Good morning Lounge

[MissHoneychurch]

How are you today?

Today is the day of death of my grandfather, the father of my father. He died in 1988 at the age of 69. I have fond memories of him. He was a good man.
And in 10 days, it is the day of death of my father. He died in 2001 at the age of 55. Way way too young. My mom and my grandma (mom's mom) will be visiting me on that weekend. Life goes on. He is and always will be in my heart.
Please, no need for condolences, I am not sad or anything.

Picture of the Day (my late dad with my late cat in 1990 - the long beard of my dad is a leftover of the GDR, his beard got shorter and shorter over the years after that)

[ccharles000]

1. Good morning

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

3. Good morning charles

:hi: :hug:

How are you today?

[ccharles000]

4. I guess I am ok

my sinuses are still bad but I am alive.

[MissHoneychurch]

7. Ouch

sinus infections are nasty. I know what you are going through :hug: Hope you are feeling better soon.

[ccharles000]

9. Thanks

:hug:

[Sky Masterson]

2. Good Morning MissH

Sorry about your loss.
I get the same way when anniversaries come around of sucky events.
For some reason pictures arent loading for me right now so i will have to wait until later to see your picture :(
I hope you have a great day my friend. :loveya: :hug: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

5. Good morning Sky

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Thank you. But I didn't want any condolences. :hug:

I will have a good day. And I wish you the same :loveya:

[Sky Masterson]

6. I know

I'm sorry about saying sorry :crazy: :P
And thank you.
My work day starts in about an hour. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

8. No problem

:hug:

I just didn't want my thread to be all sorry and sad today.

My work day started 2 hours ago. So I am ahead of you (what a surprise :rofl: )

[jeff30997]

10. Hi MissHoneychurch !

Glad I took a look while getting up to get a drink of water.
I'm sad for your loss.And the picture is wonderful.
55 and 69 are way too young.
I'll take a look back to read the whole thread.:hug: :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

11. Good morning Jeff

:hi: :hug:

Yes, way too early. But both my grandmothers are still alive at the age of 84 and 88. And my great grandmother turned 95. So we women are in good shape :)

[jeff30997]

12. I have good genes too for longevity:

My mother's side: Grand Dad lasted 102 years! Father's side: Granny is 98! :)
Good night my dear! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

15. That is quite an age

your grandfather reached :wow:

Good night Jeff :hug:

[JonLP24]

13. What continent is the cat on?

j/k I saw that he/she is sitting on a map.

Good morning to you :hi:

It is going to go over the 110 mark this week. 112 on Friday and 115 Saturday. :scared:

[MissHoneychurch]

14. Good morning Jon

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

She loved to sit on maps or crawl underneath maps. Guess she liked the noise it made. I can't really say what continent she was sitting on, I'd say somewhere in Europe (it is a fair guess) :rofl:

OH that is hot. Our temps dropped quite a bit the last few days. Temps are only in the 60s these days. But there is a chance that we get in the 70s end of the week.

[JonLP24]

20. I might feel cold with those temperatures

It has been hot on the inside too. The air conditioner broke down so got one of those portable ones and it helps but only slightly cools the living room. As far as the rest of the home you're sorry out of luck.

I always loved cats and since the last one ran away due to the dogs. :cry: and because we do have dogs we don't get anymore cats.

[MissHoneychurch]

24. You truly might

:rofl:

I would love to have a cat again too. Sometimes the pain of yearning is quite big. My baby in my sig line lives with the DUer AirmensMom. But I am still gone over the weekends quite often and I don't have the time at the moment. And it would be unfair to the cat(s). But sooner or later I will become a slave again :)

[Dammit Ann]

16. Good Morning!

Beautiful picture.

[MissHoneychurch]

17. Good morning Ann

:hi: :hug:

Thank you. That pic brings back quite some memories.

