tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post7247098802050530378..comments2024-01-24T21:01:51.319-05:00Comments on Old Digger: Looking Forward #18Margaret Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193782261129586110noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-50532894346462527012009-04-07T17:20:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:20:00.000-04:00Once again I want to thank you friends for coming ...Once again I want to thank you friends for coming by and commenting.Margaret Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193782261129586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-39998628863535487462009-04-07T16:44:00.000-04:002009-04-07T16:44:00.000-04:00When I read your posts and also speaking with my g...When I read your posts and also speaking with my grandmother it amazes me how much everyone used to go through. most people nowadays just don't know how lucky they are!Back Through Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248448047776759764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-58123344933272600772009-04-07T12:27:00.000-04:002009-04-07T12:27:00.000-04:00We really like the 3rd paragraph. Mama needed to ...We really like the 3rd paragraph. Mama needed to read that today. Thank you, Miss Margaret!The Furry Kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133087886069215423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-63501953343681922312009-04-06T14:09:00.000-04:002009-04-06T14:09:00.000-04:00Hey..I finally got back and have caught up again. ...Hey..<BR/><BR/>I finally got back and have caught up again. Life goes on... Us here on this side of sixty can look back and see what lies behind... lot of stuff under the bridge... but still stuff lies ahead that we don't know yet...<BR/><BR/>But GOD does Know... and he will keep us safe just as he has in the past.. Life goes on...ancient onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996555276368371467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-43706099279148271602009-04-06T11:03:00.000-04:002009-04-06T11:03:00.000-04:00When we couldn't find Noodles we left the garage d...When we couldn't find Noodles we left the garage door up about 6 inches and then he can come in the garage and go through the kitty door that goes into the kitchen. They use that door during the day. :o)Midlife Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531655128417397650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-63874146824993094032009-04-06T09:31:00.000-04:002009-04-06T09:31:00.000-04:00wow! alot has happened since i last had a chance t...wow! alot has happened since i last had a chance to come by and visit. <BR/><BR/>one of my aunts did a family tree of my dads' side of the family. it was really interesting and sad. so many infants and children died. medical knowledge has advanced so much since those poor little ones passed away. one thing we need to get from our relatives is the medical information of everyone. the important things that are hereditary. things like cancer, heart disease, diabetes and even birth defects.momsbusyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03901245098111726109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-35763325620483829952009-04-06T07:36:00.000-04:002009-04-06T07:36:00.000-04:00Great post as always. You are so right about time...Great post as always. You are so right about time going by so fast. I feel like I should be 45 not almost 58! Time just has a way of getting by us so we have to make each day count.Midlife Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531655128417397650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-23101289501453652372009-04-06T00:37:00.000-04:002009-04-06T00:37:00.000-04:00Wanted to wish you a happy week..m.Wanted to wish you a happy week..m.Mary Isabella and Kiley too!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03370938632028789596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-65708503243567444142009-04-05T22:28:00.000-04:002009-04-05T22:28:00.000-04:00I know exactly what you mean by not asking any que...I know exactly what you mean by not asking any questions when you are younger. I never knew my anything about my great grandparents, and after my husband and I were married 25 years, we decided to do a genealogy on these GGrandparents. So much wonderful information was found, and someday our grandchildren will have all of this. Another good story Margaret.<BR/>B.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539402327765556670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-63519340414143434452009-04-05T12:33:00.000-04:002009-04-05T12:33:00.000-04:00I know what you mean Margaret, time is just flying...I know what you mean Margaret, time is just flying. Great post and an interesting read as always. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us.DeniseinVAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494518513936310345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-83200254048252080832009-04-05T11:53:00.000-04:002009-04-05T11:53:00.000-04:00"Yes" life does go by fast.I must admit there are ..."Yes" life does go by fast.I must admit there are things I wish I could change and sometimes the sadness is overwhelming.Yet we must move forward as life waits for no one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-77025816294674320432009-04-05T10:37:00.000-04:002009-04-05T10:37:00.000-04:00Once again I want to thank you all for taking the ...Once again I want to thank you all for taking the time to come by.Margaret Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193782261129586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-3388202507669896562009-04-05T10:11:00.000-04:002009-04-05T10:11:00.000-04:00That's what Abe has said. He wished he had asked m...That's what Abe has said. He wished he had asked more questions of his Father. His Father was about 30 years older than his Mother, so he died in 1955 at the age of 77. Now there are lots of questions he has but no one to give him the answers. <BR/><BR/>He tells me I should ask more questions of my Mother. Like who was the first boy she kissed and etc. Well I assume since she got pregnant at 13 and Dad turned 18 two months after they got married, that he was the only one she ever kissed. I told her in this day and age, they would have had him arrested for her being underage. They got married in May, he turned 18 in July, I was born in Oct. and Mom turned 14 in Dec. I was suppose to have been born in Dec, but came two months early, but even at that she was several months pregnant when they married. And you know the funny thing is, my sister and one brother were also pregnant when they married, my other brother married a woman that was pregnant with another man's child. (Now that is a whole story in it's self. LOL) <BR/><BR/>Abe and I were married two months before I got pregnant and if he hadn't received an extension on his furlough I wouldn't have gotten pregnant then.