Share Your World #28

Posted on July 11, 2016 by joey

What is your earliest memory?
I don’t know. I seem to remember a great deal from our house on 43rd Street, and we left there when I was four. How old was I when I fell off my tricycle and the shock of blood spilled from my knee? I remember that like it was yesterday. That may be it.

Now and again I drive by the old house, and I’m always surprised by how big it seemed, especially the yard. When you’re little, yards seem nearly infinite don’t they?
Oh how I played myself silly in that yard!

It was by a dairy, so Elsie the Cow was a landmark.
My yellow Tupperware sippy cup; I was always thirsty, and always taking medicine, and boy did I love that yellow cup in the fridge.
I learned left and right while my father tied his tie, and I learned to spell new big words by picking one from the newspaper every day.
One of our neighbors let me ride her Great Dane.
The den had a fold-out couch and I got to sleep there, right in front of the tv, after my tonsils were out. People brought me toys and my mother let me eat ice cream and Popsicles for days.
Turtles washed up when Fall Creek flooded, and my mother saved them in a box in her bedroom til the water went down and we had to keep the door shut, because we couldn’t let the dogs in there, just in case. Those turtles were awesome.
I had a big spidery nightlight. (It might have been tiny, too.) I think it had a red bulb. I loved it.
Visiting our neighbor Mrs. Greg was like having a third gramma. She made me tapioca pudding, she let me sit on the tall table while she folded laundry. Over there, I played with plastic farm animals and fencing. I liked to take naps there because she had some print with a farm on it, some very Americana-type painting with high green hills and women in white bonnets. Lots of cows.

 

What was the last photo you took with your phone?IMG_0521

 

Have you ever danced in the rain?
Yes.

 

What is the longest you have gone without sleep?
Not quite two days, forty-some-odd hours. Rotavirus doesn’t care which of your babies are asleep and which ones are awake. It doesn’t care when the big kids have to go places, or how you didn’t want vomit in your hair, or how your back broke from constantly bathing toddlers, or how The Mister worked 90 hours that week, or how your MIL was out of town, or that Cousin Kim had to take loads of soiled linens to her house because you couldn’t wash them fast enough with one washer. Dark times, y’all.

 

 

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I had a great week last week, certainly the weekend was a good one. We had an impromptu visit and seafood dinner out on Friday, I stayed in my jammies and made poutine and Texas sheet cake Saturday, and yesterday, Bubba, Sassy, Moo, Sadie, and myself took a big ol doorscursion. It’s too hot outside, I still hate summer, and so I’m thankful for my air conditioning. (And suddenly, I’m grateful no one has the rotavirus!)
This week coming up, I’m looking forward to a haircut and a pedicure.

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Cee’s Share Your World is a weekly feature and all are welcome to play along.

What’s going on in your world?

 

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Neurotic Bitch, Mother, Wife, Writer, Word Whore, Foodie and General Go-To-Girl
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39 Responses to Share Your World #28

  1. Benson says:
    July 11, 2016 at 11:43 AM

    You have some excellent childhood memories. Funny how certain things stand out yet others don’t.

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    • joey says:
      July 11, 2016 at 11:49 AM

      It really is 🙂
      Sometimes people will recount an old story, and I’ll be like, “I don’t remember that. I believe you, sounds like me, but I don’t remember it.”

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      • Benson says:
        July 11, 2016 at 11:54 AM

        I know I get that with my eldest all the time. I asked if he remembers something and he looks at me like I have two heads. Things that I remember so vividly he barely recalls. What is a Pop to do?

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        • joey says:
          July 11, 2016 at 11:57 AM

          Be honest. The boy one was talkin yesterday about how he got trapped in our bathroom once and he had to crank his side while I cranked the outside, and we thought he’d never get out. I do not have any recollection of this. None. But then, on my end, I wasn’t frightened. At worst, he’d have to climb out the window. I knew he’d be okay.
          Trauma seems to help memory :/ lol

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  2. Fannie Frankfurter says:
    July 11, 2016 at 11:58 AM

    I imagine a bloody wound would make quite a strong impression in your memory. Ouch!

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  3. Judy Martin says:
    July 11, 2016 at 12:51 PM

    I loved the story of your childhood home, Joey, and the pic is lovely too. It is funny how we thought everything was so much bigger when we were younger!
    I hope you have a wonderful week again this week 🙂

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  4. Dan Antion says:
    July 11, 2016 at 12:56 PM

    Thanks for those childhood memories. Yards were so much bigger, hills were steeper, ice was colder and neighbors were nicer. I have to go back to work now, but this was a great post to end my lunch break with – thanks.

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  5. Fourth Generation Farmgirl says:
    July 11, 2016 at 1:07 PM

    I always enjoy these “share your world posts.” I loved hearing about your charming childhood memories. Glad things are going well in your corner of the world. 😊

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  6. Prior-2001 says:
    July 11, 2016 at 1:19 PM

    Yellow Tupperware – oh memories. I had the orange – red lunchbox –
    Sorry u had rotavirus and omg J – the purple flowers were wonderful – all full frame like that – tasty

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  7. Anxious Mom says:
    July 11, 2016 at 1:30 PM

    Love those memories (except for the blood, ouch), they are so detailed!

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  8. marianallen says:
    July 11, 2016 at 2:44 PM

    The last picture I took with my cell phone is pretty much always going to be food, flowers, a turtle, or a cat. 🙂 Congratulations on your wonderful week! Next time you make poutine, I’ll flap my arms and fly on over there.

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  9. Chez Shea says:
    July 11, 2016 at 3:49 PM

    This is lovely. Feels so far off and exotic.

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  10. jan says:
    July 11, 2016 at 4:00 PM

    Sorry about the virus – not a good thing to have to lose sleep over that’s for sure.

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  11. Manja Mexi Movie says:
    July 11, 2016 at 4:01 PM

    I enjoyed how you rolled them out, your memories. And the photo looked so much like one of mine that I went fishing for it only to discover it doesn’t look so much as yours after all. Still, here it is:

    Heaven away from home away

    And since you ask, I’m having a lovely time, even if it’s a hot and tummy-hurting week. Thank you!

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  12. joannesisco says:
    July 11, 2016 at 4:06 PM

    Your responses are always entertaining – especially “and suddenly, I’m grateful no one has the rotavirus!” I think I might have snorted 🙂

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  13. larva225 says:
    July 12, 2016 at 10:50 AM

    I lived in trees and creeks. I used to climb these maples in my stepfather’s yard with my book and sit and read for hours. I always wanted a tree house. One my my biggest regrets about our house is that there isn’t a climbing tree in our yard.

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  14. Karen van Benschoten says:
    July 12, 2016 at 8:24 PM

    I discovered yesterday a new Nail and Pedicure Salon within walking distance!! Well actually rolling distance for me.

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  15. Cee Neuner says:
    July 13, 2016 at 12:34 PM

    Your responses are always a joy to read. Thanks for sharing.

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