tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post1357580541760540022..comments2024-03-06T05:46:54.508-06:00Comments on P.S. Annie!: Wednesday Hodgepodge - 19 October 2016Suzanne McClendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-41328752878339319332016-10-23T03:03:07.998-05:002016-10-23T03:03:07.998-05:00Looks like we're on this COPD/asthma road toge...Looks like we're on this COPD/asthma road together. I hope that you will be okay. Sometimes it seems like other folks are bent on making it difficult for us to breathe. It is like they put on the whole bottle of cologne/perfume, like they went swimming in it.<br /><br />I believe it to be a gift of discernment from the Holy Spirit. It has been a lifesaver, when I have had sense enough to listen and obey. <br /><br />It feels like I have been working on my family tree my whole life. I have had to start over several times due to theft as well as hard-drive failure, which has been very frustrating, but it is a fun adventure even when frustrating things happen along the way. I am absolutely enjoying newspapers.com. I have found so many articles and obituaries for family members, as well as interesting articles that have absolutely nothing to do with our family, like the one about the woman that woke up at her own funeral. That was both hilarious and terrifying!<br /><br />I hope that my reminder prompts many people to take down the stories before it is too late.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed Sunday!Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-45170475242921103202016-10-22T18:12:09.887-05:002016-10-22T18:12:09.887-05:00With my COPD/asthma I am sensitive to smells too.....With my COPD/asthma I am sensitive to smells too....especially colognes!! That is very interesting on your sixth sense. How wonderful that you have been doing your ancestry for so many years. Important reminder in your random thought.....Debby@Just Breathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685398064340027809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-80743540657491224312016-10-20T05:53:52.194-05:002016-10-20T05:53:52.194-05:00There are some things that are easier and most def...There are some things that are easier and most definitely cheaper today, but the old way was a far more interesting adventure. There's nothing quite like driving through the backwoods looking for this cemetery or that one, trapsing through a cemetery, reading stone after stone, or going through the books and records in local history rooms, courthouses, and libraries. <br /><br />The Internet helps to get the information cheaper and quicker but being in the field is the way that makes the memories. :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day!Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-76656602561330271622016-10-20T05:49:12.342-05:002016-10-20T05:49:12.342-05:00Thank you, Annie. I hope that you will join in. :)...Thank you, Annie. I hope that you will join in. :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day!Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-34168222589192198142016-10-20T05:48:36.783-05:002016-10-20T05:48:36.783-05:00I'm sorry that your mama didn't have the s...I'm sorry that your mama didn't have the strength to record the story. That is sad. Have you recorded (written or otherwise) what you know about her story?<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day!Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-13377912339299264012016-10-19T19:18:13.839-05:002016-10-19T19:18:13.839-05:00I didn't realize you had been researching your...I didn't realize you had been researching your family tree for so long. Do you find it easier with the internet now than without when you started?pilch92https://www.blogger.com/profile/12263559408792146826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-30404787104051117572016-10-19T17:37:50.447-05:002016-10-19T17:37:50.447-05:00You do these really well. I hope to join in here s...You do these really well. I hope to join in here sometime!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-80055507608086469172016-10-19T12:59:59.846-05:002016-10-19T12:59:59.846-05:00Thank you! I wish that I could have been at that w...Thank you! I wish that I could have been at that wedding or at least on the banks of the river where maybe I could see both sides of this wedding. :)<br /><br />Thank you for the compliment on my blog header, too. I need to do some fine tuning on the color. I had intended the color to be the same in the header and the navigation grid, but I can't seem to get it to match properly. I will get it eventually. I love that my cousin gave me a photo of my great-grandmother Annie Black Gunter. She is the daughter of the couple that got married in the boat. :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day!Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-65893000787288934132016-10-19T12:56:40.174-05:002016-10-19T12:56:40.174-05:00We need to be sure to train our children to listen...We need to be sure to train our children to listen attentively to their elders. It is a valuable asset, and not just for family history, but life in general. The elders know so much more than we could ever fathom. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day! Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-86766118106126749022016-10-19T12:52:54.427-05:002016-10-19T12:52:54.427-05:00It's that obvious, huh? haha