<BR/>So when he was sent back home from Japan, I was very pregnant, delivered our first one, we went to Baltimore, MD when the baby was two weeks old, for him to finish out his Army hitch and I got pregnant for the second one, so our first one was one year old on June 1st. and the second one came May 10th. Actually the third one came along the following year on July 5th. So by then we had one that turned 2 on June 1st., 1 on May 10th and the third one came July 5th. And the house we were living in had only a pump in the kitchen. Cloth diapers back then, so that meant heating the water on the stove before I could do the laundry, no dryer so they were hung outside even in freezing weather. Good ole days, no thank you, I like my automatic washer and dryer. Believe it or not I didn't get my first automatic washer until 1981. I was still using a wringer washer when we moved into this house. By the time we left he other house, we finally had both hot and cold running water and a bathroom.<BR/><BR/>Well here I go again, writing a book on your post. Sorry about that. Have a good Sunday.Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106461789118388241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-89742742660082334832009-04-05T09:07:00.000-04:002009-04-05T09:07:00.000-04:00Hi Margaret:)I also wanted to grow old faster when...Hi Margaret:)<BR/><BR/>I also wanted to grow old faster when I was young. But now I wish I was young. Those were the carefree, happy days which will never come back. Time flew. <BR/><BR/>I admire you mother. She was a very courageous woman. To bring up three children on her own is amazing. To have no skill and to find a job to support a family is so difficult. The hardships she had to put up with, the pain and anguish she must have experienced, the sacrifices she had to make would have been unimaginable.<BR/><BR/>I liked the way you said that you don’t give in to depression and you are a doer. This is inspiring! I am sure you imbibed this wisdom from your mother. It is an admirable quality in a person.<BR/><BR/>I am happy that you could meet so many of your relatives and had a good time. Perhaps I should also start doing this before it is too late. Many thanks for sowing this idea into my mind.<BR/><BR/>Have a wonderful day, Margaret:)<BR/>JosephJoseph Pulikotilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074346261093541776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-60657219049495228542009-04-05T06:58:00.000-04:002009-04-05T06:58:00.000-04:00I agree wholeheartedly with what you say about kee...I agree wholeheartedly with what you say about keeping contact with the older members of the family. I took my middle granddaughter to New Zealand last year for her birthday and so she could meet a lot of relatives she didn't know. She really enjoyed and appreciated the experience and the old ones loved seeing a young relative, too. Time goes by so quickly we have to do the things we want, not just think about them.Puss-in-Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313418336654760327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-41520408507887798292009-04-04T20:17:00.000-04:002009-04-04T20:17:00.000-04:00Life certainly does take some strange twists and t...Life certainly does take some strange twists and turns as we travel down its highway. I don't know much about my dad's side of the family and never had grandparents around when I was a child. That is one reason I want to be there for my grandson as much as possible. Enjoyed reading your post.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078537002880283509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-3730296867669032922009-04-04T15:15:00.000-04:002009-04-04T15:15:00.000-04:00thanks for visiting, sorry about the expereienceyo...thanks for visiting, sorry about the expereience<BR/>you wrote about. Makes mine look small in comparrison.<BR/>Take care.<BR/>YvonneRHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-2689166846718149252009-04-04T09:49:00.000-04:002009-04-04T09:49:00.000-04:00Yes I agree, life passes by very quickly. It was a...Yes I agree, life passes by very quickly. It was a pity that the judge didn't see that Drew should be left with you and Wayne. But, life isn't always as we would like it. <BR/><BR/>We don't take many vacations either, and as I get older I'm happy to take my vacations in my Lazy Boy and set back and watch shows of other places, I think I see more things of interest than if I went there in person. Most of our vacations our taken to visit our children who live about 850 miles away. We visited them in July of 2008, and have no plans to go anywhere this summer.<BR/><BR/>Have a wonderful week-end. I'm off to visit your pictures now.<BR/><BR/>Ann Gigi Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092019687497845746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291036096319705346.post-78711885762441996782009-04-04T08:50:00.000-04:002009-04-04T08:50:00.000-04:00yes life does pass by so quickly as you stated.My ...yes life does pass by so quickly as you stated.<BR/>My dad died when I was three so I don't know much about his sidde of the family, I did start to do my family tree a few years ago got so far back and got stumped on one person. I enjoyed your write, seems you have led a very interesting life.<BR/>Take care.<BR/><BR/>Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.com