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| Playing Tag. |
| 06.20.05 (10:12 pm) [edit] |
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Well it appears that I have been tagged by Altricial who was tagged by Lindy. I have a feeling that this is going to be like that telephone game and I will be the weak link that screws it all up! Regardless, I will try… for more explanation read Lindy’s post. I don't know how to "hyper-link" so, I apologize (so embarrassing). You can click on Altricial's link (on the left) to get to the other people that she tagged... BilllyRyan MerMaid TrekGuy Basild Anastacia IckyDane Please stop by their sites and keep the circle moving. The assignment: things I miss about childhood. 1. Fishing. Grandma Ellie and Grandpa Fritz had a cottage on Lake Erie and Grandma Lillian and Grandpa Joe had a beautiful old farmhouse sitting on a huge piece of land in Blissfield Michigan (I have a copy of the deed which was signed by John Quincy Adams!) At either place, my favorite thing to do was fish. At the cottage I sat on a giant rock—generally by myself, with Ellie screaming "be careful" out the screen door. I’d cast out my line, daydream, and get very brown in the sun. At the "farm" we fished from a dock on their pond while dragonflies swarmed around us. There I fished with dad and grandpa, who it seemed to me, wore a plaid flannel shirt even in the summer. The lake was immense and often threatening and filled me with adrenaline. The pond was soft and yellow and sleepy. I had the best of both worlds. 2. Stopping by Bob&Joes Carry out after school for wax lips, pixie stix, the little wax bottles filled with kool-aid, bit-o-honeys, and candy cigarettes and then coming home where mom would be ironing in front of As the World Turns. Exerting my independence but coming home to security and familiarity… that as Mastercard would say… is priceless. 3. The words… go outside and find something to do! Before the advent of couch-potatoes. We were sent outside from morning until dusk… came home for meals… sometimes… unless we ate at a friends house…we kind of traveled in packs. We played "school" in the gazebo out back in the summer. We’d haul out all of our old school supplies and sit at the picnic table. I ALWAYS had to be the teacher. I’ll bet that I was SO hard to live with. Also, Barbies… tons and tons and tons of Barbie stuff, plus, Skipper, Midge, Ken… I still remember some of the clothes…and furniture that we made ourselves or the blow up kind that smelled like plastic. Sometimes I’ll open something and get a whiff of that plastic smell …ah… heaven. 4. The Holidays… Christmas and Thanksgiving… when all I had to do was show up. There was a magic about it… the smells, the traditions… and especially the people. The food was always the same... German potato salad, baked beans, devilled eggs...Everyone was there… mom and dad, my sisters and brothers, all my grandpas and grandmas, my aunt and uncle and cousins, the neighbors… a house filled with people and laughter. Now so many of the chairs are empty. Oh to go back even for an hour. 5. My dad used to make us "picnics" to watch in front of the television for Wonderful World of Disney or "specials" like "the Wizard of Oz". He’d throw down a tablecloth and cut up bologna or hotdogs, cheese cubes, crackers, sweet gherkins… munchies… and set them on a plate. We thought it was the greatest thing on earth. I carried on the tradition for my girls over time. Somewhere I have one on video… I’ll have to dig it up. I don't have five tag-ees... most of the blogs that I read have already been tagged and are on my links. I will list three... the links to which you will find to the left... Alcatraz/AHep Stacey Mahoney Shoplove Told you... I'm the weak link. |
posted by: billlyryan (reply)
post date: 06.20.05 (7:28 pm)
Friend, I love your life. I love the person you were and who its made you today. I love that plastic smell and the Wonderful World of Disney. I love that you were born.
posted by: JAS (reply)
post date: 06.21.05 (2:42 am)
My dear daughter, I love that you remember all of those wonderful days. You brought back memories that i forgot about....and memories seem to be what we thrive on when we get a little older. (just a little). Now I don't mean your getting old, just that i am.....Don't forget the time when your dad worked second shift and would stop by macdonalds and bring you and lisa frys and a hamburg, and wake you at midnight to eat it. I can still see you guys sitting there half asleep heads hanging, eatting......daddy thought it would be a good memory.