[maddezmom]

18. Morning MissHoneychurch

Nice pic. :hug:

We have friends coming to visit before they return to Doha. Haven't seen them since 2 Thanksgivings ago when they visited us in TX. Very excited and been trying to get caught up on laundry and housework before they get here. :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

19. Good morning maddezmom

:hi: :hug:

I bet you will have a lot to talk about :D

So why are you here and not doing your household :P

[maddezmom]

21. just put a load of wash in and finished folding the rest

so I'm rewarding myself with a little DU time. :D Then off to get Maddie at the tutor and return home to make beds and clean the bathrooms. It's so much easier to do when your motivated because of visitors. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

22. I do the same

do my household and in between check DU :D

I will do that next Thursday and Friday before my mom (and hopefully) my grandma come.

[maddezmom]

80. I finished really early and then got a call that they are going to be late

:( They thought they were doing lunch with brother and family but it was planned as dinner. So the dinner I was planning on making tonight will have to wait until tomorrow. Now Kev gets to eat leftovers. :D

[ornotna]

23. Good morning MissHoneychurch

Nice picture. Wishing you the best on this day. I'm getting ready for work, see you later. :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

25. Good morning ornotna

:hi: :hug:

Thank you!! I wish you a great day too!! Quite early to go to work, or? Not even 6am at the East coast :hi:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

26. Good Morning MissHoneychurch :)

:hi: :hug: :loveya: :pals:

Thank you for the pic of your and & the cat. Bless your Father and Grandfather's memories. :)

My drums showed up yesterday, and I have the sore arms to prove it. ;)

[MissHoneychurch]

27. Good morning SCE

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Finally!!! Now you need to videotape yourself and put it online at Youtube :D

[SalmonChantedEvening]

33. Once the rust clears out I'll post something

Say the year 2036? :rofl:

I'm gonna get nice and familiar with the set, and get my mechanics back in shape. But above all, I'm gonna have fun. :D

[Inchworm]

28. Good Morning

I get to watch Austin all day. Woohoo. I gotta leave in 5 minutes because daughter lives an hour or so away. I love these days. I miss my dad too. Have a super day.

:hug:



:*:*:*

[MissHoneychurch]

29. Good morning Inchworm

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

What a cutiepie. Have fun!!! (which I know you will)


:* :loveya:

[Callalily]

30. Good morning MissH!

Nice picture. You, your grandmother and your mom will have a great time reminiscing about your dad and grandfather.

I'm trying to think of what to eat for breakfast. I feel lazy this morning so it may just be toast and peanut butter.

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Good morning Callalily

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

I had this with this on it

[Callalily]

32. Oh you are killing me! ;)

Those croissants look simply delicious. How can I be so hungry but yet so lazy to go fix something to eat. Doesn't make any sense.

Coffee is done perking - maybe I just need a little morning starter. :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

34. My pleasure

:D :rofl:

Those aren't croissants but Hörnchen, made with yeast dough.

Your coffee reminds me - I might want to get me another tea for the afternoon :)

[Callalily]

35. Hörnchen? Hmmmmm . . .

they still look yummy.

Glad to help you jog your memory about the tea. I know that I should be drinking more tea than coffee and as a matter of fact, I picked up some green tea over the weekend, but (*blushing*) have not made any yet. Maybe I'll brew some tonight and chill it for ice tea.

[MissHoneychurch]

36. Ohhh ... ice tea

now you make me jealous. I know I could make it myself but for some reason I don't do it.

[Callalily]

38. I know what you mean.

Sometimes the simplest things just get pushed aside. ;)

Gotta head out to work - walking today.

Wishing you a good day.

:hug:

[rug]

37. Great picture.

But what is the GDR?

[MissHoneychurch]

39. Good morning rug

GDR = German Democratic Republic (East Germany), the communistic country, that vanished in 1990 after the wall came down and Germany re-united.

[rug]

79. Ah, thank you.

I thought it was the DDAR. I suppose that's the German acronym. So he wore his beard long as a protest? How interesting. From your post I gather he was born in 1946. He lived through fascinating times.

