Sudden deaths like this are very hard on the loved ones left behind, but such a blessing to the departed, who might have spent their declining years suffering all sorts of maladies...I wish you and yours all the best, and hope the rest of the year goes well...Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 10:34:58 -0500 (EST) grandbanna <grandbanna@hughes.net> writes: > It seems like the bad things always happen around a holiday that > should otherwise be exciting and wonderful. My Mother lost her only > sister yesterday. She was in the pantry looking for something and > had to sit down. She passed out and never woke up. She was around > 75 years old. I was afraid to tell Mother and Daddy because the > news might make them have a stroke or heart attack. Mother broke > down for a minute and then looked up at me and said "well, I guess > the good Lord was just ready for her". -Martha ____________________________________________________________ How Cruise Lines Fill All Those Unsold Cabins? (HINT: You will want to book a cruise after you read this...) http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52c657085664e570811e8st02duc
Thank you for your kind reply. I went to my Son's and Daughter-in-law's for New Years. We had a very quiet New Years Eve, had lots of company New Years Day. My Daughter-in-law has 9 brothers and sisters. My niece seems to be improving from her auto accident. They put two titanian rods in her leg. It will be a long recovery Audrey C In a message dated 12/29/2013 11:03:12 A.M. Central Standard Time, grandbanna@hughes.net writes: Audrey, you are a trooper to say the least. I am so sorry for your loss and bad news and certainly hope your daughter in law and niece both overcome their health issues and are well as soon as possible. It is good to have you back on Memory Lane. Thee are a lot of good people on here. I've only been on it for a few months but really enjoy reading everyone's posts. My heart goes out to you sweet lady. Keep us posted on how things go with you and your family. God bless. Martha ----- Original Message ----- From: Audrey0002@aol.com To: an-internet-family@googlegroups.com, memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:49:11 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ML] Update on Audrey C. It has been a year since I have been on An Internet Family or Memory Lane. I hope some of you remember me. My husband became ill the first part of Jan,2013. He was first diagnosed with heart failure, heart rate 180, was in and out of CCU many times. During the time he was there they drained his lungs of fluid and found he had lung cancer that had probably metastasized through his body. He was too ill for further tests. Our Son,. Daughter and I stayed with him every day he was hospitalized. Three specialists told us there was nothing else they could do for him, we could put him in a nursing home or take him home on Hospice. Of course we took him home on Hospice. We took care of him for the thirty days he lived, he died April 24, 2013 at the age of 90. I am the only one left from my family of parents and eight children. My last brother died two years ago. I have one sister-in-law left, my two children and their wonderful spouses, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. My Son's family live nearby and my Daughter's families live in Texas and Virginia. To go on with my story, For Christmas my Granddaughter and Husband took and paid for my Daughter's entire side of the family to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with them at Disney World. They met at Disney World 26 years ago. We had a wonderful time together. We were there for a week and arrived home yesterday. Now for more bad news, my dear Daughter-in-law has breast cancer and is undergoing chemo. When I arrived home from Disney there was a message from my Niece who I raised after my sister died who lives in N. J. telling me she had been in a horrible automobile accident, she was thrown into a ditch in the woods by a 20 yr. old who claimed she hit black ice. It took them 40 minutes to get her out of the car.. One leg was crushed, exposing two bones and other injuries. She was in ICU eight days, had steel rods, screws and etc in her leg. She will have a long recovery time. My condolences to all of you who have lost their spouses or close family members, Doug, Grace, Juanita and all you others. Believe me,I know what you are going through. At 87 ears of age for the first time I am living alone and plan to do so as long as I can. Here's wishing a Happy and Healthy 2014 to all. Audrey C. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Martha, you just have to do it. concentrate on the little ones. I went through the came thing, my dad died on the 19th of Dec. years ago, and mama on the 12th of Dec. But you just do it. Christmas is something they always enjoyed and I feel they are there looking on those days. Even though over 40 years ago. When you need to cry you cry. