A good night's sleep, chocolate, the happiness and satisfaction of sharing on AgingCare forum. Does anyone have some favorite things to think about? Yes, this phrase is from the song in the movie "The sound of Music". My husband and I often resort to using movie lines and song to improve communication. We were the only two in a gathering of people who heard the background music playing. We both had the same (cassette tape/CD). A connection bringing two people together. To this day, we crack up when one uses a simple movie line to make a serious point.
SO, What is one of your favorite movie line, some of your favorite things?
My son signed up for the Marines outta highschool. Started boot camp practice. Found out he has exercises induced asthma. I'm sure there has never been a mother so happy that her son has asthma.
I kept it inside didn't want him to know to much that I didn't want him to join, but it was actually funny, people would say oh that sucks , inside I had the biggest smile 😁
All of the women in my family were excellent at all kinds of needlework. I cherish the crochet and knitting that my mother made for me.
My mother, grandmother, aunts and great aunts made beautiful items.
They were incredible seamstresses as well.
My husband’s grandmother did tatting. I don’t know how she worked with thread that fine.
Thread used to do tatting is as fine as sewing thread. Tatting is very tedious. My mother in law did beautiful handiwork too.
There was a woman on Shark Tank years ago that asked seniors in facilities to crochet and knit items that she sold.
She didn’t pay the seniors much for their services. I haven’t followed up on her story to know if she is still selling their products.
One of the most amazing things about the museum are the personal stories that have been filmed by the veterans and so much more.
Many of the volunteers are veterans. The artifacts and displays are amazing to see.
I knew that I would be affected by the museum because I have several family members who fought in wars. I was brought to tears.
We took my mother’s brother to the museum to see the exhibits. My uncle was telling so many personal stories as he walked through the museum that visitors started following him around.
Visiting the museum for my uncle was very cathartic. I am glad to see that the WW11 veterans and all other veterans are being recognized for their service.
I saw the Vietnam memorial in D.C. The WW11 memorial wasn’t built yet when I was there. I am planning to see it when I visit again.
My uncle served in WW11, Korea and Vietnam. My cousins buried their dad in his military uniform at the age of 96. God bless him and may he rest in peace.
My nephew went to the Middle East five times when he was serving in the army. He left when his children were babies and his dogs were puppies. When he returned his children were walking and talking and the puppies were fully grown.
Vets sacrifice so much for us. My dad’s brother died while serving in WW11.
I want to visit the museum again soon because they are continually adding new exhibits and holding different events.
Check out the website for our museum. nationalww2museum.org
I like sweets and have been craving some good chocolate chip cookies or white macadamia nut (my favorite). I also love the original Oreos.
nacy - my father fought on WW! He told some amazing stories.
cd - what a great idea. She'll love it. I haven't crocheted in years.
After having been benched over 4 years due to caregiving responsibilities and injury, I have returned to my team.
Why yes, I am Canadian.
So yeah I'm a little weird too. I also like bugs, always have they amaze me. Getting into birds now, seems to be what you do when you get older.
Butter pecan
Queen, Meatloaf, and Cindy Lauper! Oh can't forget Fleetwood Mac
I also love vanilla and cherry scents. I love the sound of rain and a crackling fire but also find grasshoppers chirping and cicadias (as long as it's not a swarm, lol) soothing. I do love BBQ as well and the beautiful sunsets in New Mexico. I love the mountains and I guess I would say 80s music would be my main thing. I do love theater as well.
Nothing is "hopeless"
maybe the "shots fired" could be from Cupids quiver.
(he's single, like me)
(i'm definitely not going to tell him.)
someone shoot me please.
thanks,
bundle of joy
My girls were almost 7 lbs when they were born.
My neighbor was terrified when she was pregnant. She told me that her husband weighed 12 lbs at birth! He’s an average sized man. He started out in life well above average.
The premies are so tiny. Their clothes look like doll clothes.
Parade was fun last night! My daughter’s boyfriend who grew up on the east coast (Massachusetts) and then Denver (after his parents divorced) is falling in love with New Orleans! He visits here quite a bit.
So, far their long distance relationship is surviving. I know that my daughter really wants to move back to Denver as soon as it’s possible for her to do so.
Congratulations on the birth of your Godchild's son!
A happy event for you and the family.
That is a good birth weight!
8 lbs. 8 oz. Boy 21"
2023
7 lbs. 10 oz. Girl 22"
Both were from a tall parent.
According to the WHO, the average birth weight of a full-term male baby is 7 pounds (lb) 6 ounces (oz)
or 3.3 kilograms (kg). The average birth weight of a full-term
female is 7 lb 2 oz
or 3.2 kg.
The average weight of a baby born at 37–40 weeks ranges from 5 lb 8 oz to 8 lb 13 oz. This is 2.5 to 4 kg.
I don’t know what the average birth weight is these days. I wonder if the higher birth weight is due to different prenatal care than our mom’s had.
I have four godchildren. They all have children now. Nowadays, we see their pictures instantly due to iPhones.
Oh my gosh!! I spent a fortune on film for our camera and developing when our kids were young. Nowadays, new parents just click the camera on their phones.
I never did the video recording of my kids. I remember laughing at parents who lugged those huge cameras around on their vacations! I was perfectly happy with my 35mm camera.
I was thinking that exact thing while reading your happy news LOL. I used to have newspaper clippings of birth announcements that my mom had saved and it was rare to see babies more than an ounce or two over 7 lbs, 6 lbs something ounces seemed to be the norm.
We have a new baby in the family! My godchild and his wife had their first child. He sent photos to my phone. He is the cutest little boy. I can’t wait to meet him. 8 lbs 7 ounces 21”.
Babies are so much bigger now, than when we were born. Mom said that we weighed about the same as a five pound bag of sugar 😁
Like yours, mine is big in his tech field, but modest, quiet, with tremendous focus, plodding along in the background. A stark contrast to my scatterbrained chaos. I think I’ve helped him unleash his creative inner hippie and nurture his not-so-inner child. We are always curious, learning and giggling. I hit the husband jackpot.
I was a size 3 in junior clothes or a size 2 in misses clothing. I didn’t have a uniform to wear. This was in a fine dining Italian restaurant. We wore black pants or skirts with a white blouse.
A size 8 must have been falling off of you, very baggy for sure! He saw something that he liked though. He asked about you!
I was a waitress in a restaurant . The smallest uniform dress they had was an 8. I was a size 2 back then . It just hung from my shoulders . DH said he saw me walking through the mall and when I stopped walking my ( polyester ) dress kept going , swinging like a bell . He thought it was cute . We knew some of the same people in school but that was it . Never really talked to him. Anyway that stupid dress made him notice me and he asked my friend if I was going with anyone .
That’s a wonderful story! Malls were a big thing back in the day! They were places to work, shop and socialize!
I love hearing how people met their spouses.
Aww! So cute how you guys met .
My DH left me a note on my car and a single rose asking me to go to the high school prom . We both worked at the mall then. Lol. I said OK but just the prom . Hahaha. It’s been the longest prom ever!!!
He would be embarrassed if I pointed out his qualities to others. I feel incredibly lucky to have met him so many years ago.
When we were in school, he was a bartender and I was a waitress.
I’m so glad that I ordered a drink from him. Our friends teased us about the ‘love at first sight’ thing. He asked me out about five minutes after I ordered a drink from him.
Neither of us were even looking to get involved with anyone at that point in time. I suppose that some things are just meant to be,