Info about us 'oldies' here...

bethandmanly wrote:

BTW, I didn't know you came from the DQ forum. I'm a member there as well. My name is cooperkid.

I remember that name but I can't remember anything you would have wrote! I really wasn't there that long.

Rhonda, that is the funniest smiley ever! :haha:

My hubby is 7 years older than me, Holly! Kind cool being the 'young 'un', huh?!

Misti, "Cow Country Courier" is the cutest name for a newspaper! It sounds like tons of fun actually! And I didn't realize you were so active with the firefighters! And, wow, Damis is already considered to be a 'firefighter' at 16?! I didn't realize they could start that young!

Prairie Wind wrote:

Rhonda wrote:

"older women" ? Honey, I'm an antique!!!

or should it be?



I love getting older! But since my husband is 9 years older than me, I'll always be "the younger woman"!

I have no problem with getting older, since I went through cancer at the ripe ol' age of 37 the first time and 39 the second time. We didn't think I would make it to my 40th birthday, but I am here to say, I am celebrating the BIG 5-0 in August!! The Good Lord gave me 12 more years!!

Amy wrote:

Rhonda, that is the funniest smiley ever! :haha:

My hubby is 7 years older than me, Holly! Kind cool being the 'young 'un', huh?!

Misti, "Cow Country Courier" is the cutest name for a newspaper! It sounds like tons of fun actually! And I didn't realize you were so active with the firefighters! And, wow, Damis is already considered to be a 'firefighter' at 16?! I didn't realize they could start that young!

Yep, Susie, Cow Country Courier is the name of the newspaper that I work at. Strange name, I know, but we are in a rural area!

Amy, I used to go out to fires and did a little bit, but now I strictly do the office work. But David has been in since 1984, active, and Damis since last year. He has been participating in fires, too. He's considered a junior member, but he does fight fires.

Prairie Wind wrote:

Misti wrote:

My name is Misti and I think I've been around since about 1998.

Thanks for sharing, Misti!

One more for the all boys' team!

I lived in SE Texas (Vidor) for 11 years. It was quite an adjustment for this rainy Washington girl! Well, actually, I never did adjust, which is why I'm not their now!

Wow, it would be so much fun to work for a newspaper. Sounds like you have your work cut out for you... What a cute name!

Mooo! (Couldn't find a "cow" smiley!)

I think I've heard of Vidor, though I don't know exactly where it is. It's funny you were talking about "adjustment." I moved to Nixon (where hubby lived) the night before we got married. The first few months I hated the area and I actually got him to move back to my town, Beeville, briefly. But, we wound up back in this area and after that, I guess I fell in love with it. Three years ago, we moved to an even more rural location, Leesville, and now I can't imagine living anywhere else!

Misti wrote:

Amy, I used to go out to fires and did a little bit, but now I strictly do the office work. But David has been in since 1984, active, and Damis since last year. He has been participating in fires, too. He's considered a junior member, but he does fight fires.

That's great experience for him! Is this what he wants to do 'long-term'? (Well, at this point anyway...most 16yr olds don't have any idea what they want long-term ). I think it would be kind of scary, as a mom, huh? That whole 'loss of control' thing? Nick (my 13 yr old) has been talking for some time about wanting to be a cop. Sorry, but that scares that crap out of me. The scary thing is, I can actually see him doing it. I can also picture him in the military, which he has also talked about. Brendan never really had 'big aspirations' of what he wanted to be when he grew up, so Nick is making me nervous. I'm not discouraging him though...I'm sure Rhonda will be the first to say you just have to let your boys (and girls) spread their wings, whether you approve or not. I've told Nick that being a cop is a very noble profession, and certainly one I would be so proud of. I kind of prefer less 'dangerous' careers though...like...engineering.