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "grandbanna" <grandbanna@hughes.net> To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [ML] Well, Christmas is... > It seems like the bad things always happen around a holiday that should > otherwise be exciting and wonderful. My Mother lost her only sister > yesterday. She was in the pantry looking for something and had to sit > down. She passed out and never woke up. She was around 75 years old. I > was afraid to tell Mother and Daddy because the news might make them have > a stroke or heart attack. Mother broke down for a minute and then looked > up at me and said "well, I guess the good Lord was just ready for her". > Daddy took the news pretty hard. On top of all this, we are supposed to > have our family Christmas tonight since my daughter's family had the flu > last week and we all couldn't get together. We will do our best to make > the time together good. It seems we have to try to dismiss the bad things > for a few moments and try to focus on the little ones and what we have > right there around us. Don't know if it's possible or not. -Martha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: **** LANA **** <mizylana@gmail.com> > To: memory-lane <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 07:01:04 -0500 (EST) > Subject: Re: [ML] Well, Christmas is... > > I'm not sure the holidays ever get easier, when those you love have passed > on. > > I have buried two husbands. The memories of both still haunt every family > event. > On Jan 1, 2014 12:15 PM, "Doug Crim" wrote: > >> behind us.... Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! >> >> I know, sort of a yucky attitude huh? Spent Christmas morning with my >> daughter and grand young'uns... had lunch and then to Sherry's daughter's >> house for Christmas with she and her children. That was almost too much >> Christmas. >> >> On the day after Christmas, we buried Sherry in the family cemetery near >> her uncle's house. As funerals go, it was a small one with only family. >> The day was beautiful. The service was beautiful. Luckily, for me, >> everyone went home afterwards. I will miss her dearly. >> >> Before Christmas, I treated myself to a new cell phone. It's terrible but >> I have a phone that is smarter than I am. The things available on a phone >> now a days is quite remarkable. Of course I don't know how to use the >> phone. Had to get my daughter to find a real ring tone. There are >> literally hundreds, maybe thousands available. Told my daughter that I >> wanted one that sounded like a REAL telephone. She was successful! >> >> Sherry's daughter gave me a Nook. OY! That thing is almost as smart as my >> phone. Had a hell of a time getting it programmed the way I want it. Am >> still working on connecting it to my Kindle,,, Something to do on cold >> winter days. lol >> >> Hope everyone had a great holiday as well as a super duper New Year. >> Let's >> be careful out there. >> >> The Dougster :-)** >> >> >> >> >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
It seems like the bad things always happen around a holiday that should otherwise be exciting and wonderful. My Mother lost her only sister yesterday. She was in the pantry looking for something and had to sit down. She passed out and never woke up. She was around 75 years old. I was afraid to tell Mother and Daddy because the news might make them have a stroke or heart attack. Mother broke down for a minute and then looked up at me and said "well, I guess the good Lord was just ready for her". Daddy took the news pretty hard. On top of all this, we are supposed to have our family Christmas tonight since my daughter's family had the flu last week and we all couldn't get together. We will do our best to make the time together good. It seems we have to try to dismiss the bad things for a few moments and try to focus on the little ones and what we have right there around us. Don't know if it's possible or not. -Martha ----- Original Message ----- From: **** LANA **** <mizylana@gmail.com> To: memory-lane <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 07:01:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [ML] Well, Christmas is... I'm not sure the holidays ever get easier, when those you love have passed on. I have buried two husbands. The memories of both still haunt every family event. On Jan 1, 2014 12:15 PM, "Doug Crim" wrote: > behind us.... Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! > > I know, sort of a yucky attitude huh? Spent Christmas morning with my > daughter and grand young'uns... had lunch and then to Sherry's daughter's > house for Christmas with she and her children. That was almost too much > Christmas. > > On the day after Christmas, we buried Sherry in the family cemetery near > her uncle's house. As funerals go, it was a small one with only family. > The day was beautiful. The service was beautiful. Luckily, for me, > everyone went home afterwards. I will miss her dearly. > > Before Christmas, I treated myself to a new cell phone. It's terrible but > I have a phone that is smarter than I am. The things available on a phone > now a days is quite remarkable. Of course I don't know how to use the > phone. Had to get my daughter to find a real ring tone. There are > literally hundreds, maybe thousands available. Told my daughter that I > wanted one that sounded like a REAL telephone. She was successful! > > Sherry's daughter gave me a Nook. OY! That thing is almost as smart as my > phone. Had a hell of a time getting it programmed the way I want it. Am > still working on connecting it to my Kindle,,, Something to do on cold > winter days. lol > > Hope everyone had a great holiday as well as a super duper New Year. Let's > be careful out there. > > The Dougster :-)** > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I'm not sure the holidays ever get easier, when those you love have passed on. I have buried two husbands. The memories of both still haunt every family event. On Jan 1, 2014 12:15 PM, "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> wrote: > behind us.... Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! > > I know, sort of a yucky attitude huh? Spent Christmas morning with my > daughter and grand young'uns... had lunch and then to Sherry's daughter's > house for Christmas with she and her children. That was almost too much > Christmas. > > On the day after Christmas, we buried Sherry in the family cemetery near > her uncle's house. As funerals go, it was a small one with only family. > The day was beautiful. The service was beautiful. Luckily, for me, > everyone went home afterwards. I will miss her dearly. > > Before Christmas, I treated myself to a new cell phone. It's terrible but > I have a phone that is smarter than I am. The things available on a phone > now a days is quite remarkable. Of course I don't know how to use the > phone. Had to get my daughter to find a real ring tone. There are > literally hundreds, maybe thousands available. Told my daughter that I > wanted one that sounded like a REAL telephone. She was successful! > > Sherry's daughter gave me a Nook. OY! That thing is almost as smart as my > phone. Had a hell of a time getting it programmed the way I want it. Am > still working on connecting it to my Kindle,,, Something to do on cold > winter days. lol > > Hope everyone had a great holiday as well as a super duper New Year. Let's > be careful out there. > > The Dougster :-)** > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
My grand-nephew left for Virginia yesterday to his apartment. He is going to be a transit cop in Washington, DC. He studied criminality in college and always wanted to be a cop. He lived in the suburbs with his parents and couldn't get a job there so he applied to Washington and got a job. He lost 90#'s to become a cop and this is all he has wanted to be. I am so worried about him going there because it is a dangerous place, I know there are a lot of dangerous places but this place I think tops them all with the exception of New York. He also is not a big man. Thin and short. Please take care of him Lord. Barb
Buzz' parents are so weird...They don't want to fool with bringing him over here and coming after him..and my hubby is so 'cheap' he refuses to go halfway to pick him up. PLUS there are rules as long as your arm...I think the meds deal is just a handy excuse. We love that little bugger...Last time I talked to son Buzz was giving the cat a hard time..She is in heat and was letting out gas....He was going to smack her but son told him not to, that she couldn't help it..Sez Buzz" Well, why can't she hold it like people do ?" JneT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 02:53:39 -0500 Barbara Mangan <tipperboo12@gmail.com> writes: > Aw Jeannie, feel bad for you. Did you tell her what you told us? Maybe he > needs to spend MORE time with you both. > Barb > > ____________________________________________________________ Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52c508477faa38477b59st01duc
You only use ONE pillow? I sit on 2 or 3, plus have a pad in my car...Luckily that helps...Hope you have a Happy New Year! Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 22:57:22 -0500 Barbara Mangan <tipperboo12@gmail.com> writes: > I haven't been on much because fibromyalgia has my butt muscles and > the > upper part of the back of my legs hurting very much. I can hardly > sit > because I am in extreme pain. Right now I am sitting on a pillow > which > helps a little. ____________________________________________________________ Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52c5084785dec847335ast02duc
GREAT story! Hope you have a wonderful New Year! Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:13:13 -0500 "Donna" <dlk.chocolatelover@gmail.com> writes: > Christmas Adventure with Grandma ____________________________________________________________ Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52c50847754ec8477b60st04duc
Good to hear from you, Dougster! Hopefully this dreadfully sad Christmas will have faded somewhat from your memory and maybe next year you can begin to enjoy the season again...Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 09:53:13 -0600 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: > behind us.... Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! > > I know, sort of a yucky attitude huh? Spent Christmas morning with > my > daughter and grand young'uns... had lunch and then to Sherry's > daughter's > house for Christmas with she and her children. That was almost too > much > Christmas. > > On the day after Christmas, we buried Sherry in the family cemetery > near > her uncle's house. As funerals go, it was a small one with only > family. > The day was beautiful. The service was beautiful. Luckily, for > me, > everyone went home afterwards. I will miss her dearly. > > Before Christmas, I treated myself to a new cell phone. It's > terrible but > I have a phone that is smarter than I am. The things available on a > phone > now a days is quite remarkable. Of course I don't know how to use > the > phone. Had to get my daughter to find a real ring tone. There are > literally hundreds, maybe thousands available. Told my daughter > that I > wanted one that sounded like a REAL telephone. She was > successful! > > Sherry's daughter gave me a Nook. OY! That thing is almost as > smart as my > phone. Had a hell of a time getting it programmed the way I want > it. Am > still working on connecting it to my Kindle,,, Something to do on > cold > winter days. lol > > Hope everyone had a great holiday as well as a super duper New Year. > Let's > be careful out there. > > The Dougster :-)** > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________ > Learn to Speak Spanish > Start Speaking Spanish in 10 Days for $9.95 > TGL3165/52c4fadce7c87adb0c1dmp10duc > > ____________________________________________________________ Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52c5084781ed28477078st03duc