[Blue_Tires]

40. Good afternoon, MissHoneychurch

great photo....

[MissHoneychurch]

43. Good morning Blue_Tires

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Thank you.

How are you doing?

[Blue_Tires]

48. i'm all right....

about to go into a meeting

[MissHoneychurch]

51. Good to hear

I mean that you are doing good .... not that you have to go to a meeting. I will be thinking of you.

[Tobin S.]

41. Mornin' Miss H

I need some opinions about where to take a vacation. I've been to every state in this country except for Alaska and Hawaii. I have enough vacation time this year to see both places for a week.

I'm also thinking about just taking the time off at home and relaxing and maybe doing some writing.

I could also go to Colorado and spend some time with a friend there.

Or other? What do you think?

[MissHoneychurch]

44. Good morning Tobin

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Which States did you barely visit. I mean, are there places in certain States you haven't seen yet?
If you want to relax and do some writing you could find yourself a quiet cabin at one of the oceans or at a lake or in the mountains. There you could write in peace and also go for hikes.

I envy you. You've seen so much of the U.S. There are still some States I wanna see.

[Tobin S.]

47. I'm fairly well traveled in all of the contiguous 48

States that I'd like to get a closer look at besides the ones I haven't been to are, believe it or not, Nevada and Maine. I used to like to gamble, but I don't anymore, and that's not the reason I'd like to investigate Nevada more. I remember going out there when I first started driving and seeing billboards in northern Nevada advertising 1 acre tracts of land for $300. I should have bought one back then. I'd like to go back and see if there are still good deals on land. Nevada is a barren and harsh place. It reminds me of the landscape of the moon. I think it could easily pass for Mars in some places. Yet it's that quality that draws me to it strangely enough. I think one reason why is that it helps me clear my head. My mind is always working and scheming and planning and worrying. When I get out to Nevada and I can see for 50 miles and all that's there is desert....it has a cleansing affect on my mind. I'd like to have a little trailer out there that I could go to when I need a break from all of the greenery and liveliness of Ohio.

I've seen Maine from I-95 and have been as far north as Bangor. I would like to get into the interior of the state- just to see what it's like and not to buy property :). I love that area of the country for it's natural beauty. Far north New York state, Vermont, and New Hampshire are very nice. That could be the place to rent a vacation cabin and bring my laptop along.

[MissHoneychurch]

54. The New England States

are one area I wanna visit. It must be just gorgeous during the Indian Summer. And you get lobster fairly cheap :D

I'd say that is a great place for a vacation :D

[NJmaverick]

42. Good morning MissHoneyChurch

sorry to hear about the sad anniversaries. :hug: What is "GDR"?

[MissHoneychurch]

45. Good morning NJmaverick

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Thank you. It is OK, I remember them with a smile on my face.

GDR is German Democratic Republic, the offical name of East Germany before the wall came down in 1989.

[cwydro]

46. Hi there Miss Honeychurch!

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

So I am curious about the beard; did most men wear them in the GDR or what?

Hope you're doing well today. That is a pretty cat. One of my masters is here trying to climb on the laptop:P and she is telling me that I should be petting her and not nattering away on the internet.

[MissHoneychurch]

49. Good morning cwydro

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

No, not all men wear beards. But some like my dad and my uncles :shrug: I am glad my dad did. I remember one pic of him from the 1970s with long hair and no beard - not good x(
I guess the percentage of men wearing a beard in the GDR was the same like in Western Germany. More of a "fashion" thing than anything else I guess. Just that my dad decided to not really groom it ...

[cwydro]

52. In that picture he looks just like a friend of mine

named Tony. Haven't seen him in a while, but he has a beard just like that.

edit for typo

[MissHoneychurch]

57. Just to give you an idea

how short his beard became over the years. I don't know when this pic was taken, but it must have been either 2000 or 2001.

