Cathleen said:I've been there a few times.... but to be honest...always glad to come home to my quiet and peaceful world here!
I'm just a kind of country bumkin I guess..... bright city lights and such are nice, but I love the nights lit by the moon and stars more!
Cathleen said:Hi Immortale....
I sure do hope I can make this trip a reality..... seems life gets in the way sometimes.... but I am trying to make this a priority!!
nice to meet you!!
Cate
ImmortaleAmante said:Hi Cate
I agree that life can get in the way too many times, there is so much i still want to do, so many places to visit but other things can make that complicated, especially when you have kids. Time is precious and sometimes you do have to push hard for something but its always worth it
Amante
Cathleen said:That is very true Amante.... I don't have kids and I understand that one!!! I'm very close with family and there are a few complications there..... it does get in the way sometimes....but its important to me to be there for them....especially my lovely little neices and nephews..... and then I get to come home to a nice quiet house!!!! and I am the kind of Auntie, that can get them all crazy and take off!! But more often I hang out....they're fun that way!!! My kind of people!!
we all keep in touch regulary but i do miss them and it gets harder each time we visit, my father was over a few weeks ago and i hated seeing him go but we all love to travel and we are all so independent we just can't settle down LOL
wow...here is a huge difference...three siblings are in our hometown and I am in the adjoining town.....one is out west in Colorado.... but that's it!!! I settle down very fast.... never left!!!ImmortaleAmante said:I think its great to be so close to your family, mine live all over the world, none of us in the same country
Cathleen said:
wow... the home we all grew up in, was just sold a few years back!! almost 40 years there!!ImmortaleAmante said:That is a huge difference, i don't even think me and my sisiters ahve all been together in over 6/7 years LOL Mind you i haven't even lived in the same house for longer than 5 yrs, normally after 3 years i get itchy feet and move house, town and often country
Cathleen said:wow... the home we all grew up in, was just sold a few years back!! almost 40 years there!!
higherlevel4u said:Hey, Cate and Amante ..... two of my favourite ladies, and getting on like a house on fire.
That's great!
That was the whole idea of this thread, somewhere where we could come and post about anything, and not worry about which number comes next, whether it's the Word Association or the Word Express we're replying to, or which letter have I got to start this post with?
Going back to what you were discussing ..... I'm a home-town boy, born and raised in Wolverhampton, lived in the same house for donkey's years (just extended rather than move to a bigger one), my sister lives four miles away across town with her husband, although one of her daughters now lives in Leeds, but the other one lives here in Wolverhampton, as do my parents .....
I like to travel, but since having the children, haven't been able to do that so much ..... but one day I'm going across the pond to the States ..... I've promised myself
ImmortaleAmante said:
higherlevel4u said:Yes, I fancy visiting New Orleans, but then again, I want to go to so many places in the States if I got the chance ..... I'd love to go and spend 2 or 3 months over there, just touring around, but ...... well, you know, real life has a habit of taking ideas like that and trashing them for you ......
i would love to take 3-6 months out and just wander all over, so many of my friends have done that, its not so much a question of money but children, i would love to take my eldest with me, but my youngest aren't old enough and i would never leave them for more than a couple of weeks, but then the joys of parenthood bountiful and they are not dependent on you for ever so i have plans ImmortaleAmante said:The problem is responsibilites
higherlevel4u said:No not for ever, but still a bloody long time .....
higherlevel4u said:Hey, Cate and Amante ..... two of my favourite ladies, and getting on like a house on fire.
That's great!
That was the whole idea of this thread, somewhere where we could come and post about anything, and not worry about which number comes next, whether it's the Word Association or the Word Express we're replying to, or which letter have I got to start this post with?
Going back to what you were discussing ..... I'm a home-town boy, born and raised in Wolverhampton, lived in the same house for donkey's years (just extended rather than move to a bigger one), my sister lives four miles away across town with her husband, although one of her daughters now lives in Leeds, but the other one lives here in Wolverhampton, as do my parents .....
I like to travel, but since having the children, haven't been able to do that so much ..... but one day I'm going across the pond to the States ..... I've promised myself
69forever said:Ahh, the man of many words has a forum to communicate with others on a one on one level....splendid! I applaud you, my freind.
When I've had some rest, I'll read the whole thread. People in this country especially, but in "advanced" countries the world over, lose sight of those less fortunate than ourselves. I had the opportunity to see this last night.
On a cold, rainy, windy night, I got off the turnpike for fuel. A few blocks up the road was an underpass of a higher road. Going under it, I noticed a shopping cart, piled with belongings. Up under the overpass was a bed of blankets, in them a man or woman with no where else to go.....
Lest we forget.
69forever said:Ahh, the man of many words has a forum to communicate with others on a one on one level....splendid! I applaud you, my freind.
When I've had some rest, I'll read the whole thread. People in this country especially, but in "advanced" countries the world over, lose sight of those less fortunate than ourselves. I had the opportunity to see this last night.
On a cold, rainy, windy night, I got off the turnpike for fuel. A few blocks up the road was an underpass of a higher road. Going under it, I noticed a shopping cart, piled with belongings. Up under the overpass was a bed of blankets, in them a man or woman with no where else to go.....
Lest we forget.
69forever said:Ahh, the man of many words has a forum to communicate with others on a one on one level....splendid! I applaud you, my freind.
When I've had some rest, I'll read the whole thread. People in this country especially, but in "advanced" countries the world over, lose sight of those less fortunate than ourselves. I had the opportunity to see this last night.
On a cold, rainy, windy night, I got off the turnpike for fuel. A few blocks up the road was an underpass of a higher road. Going under it, I noticed a shopping cart, piled with belongings. Up under the overpass was a bed of blankets, in them a man or woman with no where else to go.....
Lest we forget.
Cathleen said:year ago I found a quote on the back of a sugar package no less.... when people start to complain or whine about their seemingly petty troubles I remind myself (and sometimes them) of this:
Be grateful for what you have.... and be more grateful for what you do not have, that you do not want!!
things could always be more difficult, illness, family troubles..etc...... so when I find myself getting less than grateful, that is what comes to mind.
Cathleen said:year ago I found a quote on the back of a sugar package no less.... when people start to complain or whine about their seemingly petty troubles I remind myself (and sometimes them) of this:
Be grateful for what you have.... and be more grateful for what you do not have, that you do not want!!
things could always be more difficult, illness, family troubles..etc...... so when I find myself getting less than grateful, that is what comes to mind.
same with me.... I am very lucky to be alive today...... so there really is no need to live any other way than grateful for life and the people in my life!!ImmortaleAmante said:I couldn't agree more,
I few years ago something happened in my life that shook my very world, and every day i am reminded how it could have been worse and i am thankful and it has taught me alot and got me doing things and meeting people i would not have before.
