Thursday Morning Coffee

Mmm... maybe I'll give it a shot.  Not sure she would still use her childhood name, but I'll check.

I'm just sitting hear while it is raining out side drinking half-n-half today.  I took my 2/3 can of Folgers decaf and poured in a pack of pumpkin pie flavored regular.  Taste great and has a little kick.

QOD:  We lived in the county on a farm.  It was 1/4 mile each direction to the nearest house.  My "best friend" lived in the next house to us.  She was the only one in walking distance.  She was never allowed to play though as she had had romantic fever as a baby.

My folks did take care of foster boys.  That with my four sister, (two brothers much later.) Made up who I played with.  I did have one friend in high school that was my maid of honor.  Her folks moved up North after graduations and I never saw her again.

Bottom line is I never learned how to make friends.  So, today it is just my DH and DD.

I am guessing you mean your friend had "rheumatic" fever, not "romantic" fever.  Or was she just really advanced for her young age?

My dad had rheumatic fever as a kid and was always so skinny.  My grandma used to say (in her hillbilly accent) that the fever done burned up all his fat and it won't come back. 

As a chubby kid, I used to try to be sneaky and ask around about how to get the fever.  I figured I could eat junk like my dad and not be fat if I could just figure out how to catch it!!

Boy that was a mix up. 

Brenda my friend was really over weight.  Her parents wouldn't let her play at all.

Good morning Deb and fellow Michiganders!

Did Pilate's this morning at 0545. What a workout. I worked my inner core...what a score! LOL

QOTD: Best friend growing up...had lots of them, we ran the neighborhood. Played dodge-ball, Red rover, football, kick the can, jump-rope, sledding, ride our bikes all over. Swimming in the local creek, skated on pickle juice...yep pickle juice, grew up in Mattawan and they use to have a pickle factory. They ran off the juice, made it a pickle pond, pretty green ice to skate on!

Ahhhhhh yes, life was great as a kid.

Now as an adult, life is grand!!!

A pickle pond? You are too funny
Deb

I'm walking, but I don't think I'm getting enough in.  I'll have to make more of an effort.  Showing the house for a second runthrough tonight.  Hope it pans out.

QOTD:  My best friend(s) were JoAnn and Barb JoAnn, since birth and Barb since elementary school.  If JoAnn and I had a fight I turned to Barb and so forth.  I'm still friends with them today.  JoAnn lives in Rochester, MI and Barb has moved to Florida, but with the internet and facebook it makes it easy to stay in touch.  Barb was my tomboy friend and JoAnn was my horse and dog buddy.  Good times, good friends.

Good Luck on the house tonight!

Good afternoon!  I actually checked in earlier but didn't get a chance to reply.  I'm having a little bit of decaf with some s/f vanilla caramel creamer I bought yesterday.  It's pretty good.  Had my cup of regular coffee this AM.  

QOTD: I have 2 older sisters (7 yrs and 5 yrs older), but we didn't really play too much together.  We're great friends, though, as adults.  I had one VERY best friend growing up.  We met the st day of kindergarten and were inseperable til graduation.  We lost track of each other for a while, but we've reconnected and remain very good friends.