[cwydro]

60. He looks like a professor in that one.

In the first he looks like a student. Funny what beards and mustaches can do to change a face, isn't it?

[MissHoneychurch]

62. He was a math teacher

at the university and had a doctor title in math.

[cwydro]

63. Aha!

I'm proud of my intuitiveness:P

Off for my run now; hope to check in later.:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

66. But

between the two pictures are "only" 10 years. He had his title in both pics :P

Enjoy your run :hi:

[cwydro]

72. Yes, true, but I maintain

that a professor is forever a student. Always learning.:)

[MissHoneychurch]

74. True

I concede :)

[cwydro]

75. Are you good at math, Miss H?

My father is/was an architect and my mother is a certified accountant.

I can barely balance my checkbook. Seems very unfair.

[MissHoneychurch]

76. Yes, I am good at math

it was my best class in school.

But I barely use it anymore. Sometimes I miss it. Just counting and adding and solving problems

[cwydro]

77. I don't understand why I got none of my parents' genes

in that regard.

I'm good at English and writing. But math, no.

You're lucky there.

[bigwillq]

50. Morning!

:hi: Thanks for sharing about your family. :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

53. Good morning bigwillq

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Thank you :hug:

How are you doing?

[bigwillq]

56. I am well.

Off today! :bounce: Going to a festival at the church my parents and sister belong to. Good food and friends! :) :hi:

[MattSh]

55. Good Morning from Kiev.

Don't get around to the lounge too often, but I'm here now, so a good morning to you too.

Of course, assuming you're still here in Europe, it's afternoon for the both of us.

[MissHoneychurch]

61. Good morning Matt

:hi: :hug:

Please say hello to Kiev from me. How is the weather?

Yes, I still live in Germany (remember, I am German after all).

[MattSh]

68. This is our "hot year".

I haven't been here all that many years yet (4), but it seems that years that end in even numbers have cool summers, and odd numbers have hot summers. I remember last year saying that if we didn't have real summer weather by August 1st, we'd have to take a vacation somewhere hot.

We've already had more 30+ days (degrees centigrade) this summer than last.

[MissHoneychurch]

70. 2 years ago

when I was there it was hot - that fits with your numbers. :)

And we went to the Crimea, the Black Sea was very nice.

[Brewman_Jax]

58. G'day, MissH!

:hi: :hug:

Glad to hear you're doing well. Those sad anniversaries are always hard. :(

[MissHoneychurch]

64. Good morning Brewman

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

How are you doing? How were your last games?

Those are sad anniversaries but as said I try to remember the good times.

[Brewman_Jax]

67. Doing well

we lost again--no surprise. :P Only the 2nd game. Maybe if we can add a good male/female attacking midfielder/forward, we may win some games. We have a super goalkeeper and defender/midfielder already. :thumbsup:

[BarenakedLady]

59. Good Morning Miss H

I'm doing good. My parents left from their visit here yesterday. It was nice to have them around for a bit.

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

65. Good morning BNL

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

It is always nice to have the parents over for a visit. Glad you had a good time.
Do they like your new place?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

69. Hello MissHc

:hug:

I missed you yesterday. Do you have your father's eyes? I see some resemblance there.

[MissHoneychurch]

71. Good morning Tuesday

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

I have more my mom's eyes. My brother looks a lot like my dad.

[Kajsa]

73. Good morning, MissHoneychurch!

That is a very nice picture of your father and
kitty.

I miss a number of people who are not here
anymore. Your thread made me think of
them, again.

I hope you have a nice weekend with your mom and grandma.

:hug: :loveya:

btw, Your kitty looks exactly like my Nemo.
:)

[MissHoneychurch]

78. Good morning

sorry for the late reply, was chatting with colleagues.

Think you your missed ones. It is a good feeling :hug:

Her name was Ocatavia and she was a little devil.

:loveya: :hug: