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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 03:55 AM
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I told my grandma yesterday
that I would like to spend Christmas with her.

Me: I wanna give you a fair warning that I am coming
Her: I need no warning. You can always come. You could even just pop up in front of my door and you are more than welcome.

Gotta love that woman :loveya:
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 03:59 AM
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1. Sounds like a great grandma....
...I hope you both have a great holiday!...:toast:
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 04:03 AM
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2. she is
and it won't be only christmas with her. But also with my aunt and uncle, my cousin, her bf and her son and probably my brother. And maybe another aunt.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 04:07 AM
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3. That's sweet of her, I hope you have a great time
:hug:
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 04:25 AM
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4. we sure will
and she lives near Berlin, that means I can go there and visit the new Holocaust memorial. And I can go to my brothers bookstore and spend money on books :)
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 04:29 AM
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5. Have you been to the refurbished Reichstag yet, to see....
..."the dome"?
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 04:38 AM
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7. no I haven't
and to tell the truth, I am not really that interested in it.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 04:32 AM
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6. Now that does sound like a good time
I would enjoy seeing that memorial if I ever got over that way, and books have always been an addiction of mine .
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 04:41 AM
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8. I can't live without books
it is my big addiction as well
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 05:10 AM
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9. How wonderful for you!
Sounds like Christmas will be a great time for you. Reminds me of how much I miss my gran. She was like that. I could be there as often and as much as I wanted. She was my best friend for so many years.

Enjoy here while you have her. I'm envious of you. :hi:
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 05:14 AM
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11. thanks
I still have both grandmas. The one I am going to visit over Christmas was always my favorite. So yes, I will enjoy it. She lives 5-6 hours away from me, so I don't see her often over the year.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 05:11 AM
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10. Hi MissHoneychurch!
Nice to see you! :loveya: :loveya:
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 05:17 AM
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12. good to see you too
:pals:
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Taxloss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 05:56 AM
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13. I like your sig cartoon.
Makes me wish I had a cat handy.

and good news about your G'ma, I hope you have a great time.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 06:52 AM
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15. my previous sigline was this


I miss having a cat myself. All those cats here in the Lounge are a bliss sometimes and sometimes it kills me
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Taxloss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 06:57 AM
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17. I remember your old one, that was lovely as well.
The drawings don't really look like real cats, but the illustrator has beautifully captured something of the spirit of felinity. Great stuff.

Mrs Taxloss and I both love cats (and dogs) and could keep one but don't really have the space - it wouldn't be a good enough home. But when we get somewhere larger, we'll get a kitten.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 07:00 AM
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18. here are some more
http://www.student.ipfw.edu/~osbodr01/hallmarks/hallmark00.html

Brooke McEldowney really captures the spirit. Looks like he is owned by cats.

I would love to have a kitten myself again, but I don't have the time. I am gone over the weekends often, so it wouldn't just be fair to the cat.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 06:29 AM
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14. That sounds like wonderful news.
Grandmas can be wonderful things.

I hope (and I'm sure) that you'll have a wonderful time there.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 06:53 AM
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16. I knew it wouldn't be a problem
but it was very sweet of her to put it that way :)
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:06 AM
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19. Christmas with grandma sounds like a little piece of heaven.
Goog Mornin' Miss Honey! :hug:
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:10 AM
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20. it is heaven
good company and yummy food. That reminds me ... I need to let her know what I would like to eat in between. She makes the world best yeast dumplings :9
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:19 AM
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22. I miss my grandmothers!
If I find my passport can I hop on the DU Lear Jet and adopt yours?

That picture looks so damn good!
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:40 AM
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33. of course
I am thinking about posting pics of them (when they were young and now to their b-days)
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:43 AM
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39. I would love to see those pictures.
:cry: I never had pictures of my one grandmother and I never met the other one.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:46 AM
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41. that is really sad
it is fun to look at those old pics. And both my grandmas were handsome women when they were young. And the one I am visiting still looks great for her 80 years.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:41 AM
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51. It's time for the sadness to end.
I think it's time for me to start looking for my mother's family. I'd like to know what type of folks they were. It's very likely that I have 1/2 brothers or sisters. They could tell me about my mother and what she did with her life.

