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    • Catt
    • May 7, 2010 - 5:31 am PDT
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    • Jul 25, 2009
    • England, UK
    Yday, it was 11am and the presentations weren't finished. So the lecturers split, one staying with us and the other marking those in the next room. (The idea was they would do ours 9-11, other groups 11-1). But if we'd already given out presentations (which I had), you were free to leave. So I did. Took myself off to Waterstones to spent a gift card, then went to the poetry library at the festival hall before sitting in the central bar, also at the festival hall. Had my work in my bag but ignored it best I could and had a glass of red wine over The Independent. Then, of course, because Foyles at the southbank centre is underneath the floor of the festival hall I was on, I had to go there, didn't I? Bought four books and 4 more postcards for my collection. (Always much better then boring old line paper). Then I sat in Jubilee gardens watching a pair of ducks. I couldn't focus on reading or writing, but made myself have some time out from uni stuff. Had a short walk by the river (the weather was beautiful, hot sun but cold breeze) then got the 15:09 home. Got in to find mass mail for me, which was fab, and about ten minutes later my grandparents got home from voting, also with another parcel for me. (A slip had been left by the courier but gran went and fetched it for me. how lovely?)

    So the day perked up. Had a nurses appt this morning, which I'm not long home from, and after dinner (which is cooking) it's uni work time. Approx 1000 words a day for three days. Oh heck!
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 7, 2010 - 6:11 am PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
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    You needed that. How did the presentation go? (no hunching when typing! :) )
    • Gabriela-Sophia
    • May 7, 2010 - 4:07 am PDT
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    • Apr 1, 2010
    • Switzerland
    Good morning Lauren,
    That’s a tragedy! I'm sorry. There are no words left to make anyone feel better if something like this happens. It’s always really hard to negotiate that. I had time to say goodbye and to realize what happened. But you haven’t.
    Has it change you a lot or your family? Because so many people are asking me, if the death of my mum has changed me, but I can’t tell.

    One of my classmates is planning a huge surprise party for our friend. He rent a whole bar. He invited 80 people. I’m really excited and it’s going to be so cool. It’s the next Friday. jeahhhh

    Every Friday we are going to the same club. And this time we are going to pick up Anna (the birthday child) at her house and we’ll bring her to her surprise party. She has no clue what’s going to happen.
    I have to buy a new dress but there aren’t any pretty. It’s so frustrating. We are supposed to wear cocktail dresses. I hope I find one….

    Our housekeeper gave my 2 budgerigars for my 15 birthday. I never liked them because I thought they are boring. She woke me up today and she showed me that they are gentle. It was so weird, I hold and touch them. It was so much fun.
    Right now my live is really boring. All my friend are on vacancies and I’m home, by myself. So I’m watching TV, eating a lot, relaxing and entertaining our housekeeper. I forgot how much I missed her. She is so nice.

    How are you? The kids?
    xoxo

    Gabii
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 7, 2010 - 6:10 am PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
    • Culver City
    I think tragedy always changes us. It is part of life, our reactions to things shape us.....What did your housekeeper give you? Birds?
    • steph
    • May 7, 2010 - 12:55 am PDT
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    • Apr 10, 2010
    Hi Lauren,

    I've been quite a busy girl lately finishing off my school year..I can't believe it's almost done. It seems like i just started! Now it's almost on to the next step...which is still a question as to exactly what type of experience/job but I'm looking!

    Anyway at the end of this month we're going to Canada (where my dad is from)on a trip and seeing some places of family significance which should be interesting. I also want to see a Jays game (baseball) because one of my many goals is to see a baseball game in every stadium...so far I've been to AT&T Park in San Francisco (many times since my hometown Giants play there), Citizen's Bank in Philadelphia (Phillies) and Yankee Stadium in NY (the final season in the old one).

    Well it's late here (1 am to be exact) so I'm going to take a shower and go to bed. Taking a shower before bed helps me sleep better than when I don't for whatever reason particularly when I'm stressed like finals always make me!