cool name Misti

Hey I’m Carol.
I’m 31 years old and have lived in California for about 24 years (8 years in Southern Cal and the rest in the central valley, 2 different places, city to country, that means I went from surfing to cow tipping, lol, j/k). I was born in El Salvador and lived there till I was 7. I hope to visit there again someday.
I’m single and hope to meet my other half someday and if I do, my dream wedding is actually a small wedding on the beach. I imagine looking at him while in the background I have this amazing sky and ocean scenery. I have seen several beach weddings on TV and they are so romantic…

I grew up in a small family. It’s just me and my brother, I also have a ½ brother who is older than me and have 3 nephews. I love reading books, I like computers and have used them since the time the screens were all one solid dark color and the only text color available was green hahaaha so it’s been wild seeing the transformation of how far we’ve come.
I’ve worked as a legal assistant for about 10 years now but I would love to work for the school district someday.
I also like the piano and wish I could play as well as Savannah… but I am just a beginner. I like taking pictures but I’m a beginner at that as well. I just like learning new things, there is just so much to see, learn and do….

I remember watching clips of Little House in El Salvador, my mom liked the show and she bought some bonnets for her and me to wear lol. In my teenage years, Little House would always capture me and I would catch a few episodes as I got ready for school. Then when I became a Netflix member (Yay for Netflix! lol), I started checking out the DVDs and was able to watch all of the entire episodes from all the seasons and fell in love with Little House. When I lived in southern California I lived about a ½ hour away from Simi Valley. A co-worker of mine, while at Simi Valley, met Melissa Gilbert when Melissa was about 12 years old, on the set. Anyway I soon started looking for a forum that talked about the show to meet other little house lunatics like me and that’s when I found this group . We were at Bravenet when I joined and I still remember how warm and friendly everyone was. Kathy specially made me feel welcome and I soon started chatting with Rhonda, Amy, Savannah, Teresa, Misti, Vanesa, Christina, and several others who were at that forum.

Carol wrote:

Hey I’m Carol.

:Howdy: Carol!

Growing up in Washington State, I envied California girls!

I hope you get your beach wedding. The ocean is sooo romantic! I thought so even when I was a small girl... :skiss:

Hey, did you ever get my PM about my Keepership?

I'm extreeeeeeeemely sore and tired today from a 4 mile hike yesterday... :sleep:

It was worth it though! My boy and I hiked up to a water fall and had so much fun while we were there!

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Hi everyone! Maureen here. I'm an oldie, age wise! I'm 48 and have been a member here and at the other forum for about 3 years. I live in Northern Ireland and will celebrate my 23rd wedding anniversary on Sunday! I'm married to Phil and have 2 children, Christine who's 15 (a teenager! Help!) and Ryan who's 12 (give me boys any day!).

I've just recently returned to work after 15 years as a stay-at-home mum. I work for Asda, the British subsidiary of Walmart, 3 through-nights a week doing orders, staff rotas and even helping stack the shelves if I have time!

I'm a fitness fanatic and have completed 2 Belfast marathons and the 2007 New York marathon. I love reading, especially true stories and biographies and really only watch television if there's a good movie on. I prefer comedies because I find it's hard to beat a good laugh.

I've been a fan of Little House since 1975 and many of you will know my connection with Karen Grassle. To cut a long story short, I was brought up in an unhappy home, was suicidal and wrote to Karen in desperation. She replied, helped me with counselling and literally saved my life. I've recently made contact with her again and was overwhelmed to find there were still so many fans of the show out there.

I love the camaraderie here and hope to be a member for many years to come.

I love your Karen story Maureen. She is a wonderful lady and you have been blessed by her friendship.

ChristinaAL wrote:

This is fun, there are some things I had forgotten and not known about some of you!

You aren't kidding, Christina! You probably explained the "AL" on your name in the beginning, but I must have forgotten. I thought maybe it was your last initials but that is cool how you did that to distinguish yourself from the other Christina on the board!

carolineingalls wrote:

Hi everyone! Maureen here.

Hi, Maureen! Wow! I loved your story about Karen, too!
How good of the Lord to makes so many wonderful people to help us along our way! :woohooo:

I grew up in a very dysfunctional home but I some how manged to stay happy. Not that I haven't had my battles with depression and rejection but I grew up in the country and that in itself provided many happy memories and healing from life's hard knocks.

So what's it like- going back into the work force after so many years?

Hope you have a fun anniversary!

:band:

I get to have today! Hee-hee! (It doesn't take much to make me happy!)

ChristinaAL wrote:

This is fun, there are some things I had forgotten and not known about some of you!

I'm Christina, and I joined one of our older forums sometime in 2000.

Hi, Christina! This is fun. I'm definitely getting my "girl fix". :giggle:
Living in a house of all guys, I get a bit lonely for girl talk.

BUT... HEY YOU GUYS!!! You can chime in, too!


Let's see, Christina, please correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it your picture and engagement ring that is on another thread?

I enjoy writing, too. In fact I MUST write! One of my dreams is to take some writing courses to improve my writing. I've kept a journal since age 11.... Unfortunately, I threw all my adolescent writings away... so dramatic, ya know?

With all the scap bookers here it makes me think of starting a thread on that topic... Maybe it will get me motivated to start again????

One hobby I have is reading old fashioned girl books: Pollyanna, Heidi, Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farm, etc. I've read them over and over through the years and I'm thinking of eventually starting up a website or blog dedicated to all these little ladies of literature. I like to read other old books, too, so at times I tend to speak and write in an old fashioned way.
But for right now, let me say this about this forum:

:lhotprules:

Prairie Wind wrote:

carolineingalls wrote:

Hi everyone! Maureen here.

Hi, Maureen! Wow! I loved your story about Karen, too!
How good of the Lord to makes so many wonderful people to help us along our way! :woohooo:

I grew up in a very dysfunctional home but I some how manged to stay happy. Not that I haven't had my battles with depression and rejection but I grew up in the country and that in itself provided many happy memories and healing from life's hard knocks.

So what's it like- going back into the work force after so many years?

Hope you have a fun anniversary!

:band:

I get to have today! Hee-hee! (It doesn't take much to make me happy!)

It's as well we can pick our friends, cos we sure can't pick our family! Isn't that the truth!

It was a bit of a culture shock going back to work after 15 years! Not only that but working nights too, which is something I'd never done before. But I work with a great bunch of people, mostly guys, who look after me, and we have a good laugh. It can be very busy at times which makes the night fly and so far, touch wood, I'm reallly enjoying it. The money comes in handy too!

And you're right, Christina. This is fun!

ChristinaAL wrote:

[color=violet]This is fun, there are some things I had forgotten and not known about some of you!

I feel the SAME way!!! I guess after all these years on here, it only makes sense that I've forgotten some pretty significant things about people!

And whoa, like Misti, I forgot what the AL stood for too!!! I'm sure I knew that at some point, but WOW! How did [b]I not know that's what it stood for?!?! LOL!

Maureen, I can only imagine how scary it must have been going back to work after all those years! GOOD FOR YOU!! And 23 years married! Congratulations! I hope you have a wondeful anniversary too!

Well i'd say i'm more boring then you are you gonna let the Opie Stories that you write so wonderful Publish yet?

Savannah, thanks so much for posting. But now listen here, you're not a boring person!
I really don't think there is such a thing! :fyi: :shifty:

Now that I know you play the piano, your avatar makes more sense.

Well, I still don't know how old you are but that's okay.

JW wrote:

are you gonna let the Opie Stories that you write so wonderful Publish yet?

I just finished writing and illustrating another installment for my niece and nephews this morning! But I haven't gotten any edited and ready to mail out to any publishers yet. It's still in the works, though. Thank you for your encouragement!

[quote="Savannah
Well, that's about it. Just about as average as they come. But a happy average person, anyway! [/quote]

There's nothing average about you at all, Savannah!

You're a very special person, full of love and giving and you have more talents than I could ever hope to have.

:shy: Aw, thank you , Maureen. You're far too kind.

I'm sorry I hadn't seen your post before!

Glad to see this bumped! How about info about not so oldies?

I know, I know, I'm nosey!

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