love you, mumsy
posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.21.05 (8:15 am)
Oh wow! Great post, but even greater comment. How cool that your post moved your Mum so much. Nice one.
posted by: Stellina (reply)
post date: 06.21.05 (1:13 pm)
WOW. I'm not a link? You don't read me? :(
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posted by: altricial (reply)
post date: 06.21.05 (2:54 pm)
Oh Lori. You're clearly not a weak anything. You're a link to everything amazing. Your memories are so beautiful and I'm jealous of the fishing one! How awesome that your mom got to enjoy this!!!!
posted by: LoriSchuster (reply)
post date: 06.21.05 (3:23 pm)
Reply to: billlyryan
you always leave me not knowing what to say. i'm sure that my siblings would pay big money for that. :) thank you... i'll leave it at that for now.
posted by: LoriSchuster (reply)
post date: 06.21.05 (3:26 pm)
Reply to: JAS
I have a million wonderful memories. at least. I was so blessed. I also remember daddy coming home and telling us it was morning! we'd get up all groggy and go upstairs thinking... it seems like i just went to sleep... and there was dad with that mischievious look and the food. thanks mom. :)
posted by: LoriSchuster (reply)
post date: 06.21.05 (3:30 pm)
Reply to: BerlinBear
thank you... it is nice that she was moved by the memories. i think that when we are in the middle of raising children we don't know if they appreciate or will remember any of it... except what they will tell the therapist about how badly we messed it all up... glad to let mom know I had a great time growing up. thanks for reading.
posted by: LoriSchuster (reply)
post date: 06.21.05 (3:34 pm)
Reply to: Stellina
i have not caught up for a while... I'm scattered. my apologies. hope things are working out for you.
posted by: LoriSchuster (reply)
post date: 06.21.05 (3:44 pm)
Reply to: altricial
:) thank you... muchly (as megan would say) my mom is most dedicated to my blog. i'm glad that i could jog a few memories. I need to fish again... go back to my roots... it's SO relaxing. thank you for giving me a reason to remember. :) such a great photo of you and your girls by the way... they look so happy and beautiful... just like their momma.
posted by: FinalyFree (reply)
post date: 06.21.05 (6:42 pm)
I love the way you write Lori :)
Speaking of the wax lips and bottles of Kool-Aid liquid, do you remember the orange harmonica thingy's? I ask people about these all the time and very few remember them. Maybe they only came out around Halloween, I dunno. But they were my absolute favorites, closely followed by bbbbbats! Great post :)
posted by: Jeremiah (reply)
post date: 06.24.05 (1:26 pm)
Hey there Lovely! I was just checking up on you to see how the stories for the upcomming book are going. I can not wait to read it. You know, I need the key to that beautiful house of yours in order for me to sell it for you. What ever you do, don't UPS it, use FedEx. It's cheaper. Any way, how is life you gorgeous babe? We need to go on a date sometime...oh wait...I shouldn't be saying this, Craig might read it, find me, interigate me, the whole nine yards. I would be done for. So about them Pacers. (lol) Im trying to change the subject, and I'm not to good at it. Oh well. I will try and talk to you later, alright, good. I new you would say yes. Bye Bye for now tootsy. I'll gab later, now I shall ponder over some stupid, meaningless subject. So Long. :-)
posted by: newbie (reply)
post date: 06.24.05 (4:07 pm)
Ahhh! I can taste the German potato salad, smell the plastic from the barbie furniture and see my pile of hand me down barbies with all the hair cut short. Nine years between us and when you look back at my first grade picture I'm wearing the same outfit you wore in your first grade picture. I loved that , because you know I love anything that you once owned, furniture, clothes and barbie dolls with their hair cut short.
posted by: TiaNguyen (reply)
post date: 07.12.05 (5:39 pm)
That photo of the beat-up caravan standing in the middle of the empty field at the front of your blog is nice !
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