Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
chances are good that even though you may not have thought about it she has, I doubt that makes the conversation any easier though.
Will keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers.
The name of the bed and breakfast in New Hampshire that we stayed at was, Inn at Thorn Hill. Jackson was a tiny little town.
On a random night.....she just told he one of her best friends grandson was just arrested for double murder!! I saw the press release & booking photo and my first thought was that he looks a lot like S*** and he has her old last name (she remarried about 10 years ago). 4 years ago, there was a shooting on the east side of town. 2 men were killed, 2 were injured. I remember listening to this on the scanner, my husband was working that night. They caught the suspect vehicle shortly after and detained 3 suspects. That is the last I heard about it. My mom said her friends grandson abruptly moved away right after the shooting-January 2017. He was living a criminal lifestyle. So he moved away and cleaned up his life. Got a job, got married, had a couple kids. He just moved back here and.....I guess the DA issued a murder warrant sometime between 2017 and now because he was just arrested for double homicide on 1/26! I have never met him. But dang there are some strong genes in that family. He looks just like his aunt C and his grandma! I cannot imagine how the families involved feel. The victims family.....finally getting justice after 4 years! My moms good friend S, will probably never see her grandson again. He will probably spend the rest of his life in prison. S.....I cannot believe how one person can be dealt so many bad cards in life! Her oldest daughter was born disabled/mentally challenged. I don’t know what her diagnosis was but you could tell she was disabled. She died of ovarian cancer in her late 20s, about 20 years ago. S also lost her son (maybe the father of the grandson just arrested?) about 8 years ago. He was on meth. Ended up in the ICU on a ventilator for about a month and died. 3 years ago S lost her husband to cancer and then a year later she herself battled cancer.
We flew into Boston. We also went to Lexington, Concord and Salem. I loved the clam chowder! We don’t have clams here. We have oysters, shrimp and crawfish 🦞 and crab.
New England is beautiful in the fall.
I am surprised that my daughter is loving the snow in Denver. She doesn’t seem to mind the cold.
I do feel the job opportunities are better for her there. She loves her job.
She says that she doesn’t miss our humidity.
She has a few friends that she went to college with that are living there too.
She isn’t socializing with any of them because of Covid but they talk on the phone.
She is working remotely. She doesn’t mind working at home and her company supplied her with the computers and monitors needed.
She says that she loves seeing views of the mountains. Even rescued a Siberian Husky dog that loves the snow! LOL
What happened to the southern gal that I raised? LOL, just kidding, I want her to be her 😊.
Good for you and your DH with the first class travel.💜
The coastline was really pretty. The lobster was fantastic! The bed and breakfast were lovely.
So long ago. We were young. No kids. Sweet memories of our youth.
Those were the days when airline comps were fantastic!
My husband used to travel with work so much, tons of points racked up due to long international travel.
So our airfare, (first class) was free! Discounts on certain hotels and car rentals.
No discount on B&B’s but they are so charming in New England that we had to stay in a few of them.
A cousin's son and a close family friend have a maple sugaring business. We have some that will keep for a long time. Nothing better.
No thanks to hot weather! Pass - I need AC for the humidity of Maryland.
Not to mention the delicious Vermont maple syrup, right? Yummy!
We took my mother to the Mt Washington Hotel on her birthday in her eighties. We absolutely loved the area. I used to ski Mt Snow in VT and Mt Mansfield in Stowe VT, Stayed at the Von Trapp Lodge on occasion. I love Vermont especially in the fall, when the colors are so vivid and beautiful.
Years ago my husband and I stayed in a quaint bed and breakfast in Jackson, NH. It was located at the foot of Mt. Washington. Very small town!
That was a fun trip. We flew into Boston. Went to several places in Massachusetts, Stowe, Vermont, Kennebunkport, Maine and Jackson, New Hampshire.
You are so dead on! You’re absolutely correct about kids!
Snowing is so rare here! Usually, only a few flurries.
Well, one year when I was a kid, sorry I can’t remember the exact year. I know that I was young though.
We had a fair amount of snow, and my younger brother and I wanted to go play in it. My mom said, “No, you can’t. It’s too cold!”
Daddy was always respectful of my mom but he told my mom that he wanted to show us how to build a snowman and said she could make sure we were bundled up enough so we could go build a snowman.
Mom told my dad that she would get out our hats, mittens and jackets on and then we could go build a snowman with my daddy.
It’s still one of my very favorite memories with my dad. I was having so much fun that I don’t remember being cold 😊.
I remember not being bothered by the cold as a child. I ran and played outside.
As I grew older, I became more sensitive to the cold.
I have super cold hands if it is cold. If my feet are cold I am miserable!
You’re a tough cookie regarding the cold weather!
I am such a wuss! LOL