I'm sure my maternal grandmother must gone by now but it would be fun to see old pictures of her.
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AirmensMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:15 AM
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21. Oh, lucky you ... and lucky Grandma!
I LOVE it when my grandson comes to visit. I hope he still wants to see me when he grows up. Believe me, you are as much a blessing to her as she is to you.

:loveya:
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:20 AM
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24. she was happy when I called her last night
I am not calling her that often. Maybe I should. I always hear about her when I talk to my mom (she calls her every weekend). I talk to my other grandma a bit more.
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AirmensMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:24 AM
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26. My husband calls his grandma twice every week.
They talk about all kinds of things and Grandma really enjoys it. It's good for me, too -- she tells him to make lots of happy memories with me. :)

I'm glad you have two grandmas! How nice!
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:39 AM
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32. Yes, I am glad I still have both
lost my grandfathers in 1988 and 1996.

We just celebrated my grandmoms b-days in October (80 and 85).
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:19 AM
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23. Sounds like fun
does she live far away?
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:23 AM
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25. she lives about 5-6 hours away
near Berlin. In Potsdam. That is why I don't see her that often.
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:25 AM
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27. That's a nice train ride
is Christmas the next holiday season for you? I know that Thanksgiving is only in the US.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:38 AM
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31. yes it is the next holiday for me
the 24th is the main day for us (we get the present on Christmas Eve). I think I will take the car. I have some reasons to take the car, even though the drive itself to Potsdam will be hell. Unless I take the Friday off and get an early start.
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:40 AM
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34. That's excellent
I don't have any grandparents anymore. :cry:
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:43 AM
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38. sorry
they are a great blessing and joy.

And they spoil you so much (even now that I am an adult myself) :D
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:47 AM
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42. How long will you stay?
that's after a long drive. A week or so?
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:51 AM
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45. I don't know yet
depending on what I will do for New Year. I have actually no plans yet, but have an idea. Just have to ask the person first. Then I will know more.
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:00 AM
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47. You've got friends there
in Potsdam. I hope that you hear from them soon so that you can plan.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:07 AM
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49. not in Potsdam
there is "only" family.

but there is a guy I am interested in (you are off the hook for the moment :) ) and I wanna ask him what his plans are for New Year.
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:21 AM
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50. Off the hook?
:( it's the distance, isn't it?

You should have a date for New Year's Eve. :)
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:26 AM
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28. How great to be
so welcomed by your grandmother. Please don't take her for granted.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:41 AM
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36. Oh no, I don't take it granted
I will miss her a lot if she dies. Fortunately she is still quite fit and everything, so I hope to have her around some more years (her mother was over 90 when she died)
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:28 AM
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29. I've told you the same thing...
"I need no warning. You can always come. You could even just pop up in front of my door and you are more than welcome."

Hope it happens one of these days...
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:42 AM
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37. ...
:D :hug:


I think you would get an heart attack if I'd stay in front of you without warning ....
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:29 AM
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30. Excellent!
She sounds like a great grandma! Have a nice holiday with her! :)
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:44 AM
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40. thank you
and I will think of you and your family when I enjoy the German Christmas dinner :D

Just think of me when you enjoy your stuffed Thanksgiving turkey with pumpkin pie ....
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:41 AM
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35. My aunt is t he same way. Nothing like being loved.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:50 AM
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44. true
and my aunt (her other daughter beside my mom) is also the same way. I tested it the other weekend. I showed up at her apt (I do have her keys) and surprised her (ok I tried to catch her on the phone before but she wasn't home). It worked :)
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:49 AM
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43. You're so lucky to have such a relationship.
I never met my maternal grandparents, and I never spent much time with my paternal grandparents.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 09:53 AM
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46. the maternal side of my grandparents
are very close. When there is a b-day they celebrate together. The other side isn't as close.
So I had always more contact with my maternal grandparents.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:05 AM
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48. Since my father was in the military, we hardly had time around family.
So, I'm not particularly close with any family. My mom's family is in another country, so I've only met one of her brothers and his wife.

It's just us three. :)
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