    Stephanie
    xx
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 7, 2010 - 6:07 am PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
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    Going to all the stadiums is such a fun goal. I wish I could've done that. I suppose I still could....
    • bsggurl18
    • May 6, 2010 - 10:35 pm PDT
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    • Apr 21, 2010
    • Wilson, NY
    Hey Lauren, Hey all! Watching NCIS season seven. My crush on Mark Harmon has seeped into all my social networking sites lol, my friends think I'm nuts. I think that I have good taste for 22 ;). I lose all respect with the Barry Manilow addiction :P Methinks they both have had women *and probably men* swooning over them for decades lol. Longer then I've even been alive. Such is life I suppose! Like I said, Old Soul :D. I love the eighties too, listen to the Saturday night eighties party on my local radio station every week. VH1 still plays the I Love the 80s special once and again I think, I'll have to check into that. Since I'm talking to myself, I'll leave it at that! Hope you all are having a good day! XOXO Cort
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 7, 2010 - 6:05 am PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
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    Sounds like you are more my age than me! Maybe we should switch places, LOL!
    • Fatal Romantic
    • May 6, 2010 - 4:55 pm PDT
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    • Jul 27, 2009
    • Chicago
    Dear Lauren: re: crowds, is it because you’re a star? I can understand you probably get mobbed. I don’t like crowds myself, that’s why I specifically mentioned, “if”. I haven’t gone to the Taste in years & that was only because my brother’s family needed another adult to help manage the 5 kiddies.

    Was the playlist the boys’ idea or yours? When I go away, I take individual pictures w/my nephew & nieces as we mash our faces together, taking a tight shot w/large grins, a pictorial history as they get bigger. I also do ‘interviews’ w/them each year so they can see how they were as kids, listen to their dreams change over the years.

    Are you & your SIL close? I stink as a SIL. On Monday my brother called me at 421pm & told me to come over to their house because it was my SIL’s birthday! I had completely forgotten! Then I panicked; what would I get her? Well, desperation is a lovely tool when used wisely. I found a little bath set (gel, body & hand lotion in a little satchel w/bath scrunchee) added matching scented candles (vanilla) & Lindt White chocolates. Everything was packaged in yellow & I set them all in a yellow gift bag, cute as can be. Found a funny card & put everything together in my car, so it looked like it was a well thought out present, showing care, consideration & planning. I was so proud of myself!

    I signed her card with a flourish; then I misspelled her name on the envelope.

    As always, thank you.
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 7:20 pm PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
    • Culver City
    I don't mean to laugh, but......*laughing*. Sorry. Maybe she didn't notice? *right* Still, I bet the present took away most of the sting......I wouldn't say I get mobbed, I am no Bieber! lol In fact, if I don't make eye contact or speak, I can pretty much go anywhere unnoticed. I just despise crowds. Always have. The playlist was my MO's idea. I like your interview. I'm going to try to do that too. Your avatar is pretty.
    • Caroline
    • May 6, 2010 - 3:51 pm PDT
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    • Jul 31, 2009
    • Towson, Maryland
    S - All the while Mom slipped deeper into dementia, I tried to repress thoughts of her original self in order to be sensitive to her new persona. Now, somehow, these little snippets of memory float to the surface.

    At her funeral last year, the oldest of my 2 brothers, spoke about Mother. He had everyone rolling in the aisles. She was a free spirit who meandered through life without a schedule (except during the period when she returned to nursing for 20 years), sometimes with mastery and sometimes befuddlement. Like you, she was athletic and loved to dance. She also liked to whistle. I think I already wrote about the embarrassing whistle tune she designed to call us home. She loved to read the newspaper and do crossword puzzles. She loved history; she loved Coca-Cola even more. On every trip abroad she suffered some fiasco - several times she fractured an ankle because she was never careful about where she walked; she was too busy looking up and gawking at the sights. But she always insisted she had a wonderful time. You already know that she totally lacked a sense of direction. And she always left trails of tissues behind her. If I could compare her appearance to a Hollywood star, it would be to Doris Day. If you can stand it, I'll return to her now and again in these posts.

