One of my first assignments as assistant location manager on the code of silence   was to find a few things in a neighborhood near the el tracks take some pictures, get... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-02 14:20:49
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One of these days, after I get the hang of this, but don't hold your breath I will post my pictures with the stories where they belong..and I will figure out how to add links, so you could go to... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-02 14:33:00
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A few months before I turned 40,  my husband asked me if I wanted a party.   I told him I thought I did,but now its too late, because if I had a party, I wanted... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-02 19:42:21
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The summer of 1973 I attended a record number of weddings and even stood up in a few. You know how the bride tells you that they want to choose a bridesmaids dress that you will be able to wear... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-03 13:35:02
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  Who is the guy in my little boys bed, the one with the man legs? I don't know who this stranger is although he resembles my son in a familiar way.... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-04 09:01:51
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  The night I mistakenly thought I was being given a surprise party  I was told by my loving husband right before his head hit the pillow and I quote... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-04 15:53:54
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  when I was a freshman in high school  we were learning the muscles of the eye.  The nun just so happened to be looking at me when she said "ok,... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-05 14:33:19
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some people collect stamps or coins  or little figurines My collections are a bit out of the ordinary I collect memories and... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-06 09:10:41
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School days I will never forget the day that my first grade class wrote a friendly letter to their parents to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving.   I had just... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-07 22:58:25
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THANKS FOR STOPPING BY MY BLOG PLEASE DON'T BE A STRANGER STRANGER Its so funny now that people are starting to read my blogs....I'm sure I'll write that's another story... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-09 22:31:59
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The lovely and talented women who finally read my story years ago...and actually offered me money to publish it in the paper.... see post honk if you are in the neighborhood and future... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-09 22:56:42
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Dont run away I will give you a fake name no one will ever guess who you are its just between you and me and my readers I visited a neighbor today who shall remain nameless... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-09 23:14:47
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  My kelly green mustang convertable died an untimely death  and could no longer make the grade During my first year teaching first grade I bought my... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-10 19:57:48
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I was all set for summer vacation My second year of teaching first grade, was not as eventful as my first one although I always expect the unexpected... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-10 21:45:41
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Halloween Costumes When my son was going back to college after a little visit, I offered him the use of my racoon hat... I thought it would be the perfect Halloween... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-11 10:30:57
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Yesterday I went for a mammography.   I've never dreaded this experience  like a lot of women, don't get me wrong, ... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-12 20:40:30
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an adventure taking the dogs for a walk This morning I woke all excited about the change in weather.  Sick of summer, the fall air and... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-13 21:58:28
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It was not about me A few years ago, my brother Bill finally got engaged that's another very long story Bill and his lovely fiancee Joan were getting married for the... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-14 14:06:42
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How in the world did my husbands first name  become Poor Joe instead of  Lucky Joe   everyone on the planet thought he was   lucky Joe... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-14 15:12:31
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gram died, I was in an accident and was trying to find a dress My mothers mom was very sick and our entire family was preoccupied by her illness. I did not have the heart to... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-14 21:06:53
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I have sad sad news...Poor Max is in Boone dog hospital.  He swallowed what appears to be a quarter,that's why he was throwing up and not acting like himself for a few... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-15 14:20:33
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My thoughts were all centered in all my posts...I like to think that I am a very centered person...some may disagree, but...today all my thoughts on thoughts.com are all scattered....every single... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-15 19:40:52
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Remember when you were a kid and some nasty adults would say, if you have a comment, keep it to yourself . Well all I have to say is if you have a comment...I would love to... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-16 21:11:56
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Max, Mollys brother, is still in the hospital.  Max and Molly are our 6 pound and 4 pound poodles.  Max swallowed something metal, after looking at the x ray, the vet thought it was a... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-16 21:28:30
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joy and laughter I went on a search for joy  and researched laughter went to the library told them to give me anything and everything they had on joy and laughter I left... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-16 22:11:59
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 Myrtle and I went to college together but lost touch until one night when we ran into each other again on Rush Street.  Those were the good old days!... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-17 19:28:24
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take no offense My daughter Sam is the   quintessential   "daddy's girl" Ever since she was little whenever we went... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-17 20:17:33
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When Kate was little she was quite a tyrant.   Her first word  was a combination of two... goway! Nicole was the only one of the kids not afraid of... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-18 09:02:10
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Max is back, the poor puppy looks like Queen Victoria forced to wear a wide plastic collar that prevents her from licking her wounds... poor puppy,  we all need to... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-18 10:33:30
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People collect the strangest things, but I have a penny worth $1,500.... another story...Nicole has a variety of shot glasses.  I am not quite sure how I feel about that, but... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-19 11:15:49
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I am having a great deal of difficulty this week getting on the site, I tried to post a story all morning and I just made it in, and when I tried to leave a comment, I lost site of the site again.... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-19 15:36:36
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I've been keeping a diary since I was a young girl, accumulating hundreds all sizes and shapes    binders with notebook paper, spirals books... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-20 19:26:43
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I used to worry about people reading my private thoughts.   I truly never intended anyone other than myself having access to them.  When I was in high school,... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-20 20:38:32
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harmless fling...Have you ever gone into someone's house and absolutely fallen in love with it?  I have many times, actually I never had the desire to covet it..afterall we were told to... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-21 19:12:23
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Joe came home from work one day because he forgot something and he asked me why in the world did I have the TVs on in every room.   Two of his pet peeves are lights... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-22 07:52:17
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WHAT IS IT WITH BANGS? I'VE ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM DECIDING IF I WANTED THEM SHOULD I GROW THEM OR NOT IF I DECIDE TO DO IT IT TAKES FOREVER... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-22 13:52:04
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Years ago I decided to plan a family vacation.  Our oldest was going into high school and our youngest was 4.  With such a wide range of... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-23 10:05:41
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  We woke up bright and early in sunny Sandusky, Ohio,   overlooking the beautiful but disgustingly polluted Lake Erie. After breakfast at Joe's expense... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-23 18:14:23
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I managed to make it through shuffleboard,  renting wave runners, walking the beach,  and frolicking in the water park.    and... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-24 09:21:23
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and singing a song My handsome chiropractor/ holistic medicine/ vitamin salesman/ began ringing my bell on a regular basis and setting up camp in my family room Things... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-24 13:25:11
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A few days later I was in a hospital bed at Loyola waiting for my turn in the OR.  As soon as I heard I was having neck surgery  I had assumed they would go in from... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-25 19:55:23
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 The hospital stay is sort of one big fog,  but I have the entire ordeal recorded in a journal somewhere locked in the guard house (storage locker)... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-26 08:51:48
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It was time to go home No matter how much I wanted to stay I couldn't put it off any longer I had to go leave my temporary half way house  it was a... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-26 10:02:26
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  According to statistics, at the age of two, a child’s vocabulary should consist of at least 50 words.      Sammy, my beautiful cherub, did not... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-29 18:17:10
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 rather expensive...Today, I ran into my neighbor while walking the dogs. Our dogs have become pretty good friends that's another story I was telling her how Joe... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-29 21:21:13
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Last Halloween I spent the entire day scanning old photographs in order to do a photo story for my husband's 50th surprise party. Working on this project for months, I had gathered from various... Read More
Posted by: roe on 2007-10-30 09:42:21
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