Doug, If you ever wonder how to do something on your phone or tablet or what apps are the best... go to youtube and put in what ever you want to know and someone will have an answer.. Sorry about your loss but am happy you are blessed with family near. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> To: "an-internet-family" <an-internet-family@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 9:53:13 AM Subject: [ML] Well, Christmas is... behind us.... Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I know, sort of a yucky attitude huh? Spent Christmas morning with my daughter and grand young'uns... had lunch and then to Sherry's daughter's house for Christmas with she and her children. That was almost too much Christmas. On the day after Christmas, we buried Sherry in the family cemetery near her uncle's house. As funerals go, it was a small one with only family. The day was beautiful. The service was beautiful. Luckily, for me, everyone went home afterwards. I will miss her dearly. Before Christmas, I treated myself to a new cell phone. It's terrible but I have a phone that is smarter than I am. The things available on a phone now a days is quite remarkable. Of course I don't know how to use the phone. Had to get my daughter to find a real ring tone. There are literally hundreds, maybe thousands available. Told my daughter that I wanted one that sounded like a REAL telephone. She was successful! Sherry's daughter gave me a Nook. OY! That thing is almost as smart as my phone. Had a hell of a time getting it programmed the way I want it. Am still working on connecting it to my Kindle,,, Something to do on cold winter days. lol Hope everyone had a great holiday as well as a super duper New Year. Let's be careful out there. The Dougster :-)** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
What a sweet story. Thanks for sharing. -Martha ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna <dlk.chocolatelover@gmail.com> To: > Sent: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:13:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ML] Christmas Adventure with Grandma Christmas Adventure with Grandma I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. "Even dummies know that.” My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me. I knew Grandma always told the truth, and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her "world-famous" cinnamon buns. I knew they were world-famous, because Grandma said so. It had to be true. Grandma was home, and the buns were still warm. Between bites, I told her everything. She was ready for me. "No Santa Claus?" she snorted "Ridiculous! Don't believe it. That rumor has been going around for years, and it makes me mad, plain mad!! Now, put on your coat, and let's go." "Go? Go where, Grandma?" I asked. I hadn't even finished my second world-famous cinnamon bun. "Where" turned out to be Kerby's General Store, the one store in town that had a little bit of just about everything. As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars. That was a bundle in those days. "Take this money," she said, "and buy something for someone who needs it. I'll wait for you in the car." Then she turned and walked out of Kerby's. I was only eight years old. I'd often gone shopping with my mother, but never had I shopped for anything all by myself. The store seemed big and crowded, full of people scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping. For a few moments I just stood there, confused, clutching that ten-dollar bill, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for. I thought of everybody I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors, the kids at school, the people who went to my church. I was just about thought out, when I suddenly thought of Bobby Decker. He was a kid with bad breath and messy hair, and he sat right behind me in Mrs. Pollock's grade-two class. Bobby Decker didn't have a coat. I knew that because he never went out to recess during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, but all we kids knew that Bobby Decker didn't have a cough; he didn't have a good coat. I fingered the ten-dollar bill with growing excitement. I would buy Bobby Decker a coat! I settled on a red corduroy one that had a hood to it. It looked real warm, and he would like that. "Is this a Christmas present for someone?" the lady behind the counter asked kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down. "Yes, ma'am," I replied shyly. "It's for Bobby." The nice lady smiled at me, as I told her about how Bobby really needed a good winter coat. I didn't get any change, but she put the coat in a bag, smiled again, and wished me a Merry Christmas. That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat (a little tag fell out of the coat, and Grandma tucked it in her Bible) in Christmas paper and ribbons and wrote, "To Bobby, From Santa Claus" on it. Grandma said that Santa always insisted on secrecy. Then she drove me over to Bobby Decker's house, explaining as we went that I was now and forever officially, one of Santa's helpers. Grandma parked down the