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[Figgy1]

Happy Mother's Day
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Who? Me? What?

 

[Figgy1]

And on a different note that is why I liked these trips to Disney as our kids aged. Nobody knew them there so they were free to have fun without the need to be on guard of their reputation with their friends. I loved being able to let the two of them go off and have some time and we had a break from lots of togetherness. Other times my DD and I'd go off and let the guys have man time. Usually they'd land at ESPN at some point and take in a football or baseball game. It really is a great place for family vacations. I remember one year mid vacation sitting by the resort pool and they went to Blizzard Beach. Hours of relaxing. Nice.

The boys are looking forward to time without us. They'll get ride time when we're doing behind the seeds and some more time depending on how my dh and I feel and things we want to do. They'll also get some MK time when my dh goes and switches from the hotel to condo. I may see belle during that time as I'm the only one who wants to do that

 

[Figgy1]

We had goldfish that outlasted the turtle. They were feeder goldfish. They out smarted fate. They grew almost 8 inches. We'd put them out for the summer. I'd say we had the two of them about a decade.

My older ds had one that lasted all of grammer and past middle school, 2 moves and several trips when we went away and just left it with an auto feeder. Note to self never trick or treat at the pet store

 

[Figgy1]

Good morning the strange yellow orb is coming out again today (it made a short visit yesterday) it's supposed to warm nicely again and the heat is off! I'm really hoping it's finally the end of groundhog season! It better be it's getting really hard to find any of those critters

 

[MinnieM123]

Yikes! I just looked at the 15 day. That is warm for May. Hide bye the pool mid afternoon or at Springs.

Been going in May for many years, and the temps range anywhere from 75 - 95. It's just the luck of the draw when it's lower. As a matter of course, I always leave the parks in the early afternoon and just crash in my hotel room for about 3 hours in the a/c, have a snack or coffee, and watch TV. Then I go back out in the late afternoon and evening for more fun. I could never handle a full day in the parks in the Florida sun.

 

[Songbird76]

aaah I see.
Weird, I didnt know anything about these series nor movie.
And I'm on a spanish speaking country.

Sure, but it's geared toward young girls like my daughter. It's not something that most guys would be interested it. My husband can't stand it.

 

[Songbird76]

Oy. Now that is a chore on Mother's Day. I had that with my son. We use to shop on week nights to avoid the mall bump into friends thing. Until his 11 inch growth spurt in under a year shopping was difficult for him. That year was a fortune in clothing and shoes. I'd just get him lined up and we'd start all over again.

DD was very different. We were always joined at the hip, still are. Likely cause she never really needed a Mom, an advocate yet but she was always centered, never did that hormonal thing young teens girls generally do. She was academically focused and her IQ was so high she just had the wherewithal to be on path. So we were always more buddies than Mom vs DD. Manchild never caused me any trouble, he knew better but boy I needed to pay attention to his focus on the end goals or he'd still be backpacking throughout Europe. Giggle. Was happy when that one finished college and figured things out. On the flip side he has had an exciting fun young life.

Ugh...the growth spurts!! I just got my son clothes a month ago and they are already too small for him. He's grown like 2 inches in the last month!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

21 days until Memorial Day.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

 

[betty rose]

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful moms here in Chit Chat!!

Have a great Disney trip and lots of fun! Safe travels, to you.

 

[betty rose]

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21 days until Memorial Day.

Yummy.

 

[betty rose]

I leave on Saturday. PS----The weather is 93 so far.

Have a joyful trip, and a safe one too!

 

[betty rose]

Good morning . It's sunny this morning, more thunderstorms this afternoon. Just the garden variety, so no biggie. I hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day. We went to the Cheese Cake factory. Then back to the kids for games. It was a lot of fun. We play a game called illustrations. Each person gets a card and must draw what the word or words say. I got the word tornado. Daughter got it and drew a tornado grandson tried to draw a tornado. Son in law thought he drew a tea pot, lol. Son in law drew a tea pot. Other grandson thought the picture was a goat. We laugh so hard playing this game, just to see how the pictures evolve. It's a fun game, if you like playing games.

 

[betty rose]

Oh thank you so much!!