    From an e-mail: Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dishwater liquid made with real lemons?
    Why is it that doctors call what they do a practice?

    Be safe..O
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 7:15 pm PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
    • Culver City
    O- Of course you should write about your Mum. The way you do, you could make me interested in everything. I recognize her. Our stories are everything to us. It is our human nature to tell them and to listen. I love reading your posts because I learn things, I enjoy stories, I see new places, and I laugh. Keep it comin'.-S
    • Jennifer_Niki_Caitlin
    • May 6, 2010 - 1:38 pm PDT
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    • Sep 27, 2009
    Hey lauren and Laurenland!
    my show went great last night. once i was in my costume, all the anxiety and stress went away, which was great. the lights made the stage hot, and dancing around in 5 inch high stilleto heels for FOUR HOURS STRAIGHT didnt help. my legs still ache, but the plus side is that my thigh muscles are getting stronger. maybe ill finally get up on skis this summer...lol. we got a standing ovation at the end...everyone was cheering and going nuts...it was great. thanks for wishing me good luck. i needed it..what does merde mean? lol
    i leave for nationals in 16 hours and 30 minutes. im excited. everyone in my nursing class wished me good luck. i felt oh so loved. even the preppy girls that dont really like me was being nice. that creeped me out a little.
    im currently sitting in my dressing room, unwinding before the show starts. i have about 30 minutes. got to bed at 1 am....woke up to get ready for school at 3 30 am...not a happy camper at all. tonite will be better though. im not going to school tomorrow, so im sleeping in for and extra hour and a half. yay! lol..dog will probably wake me up at 3 30 though to go outside.
    well, i better go. make up girl just got here. better finish getting ready. ttyl.
    hope you have a great weekend! ill post agin on monday. scouts honor.
    i apologized first.. you were right. i felt great. and much better. im taking mom to the spa for mothers day. its the least i could do... wanna join us? lol
    byes for now!
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 7:07 pm PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
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    You are just a busy bee! :) But so many wonderful things. I'm glad the show was a success, and the best of luck at Nationals. Merde is French for sh*t. Actors say it to eachother like "break a leg". For good luck.
    • Birte
    • May 6, 2010 - 1:11 pm PDT
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    • Sep 19, 2009
    • Dortmund, Germany
    Hi Lauren,
    that's a nice way to think about the prof and his flying-food :) Maybe I should give him a list of things I need for the next time lol
    I tend to wake up about one hour before I have to get up and I haven't got the slightest idea why. I usually only have to remind myself in the evening as to when I want/need to get up the next morning and I actually wake up at that time. My inner clock works perfectly. It's out of order at the moment I guess... :D
    Sunday was the day of my granny's death. Unfortunately the cemetery and the street are closed because they are searching for bombs from/of the air raids during WW2 which did not explode. Whenever they dig holes or build houses they find one and evacuate everything in a 3km radius. That can be annoying. I'm wondering how many are still undetected...
    Your green nail polish looks great *thumbs up* And now I want to make some waffles... the last time my sister made waffles she destroyed the waffle iron :D and blew the fuse. Now my Mom needs a new iron (she actually is happy about that). By the way... is that a Starbucks mud on one picture? Just wondering :)
    xoxo
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 7:04 pm PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
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    What is a Starbucks mud? Fascinating about the bombs, though I didn't think that there would be so many defective ones! Did your granny just die?!! I think you meant the anniversary of....
    • southerncutie93_Kristina
    • May 6, 2010 - 1:04 pm PDT
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    • Sep 8, 2009
    • Dunwoody, GA
    :) LOL. I know growing up is inevitable but being a Senior is kinda scary but fun all at the same time. I kinda want summer to just blow by so I can start Senior Year but I want my summer so Imma pass on that. LOL. I'm trying to think if anything interesting or weird or fun happened today... My mind is turning blank & I can't think of anything. Boo...
    I'm sending a babysitting flyer out to the pre-school where I went when I was 3 & went there til Kindegarden & after Kindegarden I went to OLA & then after OLA PiHi! (Where I am now) :) The woman that runs the pre-school is still there so is my Kindegarden teacher :) I stop by & say hi every once and a while & I know that parents are always asking her about needing a babysitter so I may be able to get some business. :)
    Ok, once again I have depressing news. My mom's co-worker who is also a friend of hers, Bonnie, died yesterday. My mom is very depressed. :( I swear I always have some kind of bad news for you & I wish I didnt. :( But that's life. Her funeral is on Sat. & my mom's going.
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 7:00 pm PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
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    Great idea about the babysitting. Don't wish for the summer to go by quickly- it's your last one of freedom.......I'm sorry for your Mom.
    • leona
    • May 6, 2010 - 12:59 pm PDT
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    • Oct 31, 2009
    Hi lauren!!!