street from Bobby's house, and she and I crept noiselessly and hid in the bushes by his front walk. Then Grandma gave me a nudge. "All right, Santa Claus," she whispered, "get going." I took a deep breath, dashed for his front door, threw the present down on his step, pounded his door and flew back to the safety of the bushes and Grandma. Together we waited breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobby. Fifty years haven't dimmed the thrill of those moments spent shivering, beside my Grandma, in Bobby Decker's bushes. That night, I realized that those awful rumors about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said they were -- ridiculous. Santa was alive and well, and we were on his team. I still have the Bible, with the coat tag tucked inside: $19.95. May you always have LOVE to share, HEALTH to spare and FRIENDS that care... And may you always believe in the magic of Santa Claus! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
A bit of Rose parade history, with my soon to be husband, we went to the Rose parade. I think I was maybe 17, or might have been 18 year old, we went to a New Years party, than after midnight went to Pasadena, and met up with a lot of the guys and their dates that belong to the car club my soon to be husband was in, "The Benders" of San Gabriel Valley. We spent the night on the side of Colorado Blvd, playing cards, drinking hot chocolate, and just talking and laughing at everything. I will say that, seeing the flower covered floats in person, is a once in a life time event, you can smell the flowers, and the beauty of all the flowers is so much more real. Also one year the neighbors right next store to us, their daughter Karen, was one of the princess of the Rose Queens court, she rode on the beautiful rose covered float with the Rose Queen. She use to baby sit our children when she was in high school, she was not only a beautiful girl on the outside, she was beautiful inside too. Have Happy & Healthy New Year, . Sully in beautiful and Sunny California
Sully, You are so right about seeing the floats in person. I used to fly to Pasadena on New Years Eve day to attend a party that night at the home of a friend who had a house up on I want to say Rosemont, but I am not sure that is correct. It has been over 20 years since I was there last. It was up on top of hill above the intersection of Orange Grove Ave. and Colorado Blvd. If you are on Orange Grove looking toward the turn onto Colorado Blvd. at about a 45 degree angle to the left of the corner is a pathway that goes uphill to the street that Andy lived on. After the party, we would walk down to the parade route and visit with people who were camped along Orange Grove and just look at the floats that were already in position. The volunteers were still putting finishing touches on them at that time. The smells were wonderful, flowers and food odors mixed together. The next morning, after breakfast, we again walked down to the intersection and would find a place to stand on Colorado Blvd. across the street from the Norton Simon Museum and watch the parade. It is an unforgettable experience. I watched the parade, as much of it as was televised on NBC and CBS, this morning. It made me wish I had been there once again to see it in person. I would probably have to buy a ticket to sit in the bleachers since I doubt that I could stand for that many hours anymore. Hoping the new year will bring you good health and prosperity, I want to wish a Happy New Year to all of my friends. Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter From: Sullyshirl73@aol.com Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 12:42:57 -0500 Subject: [AIF] A bit of Rose parade Trivia To: an-internet-family@googlegroups.com; memory-lane@rootsweb.com A bit of Rose parade history, with my soon to be husband, we went to the Rose parade. I think I was maybe 17, or might have been 18 year old, we went to a New Years party, than after midnight went to Pasadena, and met up with a lot of the guys and their dates that belong to the car club my soon to be husband was in, "The Benders" of San Gabriel Valley. We spent the night on the side of Colorado Blvd, playing cards, drinking hot chocolate, and just talking and laughing at everything. I will say that, seeing the flower covered floats in person, is a once in a life time event, you can smell the flowers, and the beauty of all the flowers is so much more real. Also one year the neighbors right next store to us, their daughter Karen, was one of the princess of the Rose Queens court, she rode on the beautiful rose covered float with the Rose Queen. She use to baby sit our children when she was in high school, she was not only a beautiful girl on the outside, she was beautiful inside too. Have Happy & Healthy New Year, . Sully in beautiful and Sunny California -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "an-internet-family" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to an-internet-family+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to an-internet-family@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/an-internet-family. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Daddy did a lot of farming for people who lived nearby. He and Granddaddy also sold a lot of produce to local grocery stores. He made a lot of ribbon cane syrup too. Daddy and Mother have done a lot of things in their lifetime. I can truthfully say I have as well. Daddy farmed on the half when I was a little girl. One day he brought home seven bushels of purple hull peas at lunch time. After cooking lunch and cleaning house that morning, then cleaning the kitchen and dining room, I shelled all those peas, looked them, washed and blanched them and put them in the freezer. We had several different kinds of peas, including black eye, cream and a pea that I haven't seen in a long long time called a red ripper. We had one kind of those peas or pinto beans just about every day. Mother made homemade biscuits or a pan of cornbread and man was that good eating. I never could make biscuits like my Mother could. I still love to can. I canned about 60 pint jars of peas this past summer. I also put up tomato juice, made salsa, canned tomatoes and green string beans last season too. It's a lot easier to open a jar when I don't have a lot of time. For some reason I don't have any luck canning corn so I just put it in the freezer. Daddy loves fried anything so I fried green tomatoes, squash and eggplants and put them in the freezer. They aren't quite the same as fresh but almost. Martha ----- Original Message ----- From: askgranny@juno.com To: MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:47:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [ML] Family tales... We farmed others land the years up till Daddy died...He and Mom had saved ..by the sweat of our brows..almost enough money to buy their own farm...but he worked with that man on ways to get ahead...Along the back of the farm there was swampy areas, woods, creeks, etc...We liked to spend time down there when we weren't working the farm...At one time a logging crew had been living down there while cutting the trees, and a one room cabin was all that remained ...AND a pump that could bring up the coldest water you ever saw! It tasted like the slough, though...so we drank very little of it's cold clear water...Lord only knows what kind of germs we got! Felt mighty good pumped over our dirty bare feet though...We kept the shack cleaned out pretty well, and I can remember taking the scraps of linoleum off the floor to that pump and washing them off.... Cypress trees grew in the edges of the nearby swamp, and we saw huge pollywogs/tadpoles swimming around..Must a been big old bullfrog babies! Cypress 'knees' stuck up out of that water, and I surely did want to cut one off and take it home with me...We would step out onto them if they were close enough..and that water looked so dark and deep..if Mama had any idea what we were up to it would have been eating off the mantle time for all of us!....I think we were supposed to be down there picking a tow sack full of green beans off the pole beans planted in the corn in that new ground Daddy and Robert worked so hard to clear. Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 09:38:25 -0500 (EST) grandbanna writes: . > > Daddy has a lot of stories about the river bottom. He said that > once he and two of his cousins stayed a week on the river in an old > shack. All they had to eat were the fish they caught and rabbits > and squirrels. One of the cousins dropped the lantern in the river. > Since they had no light and were already tired of the river, they > decided to head home during the night instead of waiting until > daylight. They walked all night long not knowing which direction > they were going. When daylight came, they realized they had been > walking in a big circle and were right back at the old shack. > > Martha ____________________________________________________________ Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52c10d4d1ef27d4d0654st02duc http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Audrey, you dear sweet soul. What a time you are having. I had breast cancer 12 years ago and am doing good. My daughter, sister and 2 cousins all had breast cancer and all are doing good to. They say that God doesn't give you more than you can handle and I think that it is full of it. You must be a strong person and hopefully that will sustain you in the coming years. God love ya. Barb On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 12:58 AM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > Well bless your heart ! You've really had a time of it, and I can > understand your being too busy to chat with us...It can be a real comfort > , though, to talk to your friends on here...I'm glad you are able to stay > in your home...after all is said and done there is no place like it.... > > I have outlived three of my 8 siblings, one older, two younger...and it's > a very hard thing to go through..I can only imagine how very sad your > life has been at times...I wish you well, and I hope you will share some > of your happier memories with us..I've been told you shouldn't live in > the past..Well, I say that's a bunch of malarkey! I think about the good > times we 9 kids had playing on the farm and I don't see how that can be > anything but good. Bad memories of the past can be forgotten, > maybe.......and can take your mind off the present day family problems > plaguing you..I'll pray you and yours safe. Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:49:11 -0500 (EST) Audrey0002@aol.com writes: > > It has been a year since I have been on An Internet Family or Memory > > Lane. I hope some of you remember me. > > I am the only one left from my family of parents and eight > > children. > Audrey C. > ____________________________________________________________ > Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) > 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat > storage > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52c10d4d542a4d4d0656st02duc > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Well bless your heart ! You've really had a time of it, and I can understand your being too busy to chat with us...It can be a real comfort , though, to talk to your friends on here...I'm glad you are able to stay in your home...after all is said and done there is no place like it.... I have outlived three of my 8 siblings, one older, two younger...and it's a very hard thing to go through..I can only imagine how very sad your life has been at times...I wish you well, and I hope you will share some of your happier memories with us..I've been told you shouldn't live in the past..Well, I say that's a bunch of malarkey! I think about the good times we 9 kids had playing on the farm and I don't see how that can be anything but good. Bad memories of the past can be forgotten, maybe.......and can take your mind off the present day family problems plaguing you..I'll pray you and yours safe. Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:49:11 -0500 (EST) Audrey0002@aol.com writes: > It has been a year since I have been on An Internet Family or Memory > Lane. I hope some of you remember me. > I am the only one left from my family of parents and eight > children. > Audrey C. ____________________________________________________________ Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52c10d4d542a4d4d0656st02duc
We farmed others land the years up till Daddy died...He and Mom had saved ..by the sweat of our brows..almost enough money to buy their own farm...but he worked with that man on ways to get ahead...Along the back of the farm there was swampy areas, woods, creeks, etc...We liked to spend time down there when we weren't working the farm...At one time a logging crew had been living down there while cutting the trees, and a one room cabin was all that remained ...AND a pump that could bring up the coldest water you ever saw! It tasted like the slough, though...so we drank very little of it's cold clear water...Lord only knows what kind of germs we got! Felt mighty good pumped over our dirty bare feet though...We kept the shack cleaned out pretty well, and I can remember taking the scraps of linoleum off the floor to that pump and washing them off.... Cypress trees grew in the edges of the nearby swamp, and we saw huge pollywogs/tadpoles swimming around..Must a been big old bullfrog babies! Cypress 'knees' stuck up out of that water, and I surely did want to cut one off and take it home with me...We would step out onto them if they were close enough..and that water looked so dark and deep..if Mama had any idea what we were up to it would have been eating off the mantle time for all of us!....I think we were supposed to be down there picking a tow sack full of green beans off the pole beans planted in the corn in that new ground Daddy and Robert worked so hard to clear. Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 09:38:25 -0500 (EST) grandbanna <grandbanna@hughes.net> writes: . > > Daddy has a lot of stories about the river bottom. He said that > once he and two of his cousins stayed a week on the river in an old > shack. All they had to eat were the fish they caught and rabbits > and squirrels. One of the cousins dropped the lantern in the river. > Since they had no light and were already tired of the river, they > decided to head home during the night instead of waiting until > daylight. They walked all night long not knowing which direction > they were going. When daylight came, they realized they had been > walking in a big circle and were right back at the old shack. > > Martha ____________________________________________________________ Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52c10d4d1ef27d4d0654st02duc
yes, makes me sad as well. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Connie Leaman > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 1:54 PM > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] Happy, happy, Y'all ! > > This makes me really sad. > > Connie > > We are no longer allowed to have Buzz over here to stay over...since I > messed up on his pills one time...They said it was to make him > sleep..he was already asleep at pill time 2 nights in a row...from hard > playing with his friends...So I didn't give him the pill of > course...Come to find out they are also to make him eat..Of course he > was eating plenty too. The Mother had neglected to tell me this last > part. SO they think we are too old and senile to give him his > pills...Of course they are friendly enough when they want > something...He goes to our Son's house for weekends IF he has been a > good little zombie all week. No telling what this is doing to his > psyche...If ANY one of them had ever been around kids it would make a > dif...Fortunately he is brilliant, so hopefully can live thru this > safely. Hardly ever hear a granny say her Grand kids are > stupid, huh? : ) Jeannie T > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message
