Comments on: The Everglades http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/ News You Can Abuse! Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:17:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: PA_Lady http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6689 PA_Lady Mon, 05 May 2008 20:55:38 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6689 I was never good at making up stories on the fly, though I did try writing them up beforehand just to give the kids something different. Mine loved hearing family stories more than my homemade ones. From all the awful - but funny as hell - things my brothers and sisters and I did as kids to all the stories I remembered my mom and grandmother and aunts and uncles telling at family events. I missed reading to them once they got "too old" and didn't want Mom hanging around anymore. Still miss it actually. There's nothing like having those freshly-washed warm little bodies curled up around you, absolutely enraptured by every word out of your mouth. I was never good at making up stories on the fly, though I did try writing them up beforehand just to give the kids something different.

Mine loved hearing family stories more than my homemade ones. From all the awful - but funny as hell - things my brothers and sisters and I did as kids to all the stories I remembered my mom and grandmother and aunts and uncles telling at family events.

I missed reading to them once they got “too old” and didn’t want Mom hanging around anymore. Still miss it actually. There’s nothing like having those freshly-washed warm little bodies curled up around you, absolutely enraptured by every word out of your mouth.

]]> By: QuestionGirl http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6685 QuestionGirl Mon, 05 May 2008 14:14:18 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6685 At some point I started making up stories PA. Then my kids wanted me to do that instead of reading to them. Of course, my stories had two kids that would do bad things in them, like pee on the neighbors flowerbed......and then the bad deeds had to get worse and worse for it to be funny. But there was always a moral to the story. Was I a bad Mother? lol You know, as hard as I try to remember what their favorite book was, I can't. There were so many. Kids do love to be read to, don't they? My daughter is a big reader. She LOVES books, even to this day. At some point I started making up stories PA. Then my kids wanted me to do that instead of reading to them. Of course, my stories had two kids that would do bad things in them, like pee on the neighbors flowerbed……and then the bad deeds had to get worse and worse for it to be funny. But there was always a moral to the story. Was I a bad Mother? lol

You know, as hard as I try to remember what their favorite book was, I can’t. There were so many. Kids do love to be read to, don’t they? My daughter is a big reader. She LOVES books, even to this day.

]]> By: PA_Lady http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6672 PA_Lady Mon, 05 May 2008 01:37:52 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6672 Wow this brings back memories! Not of FL, since I've never been there, but of a book my sons adored when they were young. <i><b>Alley Alligator</b></i> with Rangers Jim and Ray. It had originally been their dad's, and was an early reader book with all the repetitive dialogue you'd expect in a story from the early 70's. I'd get sick of it pretty quick, but heaven help me if I tried to skip anything. Wow this brings back memories! Not of FL, since I’ve never been there, but of a book my sons adored when they were young. Alley Alligator with Rangers Jim and Ray. It had originally been their dad’s, and was an early reader book with all the repetitive dialogue you’d expect in a story from the early 70’s.

I’d get sick of it pretty quick, but heaven help me if I tried to skip anything.

]]> By: Buck http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6670 Buck Sun, 04 May 2008 23:06:20 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6670 I've never seen a manatee, Bat. From documentaries I've seen, they're supposed to be very timid creatures. I grew up around hogs. Most people think they're mean, but they're not. Friendly as they can be! But never upset a piglet or Mrs. Sow will take your arm off! I’ve never seen a manatee, Bat. From documentaries I’ve seen, they’re supposed to be very timid creatures. I grew up around hogs. Most people think they’re mean, but they’re not. Friendly as they can be! But never upset a piglet or Mrs. Sow will take your arm off!

]]> By: Batocchio http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6667 Batocchio Sun, 04 May 2008 20:07:45 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6667 Buck, I got yer back! ;-) I only saw a few gators when I was in Florida, but I normally wasn't that close to where they'd be. Seeing a manatee was pretty cool, though. Buck, I got yer back! ;-)

I only saw a few gators when I was in Florida, but I normally wasn’t that close to where they’d be. Seeing a manatee was pretty cool, though.

]]> By: Buck http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6666 Buck Sun, 04 May 2008 20:05:36 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6666 Maybe I'll shut my big mouth then. (hehehe) Maybe I’ll shut my big mouth then.

(hehehe)

]]> By: Bro http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6665 Bro Sun, 04 May 2008 16:45:41 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6665 Hey, hey, hey Buck....chillax on the dissin of the family, you're outnumbered remember. j/k Hey, hey, hey Buck….chillax on the dissin of the family, you’re outnumbered remember. j/k

]]> By: Buck http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6663 Buck Sun, 04 May 2008 15:14:55 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6663 FTM... You're mom is too funny! Starting to look like a family trait. FTM…

You’re mom is too funny! Starting to look like a family trait.

]]> By: Buck http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6660 Buck Sun, 04 May 2008 15:13:34 +0000 http://blueherald.com/2008/05/the-everglades/#comment-6660 Alligators... jeez! Then there are those times when I am happy to be living in Kentucky. Alligators… jeez!

Then there are those times when I am happy to be living in Kentucky.

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