I know better than to click on ita's links.
You have passed the first test, young Padawan.
Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.
Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polter-Cow - Aug 02, 2011 2:26:05 pm PDT #19018 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
smonster - Aug 02, 2011 2:41:51 pm PDT #19019 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I *still* don't know better.
Hi, Becky!
Consuela - Aug 02, 2011 2:56:02 pm PDT #19020 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Welcome, Becky!
Off to the vet with the dog, so I can come back and flomp onto the futon for the evening. Why did I agree to pinch-hit for this ficathon? Argh.
Amy - Aug 02, 2011 3:18:01 pm PDT #19021 of 30001
Because books.
Sara's first bee sting! And it was a wasp, too. That was a lot of excitement all at once.
Strega - Aug 02, 2011 3:27:22 pm PDT #19022 of 30001
Todd Robert Anderson would like you to pay attention to, um, something: [link]
SuziQ - Aug 02, 2011 3:32:37 pm PDT #19023 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Awww, Sara. I remember my first bee sting.
As much as I love my kids, anyone who wants a 15 year old or a 21 year old is welcome. I may even be convinced to pay shipping, but no returns.
DavidS - Aug 02, 2011 4:06:39 pm PDT #19024 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Welcome, Becky!
Boo wasp stings!
I've had bee stings three times.
Once by a hornet.
Once by a jellyfish.
Innumerable red ants.
Chiggers once. (So itchy!)
Couple spider bites.
Amy - Aug 02, 2011 4:13:38 pm PDT #19025 of 30001
Because books.
I'm all full up with kids and cats, thanks. Although Sara is going camping with friends again for a few days tomorrow afternoon, and the older two are way more self-sufficient.
Sadly, she has the best social life out of all of us.
Calli - Aug 02, 2011 4:44:54 pm PDT #19026 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Welcome, Becky!
Poor Sara.
My mom was allergic to bee stings, and sort of impressed upon me how dangerous such things were. So when I was first stung I sat there waiting to die for an hour or so. Subsequent stings have just pissed me off.
sarameg - Aug 02, 2011 4:45:08 pm PDT #19027 of 30001
I've never been stung. Yet.
OK, so over the years, my mom has remarked on how many things about me remind her of her mom, and how it's made her closer to her mom in memory. My affinity for swimming, my interests, aspects of my personality, etc. The thing is, I don't remember my grandmother well. She died when I was 11*, and we probably only saw her once a year, so my memories are vague (I remember what sitting on her lap felt like) and borrowed. But I've always thought it something of a gift that mom sees her own mother in me, and has been able to revisit their relationship and appreciate her mother more (somewhat tetchy when she was a youngster- they knew each other's buttons.)
My younger cousinwho lived on the family farm and pretty much was babysat regularly by my grandparents, saw them several times a week, etc visited Saturday. And she just sent this: " The rememberance of Grandma that I felt when I stepped into your [bed]room while waiting for Claire [daughter] in the bathroom.....it was so unexpected to feel a closeness to her after all the years. I have memories of her, but they all seem so distant now. It was priceless to me to experience that connection with her through you."
I feel like I unwittingly have a gift, one I can take no credit for, but one I'll happily share. It's eerie to have two people remark on it.
*(which is now confusing me because I thought my paternal grandfather died when I was 11. It's possible, if it was the August before.)