My little dog was really smart. She was a real hunter. My brothers always took her with them. When they would get their guns she would start jumping around, run a little ahead of them and look back to see if they were following. I have another snake story that my psychology professor told us in class. Don't know if it's true or not but it's quite possible. He said a highway patrol in West Texas stopped a speeder on a dark night. While he was standing by the car, he heard rattles, looked down and shot the snake. He said it was the biggest one he'd ever seen. As he left the scene and headed down the road, he decided no one would believe how long the snake was so he went back and pulled off the rattlers to show everyone. They all wanted to go back and see the snake. When they got there, the snake the officer shot still had it's rattles. He had pulled the rattles off a live snake. Snakes usually travel in pairs. If we ever see a copperhead in our yard, we always look for it's mate. Martha ----- Original Message ----- From: Louise Valine <antique1931@saber.net> To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:12:48 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [ML] Family tales... wow, I am not going there. I am scared of snakes. Rattle snakes. You will hear them rattle before they strike usually. One time my dad was hunting and his dog wouldn't let him go over a log. he started looking and there was a timber rattler on the other side. Daddy would never have made it out if he got bit. He was very careful. The dog was a cocker mix and loved my dad. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "grandbanna" To: Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [ML] Family tales... > There are water moccasins, rattle snakes and copperheads where I live. > They are definitely everywhere on the river bottom. Once Mother and Daddy > were fishing from the boat and my little half daschound/half cocker was > walking along beside them on the bank. Daddy saw a water moccasin > slithering on a log and my little dog was headed right for it. Daddy > quickly paddled the boat between the dog and the snake. The dog hopped in > and the snake went into the water. He says you can smell moccasins. They > emit the odor before they strike. I've only smelled it once while looking > for arrowheads in a creek. My little dog got bitten by a copperhead once. > It made her really sick but she lived over it. She also chased a rabbit > into a briar patch and came out with both ears cut up and bleeding. It > took a long time to get the ears to stop bleeding. It would stop and then > she would sling her head and flop her ears and it would start all over > again. I'm rambling. hehehe! > > One more thing about water moccasins. Our old family doctor told us one > time that he treated three men that were fishing in the river and were > bitten by a moccasin. The first man that got bitten died, the second was > really sick and the third one had hardly any symptoms at all. I guess the > first two got all the venom. > > Martha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Louise Valine > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 12:30:40 -0500 (EST) > Subject: Re: [ML] Family tales... > > Well at least they weren't lost, just back at the shack. I probably have > the wrong idea about the south, but I always think there are alot of > snakes > and all kinds of things around. > Here we have snakes but they don't hang from the trees like I have heard. > One of my brothers married a girl from Laouisiana and they took him > alligator hunting and all that. One of her uncles he was friends with in > the > navy. So they had some times from the storys, of course I think there was > a > little beer involved. But they were funny stories. > Louise > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "grandbanna" > To: > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 6:38 AM > Subject: Re: [ML] Family tales... > > >>> Daddy has a lot of stories about the river bottom. He said that once he >>> and two of his cousins stayed a week on the river in an old shack. All >>> they had to eat were the fish they caught and rabbits and squirrels. >>> One of the cousins dropped the lantern in the river. Since they had no >>> light and were already tired of the river, they decided to head home >>> during the night instead of waiting until daylight. They walked all >>> night long not knowing which direction they were going. When daylight >>> came, they realized they had been walking in a big circle and were right >>> back at the old shack. >> >> Martha >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: askgranny@juno.com >> To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 23:55:51 -0500 (EST) >> Subject: Re: [ML] Family tales... >> >> What an interesting family history you have ! My Mom and Dad had a house >> full of kids, and seldom went anywhere..One time Dad said he was going >> down to the river bottoms to check a homemade fish trap he had made and >> set out...and he wanted Mama to go with him! I remember she was laughing >> and so happy as she put on some of his high topped boots and got ready to >> go..We were a little upset by this, but watched them head off across the >> field...They came back with no fish, and I never heard about that fish >> trap again...........Our handsome blue eyed daddy was to die from >> Leukemia in the next couple years...and Mama took care of us 8 kids and >> the one on the way and outlived Daddy by many years....She had a smile on >> her face laying there in the coffin, and I firmly believe she was happy >> to be with Daddy again...Jeannie T >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 10:02:51 -0500 (EST) grandbanna >> writes: >> >>> >>> Yes, Mother was only 15. Daddy was 23. They both tell with pride >>> that they never dated anybody else. > Martha >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> NetZero now offers 4G mobile broadband. 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