Oh, those poor Ingalls girls...

NYwdwfan

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Today was our monthly post-rowing breakfast for a dozen or so people. Lots of good food and both mimosas and bellinis, along with beer. My husband made sticky buns last night, and I scrambled eggs, made home fries, cooked sausage, and made fruit salad. Another friend brought cooked bacon, while another made blueberry pancakes. I just provided the ingredients, table setting (Christmas themed, of course) and condiments.

I set up a griddle across the kitchen, so we're all able to move freely - unless others congregate to talk, which usually happens. ;) Then there's a lot of "excuse me, coming through, hot pan, etc"
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That sounds delicious!! I could go for some bacon and blueberry pancakes right about now!!
 
NYwdwfan

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So I got a text from a friend I grew up with yesterday - she only went to WDW as a kid twice, and she and her husband are taking their girls, age 7 and 9, for their first trip (surprise) in January. She wants my advice and recommendations - I am so excited to put stuff together for them! I told her she is probably going to reach a point she wants me to shut up and to feel free to tell me to do so!!
 
NYwdwfan

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So I read something creepy and I need to post it here. In Florida, of course.

Researchers find more graves at Fla. reform school

At least 50 gravesites were found at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna by anthropologists. That's 19 more than previously identified by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in 2010.

TAMPA, Fla. — Anthropologists have found evidence of 98 deaths and more graves than previously identified at a now-closed state reform school in the Panhandle, according to a report released Monday. An interim report released by the University of South Florida in Tampa says the researchers found at least 50 gravesites at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, about 60 miles west of Tallahassee. That's 19 more than had been identified by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in a 2010 investigative report. The university's researchers also believe there may be even more gravesites than those they've found so far. The FDLE was unable to substantiate or refute claims that inmate deaths were caused by the school's staff, or that staff members physically and sexually abused them. The school opened in 1900 and was closed last year as a cost-cutting measure.The anthropologists, led by Associate Professor Erin Kimmerle, used historical documents to verify the deaths of two adult staff members and 96 children — ranging in age from 6 to 18 — from 1914 through 1973. "The cause and manner of death for the majority of cases are unknown," the researchers wrote. In those cases where causes could be documented the most common were infectious disease, fires, physical trauma and drowning. Other mortality patterns showed trends of deaths occurring after escapes and within three months of arriving at the school. Records indicate that 45 individuals were buried on school grounds from 1914 through 1952 while 31 bodies were sent elsewhere for burial. No burial locations are listed for 22 cases. The lack of information on who's buried at the school and how they died has led to "uncertainty, speculation, and folklore regarding these deaths," the report says. The gravesites were found in an area known as "Boot Hill," but the anthropologists suspect there may be more burials elsewhere on the 1,400 acre campus. Then-Gov. Charlie Crist ordered the FDLE investigation in 2008 after former students from the 1950s and 1960s claimed they and other inmates were beaten and abused in other ways. They called themselves "the White House boys" because they said the abuse took place in a small white building on the campus. The university's report is based on archival research, interviews with former students, family members and staff, remote sensing, soil chemistry, archaeological excavation and consultation with experts in forensic pathology, fire investigation and integrative biology. The report recommends further research including the use of ground penetrating radar in areas adjacent to Boot Hill, test excavations and the exhumation of remains for skeletal autopsies to determine causes of death. The cemetery currently has 31 white metal crosses to mark graves, but they were installed in the early 1960s or mid-1990s long after the burials took place. The markers also do not correspond to the actual gravesites, which were not originally marked. "Very little documentation about the history of the cemetery or who is buried there exists, and the exact locations of individual burials were never documented," the report says.
 
Nemo14

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So we're back home and it's cold. I went to unpack and realized that I may as well just keep those clothes packed for the next trip.
 
Nemo14

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So.... there's nothing like decorating the house for Christmas and discovering just how bad you are at dusting....just sayin'
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NYwdwfan

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Nemo14 said:
So.... there's nothing like decorating the house for Christmas and discovering just how bad you are at dusting....just sayin'
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Welcome back!! Definitely keep the clothes packed for your next trip.

My husband has taught my kids to draw pictures in the dust on the DirecTV box. :mad:
 
NYwdwfan

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unkadug said:
What is dust anyway? We can send a man to the moon...but we can't get rid of dust???
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When I was pregnant I read an article that people are keeping their houses too clean these days and kids are developing dust allergies because of it. It said if you don't keep your house super clean your kids will have a better tolerance for allergens as they go though life. Now I don't know how true that REALLY is but I've adopted it as words to live by!! :D
 
donaldtoo

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We've told our kiddos that all there lives...
"The house is trashed for your own good. You'll thank us later. And, your welcome, by the way." ;)
 
NYwdwfan

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Nemo14 said:
Woke up to the smell of Christmas tree this morning - love it!
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I love that smell. We closed on our house 12/29 - the former owners had a Christmas tree that had shed a lot of needles and there were needles hiding under the baseboards. When we cleaned out the house I vacuumed them up and the WHOLE house smelled like pine. It was awesome. We need to get the tree this weekend - it had rained last week and the trees on the lots were soaked.
 

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