It was lovely a great Mother's day/birthday

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers as well!

Happy belated birthday. I'm glad you had a nice time.

 

[betty rose]

OK gang, back to the grind tomorrow, so I'm out for now...
Happy Mother's Day again (I don't believe it can be said enough ) to all y'all wonderful moms out there...!!!
The sweetest of dreams to all, laterrrrrrrrrr...!!!!!

I'm glad you took your dear wife'y out for a meal . And got to spend time with your folks!

 

[betty rose]

This photo brings back frustrating moments with my MIL. She HATES that nurses dress in scrubs these days. She believes nurses are more professional in little white dresses and white little crowns on their heads, clean white dress shoes. Gets angry with athletic shoes or crocs that nurses dare to wear. Nothing like trying to hoist a patient out of bed in a dress and wearing nice shoes while on your feet all day.

When I was a little girl the world changed and girls were ALLOWED to wear pants and shorts. Before that time church and school girls had to wear dresses or skirts even with the harsh weather we had. My Mom also would not reliant on this even though there were now uniform options. She looked at it as a reflection on HER how she sent my Sis and I to school. I was in 6th grade and my Sis in 3rd grade when my Mom became very ill and was hospitalized for many months leaving my inept Dad to care for us on his own. Ironing dress uniforms was not going to happen. He took us shopping for the approved alternative shorts and slacks and polo type tops that were mostly wash and wear. When my Mom returned she attempted to restore order and return us to refined young ladies. It was a lost cause. A bit of it stuck and a bout with finishing school did happen.

Still we have those 'events' where she requests we attend just sooooo...and she takes us shopping for proper shoes and dresses for those events. I walk away with a couple of dresses and a couple pairs of shoes that cost dramatically more than I'd ever spend in a year in a wardrobe and I buy expensive running shoes. Though I still protest I have to admit some of those fancy expensive dress shoes are works of art. They line my closet shelves and I wear out my gym shoes.

I remember the days, when we would go shopping. Gloves were part of that, along with a nice dress. We always, had to dress up for church, along with a hat. I don't miss that time at all. I value being comfortable, at all times. That includes jammie day too!

 

[betty rose]

Ugh...the growth spurts!! I just got my son clothes a month ago and they are already too small for him. He's grown like 2 inches in the last month!

Our oldest grandson has grown like crazy. He is taller than grandma. And as tall as grandpa. He's only in the 7th grade this year.

 

[Gabe1]

Well @donaldtoo your town is our Lunch time focus-Uber and Lift no longer servicing Austin 'cause Austin is requiring finger prints and background checks for drivers. How are you hearing this will shake out?

Up here Chicago is taking on Airbnb. Chicago wants hotel tax and licensing after 'x' amount of months of the same owners renting out their units.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Okay, I'm back. Just needed a few days to process.

I'm thoroughly enjoying being 21. My last drink was a Mike's Hard Mango Punch that I drank in the bathtub...while watching PowerPuff Girls for some odd reason . And no, I was not drunk; just weird.

 

[Gabe1]

I remember the days, when we would go shopping. Gloves were part of that, along with a nice dress. We always, had to dress up for church, along with a hat. I don't miss that time at all. I value being comfortable, at all times. That includes jammie day too!

I was in the tail end of the dress up thing, the 1960's fought it when I was small but some areas like churches hung onto it longer, also people like my Mom who was appalled. My church stuck with the cover females a long time that girls students needed to be 'covered.' We needed to cover our legs with tights or knee socks, our dresses and skirts were longer. We had to cover our hands with white gloves to go to Mass. We could not enter the Church without our head 'covered.' Our Nuns were all covered Nuns with that white material that sealed up their ears and necks, dresses covered their arms and going to the floor, gloves on hands. Basically all I could see of my Nuns was a circle cut out of most of their face, chin to eye brow as there was a white band over their forehead too.

I remember going to mass with my Aunt one weekend (my Dad's Sis that never had children.) I didn't have gloves or proper hat. She gave me a pair of her gloves to wear (ladies gloves on a tiny 7 year old) and too out a hankie from her purse and placed it on my head. I had to wear that hankie on my head for an hour. Never forgot that.