental consent. The more novels you read from the period, the more familiar..."

I just googled it and read about it. I don't know why I didn't remember it in connection with Lydia Bennett. Ooops! And, you make a good point, Jeannette. Lance is just a young grandfather, not an old person at all.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Welcome home Christine! We missed you. :-)

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Hi Christine, welcome back! My sympathies to you for the sickies. I had that problem when we went on our winter vacation this year. (Can't even have a re-do for the summer version. Instead of taking a summer vacation this year we are re-doing the bathroom!)

Congratulations Lance! (I'm the one who's feeling old. I'm 51 %$#*!@ years old and my son is only 13! I'm never going to be an empty nester!)

Have a great day everyone. I'm off this afternoon to the son's music recital at school. Will post piccies later.

[Lance]

I am already a great-grandfather. Sophie has two lovely children: Xenia and Mason.

Could use those names in a romantic fiction, couldn't I?

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Jeannette wrote: Welcome back kiddo!! I misssed your little doggie face! Did you go into the Tiki Room and then experience nausea? Did I warn you??

I am glad you had fun and that you all got home safely! We leave Saturday and I am just gathering stuff for the trip. My dog had a tumor removed last week -- all the bad cells are gone now and he's okay. Will you be posting pictures? xoxo


Oh my! I'm glad that he's okay! Poor pup! How long will you be gone???

No, I saw the Tiki Room (and laughed out loud when I did because I remembered your advice), but I didn't go there. I am pretty sure that they both caught something on the flight in actually because there were some very sick people on that flight with us. I'm glad that it was the quick variety of the virus though because I was worried we'd spend the entire time in the hotel.

I will post some pictures later today. I'll put them on my profile. I just have to find the camera somewhere in my baggage (still unpacking).

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Mona wrote:
What happened? Did they eat something that did..."

Hi Mona! No, it was a virus for sure. It's a miracle that I didn't catch it because I was with my son in that tiny bathroom and didn't have Lysol. I was cleaning with Purell.

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Kathy wrote: "Christine, welcome home! I remember a vacation when the kids were little and we all got a throat infection. I think people deserve a do over when they're sick on vacation. LOL!"

I agree! Sick in Disney seems wrong too. At least the room was awesome, that helped. We stayed at a new place with our vacation club points, and it was not only sparkling brand new, but right off of the Contemporary resort so very convenient.

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Lee wrote: "Welcome home Christine! We missed you. :-)"

Thanks Lee! I missed you guys too. I have a comfort read to add later as well. :)

[Mona]

Hello Hayes: I was of "advanced maternal age"(just a nice way of saying "old") when I had my daughter. I'm 42 and she will be 5 on Sunday.

My mom treated me like I was practically geriatric and disabled when I was pregnant.

But I've had people saying to me "your granddaughter is so cute." :(

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Mona wrote: "Hello Hayes: I was of "advanced maternal age"(just a nice way of saying "old") when I had my daughter. I'm 42 and she will be 5 on Sunday.

My mom treated me like I was practically geriatric and di..."

I'm 53 and my daughter is 16. No one has called me her grandma, yet! (Did you hit that person with your cane, Mona?)

Hayes, the "empty nest" years are fast approaching for me. The teen years are fun, really! Enjoy the recital. :)

[Mona]

Jeannette, now that you mention it, maybe I should have ran her over with my cart. We were in Sam's at the time and she was one of those people that go around asking if you own a home and try to sell you stuff.

I should have told her "not any more, we live in SENIOR housing."

You'd think in this day and age, people would have more decorum/social sense/etiquette. If I wasn't sure about a child-adult relationship, I would just say "and who is this?"

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She must have been batty! I would never assume that a 42 year-old was a grandma, not a mom. I did get someone mad at me at a choir concert when I offered her senior tickets. (She was in her forties, but her husband looked older. Man, if looks could kill!!) Of course, I was trying to offer someone in their fifties a discount, and my mouth was working faster than my brain!! lol

[Mona]

Jeannette, I used to take all kinds of classes(dancing,cooking...) with my dad because my mom wouldn't. At the dance classes, very often people would assume I was his WIFE. My parents have good genes. They could pass for 20 years younger.

Once, when when hubby and I went to get the car serviced, service guy thought I was hubby's daughter. Nice for me, not so much for him :).

Hubby said, "daughter?!" "I don't have a daughter!" I asked "is there something you're not telling me?"

[Mona]

Gotta go Jeannette. Munchkin is hungry. She was being difficult last night and was refusing to eat dinner. I told her that I wasn't going to give her candy and I wasn't going to get up give her dinner if she was to ask late at night.

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This happened to my daughter at taekwondo. Someone asked my daughter if her dad was her boyfriend or husband! My husband does not look that young, nor does my daughter look quite that old (she could pass for 18, I suppose, because she just acts older, at least in public).

I remember going to a wedding for a biracial couple. The groom and I were among the very few white faces in the crowd. The couple and I were all in our early 20's. The bride's aunt asked me if I was the groom's mother! I told her I was a friend of the bride! That was awkward! :)