I think that blo...It's that obvious, huh? haha<br /><br />I think that blogging is a good way to share our family stories and pictures. I also think having them bound into books is a great idea. :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day!Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-15306420324034241032016-10-19T12:50:57.211-05:002016-10-19T12:50:57.211-05:00I've been there, too! It doesn't happen s...I've been there, too! It doesn't happen so much anymore, but it was really bad for about the first year after each death. Sometimes I would even get to the phone, have my hand on it before it hit me, "Oh yeah...". It is a hard realization.<br /><br />I understand your regret very much.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day!Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-32491778678394852682016-10-19T12:46:31.010-05:002016-10-19T12:46:31.010-05:00Thank you! I just hope that everyone will do it. L...Thank you! I just hope that everyone will do it. Life is too full of "I should haves". This shouldn't be one of them. We should just do it. :)<br /><br />I thought that it was a pretty cool story when I came across it. I wish I could have been there to see it!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day!<br /><br />Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-47704225720431895242016-10-19T11:58:50.879-05:002016-10-19T11:58:50.879-05:00I too wish I had asked more questions when the lov...I too wish I had asked more questions when the loved ones were still here. I did try to get my mom to tape record storied. I gave her a mic and recorder, but she just didn't have the strength for story about the wedding. Nonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020639587130083388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-11740402945802478822016-10-19T10:01:59.385-05:002016-10-19T10:01:59.385-05:00Love! Love ! Love! the story of the wedding on ...Love! Love ! Love! the story of the wedding on a boat. I loved your blog header too.STILLMAGNOLIAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453175923858351452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-31871356690411697452016-10-19T09:26:03.330-05:002016-10-19T09:26:03.330-05:00Such knowledge can be passed on from our Grandpare...Such knowledge can be passed on from our Grandparents - sometimes they can be ignored. I agree that it's so important to ask them to tell their stories and share their memories. It's something you'll nave regret! Have a great day! Fun reading your Hodgepodge today, thank you! Jessica @ Barefoot by the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144598980710841824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-25092216750309846312016-10-19T09:01:18.108-05:002016-10-19T09:01:18.108-05:00I could have guessed your answer to #5 from your b...I could have guessed your answer to #5 from your blog header : ) I wish I'd asked my grandparents more questions. When we have them with us we're often too young to appreciate that, and when we're old enough to realize it they've gone. One thing I enjoy about blogging is the recording of stories for my family. I have mine bound into books periodically. Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727615822243830106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-58042255800716534852016-10-19T07:58:04.554-05:002016-10-19T07:58:04.554-05:00I truly regret not asking more questions of my par...I truly regret not asking more questions of my parents and grandparents. I will still have a question and say: Oh I should ask Mom!katie eggemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615362861509258088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-91286648137984460562016-10-19T06:52:41.926-05:002016-10-19T06:52:41.926-05:00I am glad that you were able to spend time with yo...I am glad that you were able to spend time with your grandparents and that they shared stories with you, too. What special memories. :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day!Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-59475813538896902672016-10-19T06:49:36.825-05:002016-10-19T06:49:36.825-05:00Interesting ggg grandpa story!! And a good admonit...Interesting ggg grandpa story!! And a good admonition to us all to tell or write the stories now, before it's too late.Cranberry Morninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-28329974421713479242016-10-19T06:48:58.534-05:002016-10-19T06:48:58.534-05:00More simple in some ways and more complicated in o...More simple in some ways and more complicated in others. I am thankful, too, for the more simple life.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day, my Zing. :)Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-62285007468421846022016-10-19T06:21:55.388-05:002016-10-19T06:21:55.388-05:00I'm thankful for every minute I spent with my ...I'm thankful for every minute I spent with my grandparents soaking up all their stories from the past.A Joyful Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-43621543316094546102016-10-19T05:59:08.865-05:002016-10-19T05:59:08.865-05:00Yes, I remember our large feedings. When a 20 poun...Yes, I remember our large feedings. When a 20 pound bag of potatoes was a single serving and it took two packs of hot dogs per meal. Life is more simple now, thank goodness. David E. McClendon, Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12568398762842930882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-14546529890347743602016-10-19T05:13:00.883-05:002016-10-19T05:13:00.883-05:00Thank you, Wendy. I am sorry that you have lost t...Thank you, Wendy. I am sorry that you have lost these loved ones already. <br /><br />Are you going to answer those same questions, from your own point of view, so that your children won't have those same questions later? I sure hope so. :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Have a blessed day!Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113402480415418715.post-10847506496959748202016-10-19T04:09:26.958-05:002016-10-19T04:09:26.958-05:00Enjoyed your answers. I definitely wish I had ask...Enjoyed your answers. I definitely wish I had asked more questions of my grandparents (unfortunately some I never knew and other died when I was still quite young) and also my own parents. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103884780854638066noreply@blogger.com