    how are you?hope you're better than me... my 'best' friend is angry with me because i don't wanna kiss him!!! but he has a girlfriend!!! and yes i love him, but i don't wanna be the girl who has a relation with her best friend who has btw a girlfriend. do you know what i have to do?

    loveyou
    Xxx leona
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 6:58 pm PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
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    You are making the right decision! Just let him know you are worth way more than 2nd place!
    • Beth
    • May 6, 2010 - 12:20 pm PDT
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    • Feb 21, 2010
    We arent anymore its gotten back to bein suny now :) but yes we had alot of flooding ! At my moms house I think we got like 4 inches !!! It was awful :/ but anyway yes I am happy that recording is going well too ! :) How are you ?
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 6:57 pm PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
    • Culver City
    Busy, busy- but thankful to be so. :)
    • Sufeii
    • May 6, 2010 - 11:19 am PDT
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    • Nov 7, 2009
    • Clermont-Ferrand, Fr...
    Hi Lauren !

    I can't stand the weather here any more.... About a week ago, the temperature was 30°C but yesterday... snowflakes were falling. Nonetheless, health and good mood are the most important ^^
    Apart from that I'm beginning to plunge into American Litterature, English history, Phonetics, English Grammar....
    The English language is not so simple when studied closely ^^ All the pleasures of the end of the year and of the exams getting closer ! xD
    In short, that's not the best days I've been through but I guess it's gonna be better when I'll be on the beach with my friends in less than a month ^^
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 6:56 pm PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
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    The weather on our planet seems crazy this year!!!!! (Do I say that every year?)English can't be that easy, because according to my Mother, I still make mistakes! I just wish I was fluent in at least two languages. I admire you.
    • melody29
    • May 6, 2010 - 11:15 am PDT
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    • Apr 20, 2010
    • Laurel
    Thanks, Lauren!! It was fun dressing up and hanging with friends until the wee hours of the morning. :) The situation with my dad hasn't bothered me so bad the past couple of days, thankfully. Hope I didn't bring you down the other night. I just can't think of any reason why he would date the MARRIED woman, knowing it's wrong. It will work itself out in time. I do feel better.
    Today was kind of an eye opener at school. We had practice for class night where we will get all our awards, and I got my cap and gown, and my yearbook with my name on it. High school is really almost over for me!!
    I love the color of the polish you got at your pedicure.
    Thanks for your encouragement! :-)
    Lots of love to Laurenland,
    Melody
    xo
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 6:53 pm PDT
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    It is always hard when we realize our parents make mistakes too. I hope it does work out, and that nobody gets hurt. Get ready world......here comes Melody!!!! :^D
    • Gabriela-Sophia
    • May 6, 2010 - 3:17 am PDT
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    • Apr 1, 2010
    • Switzerland
    Hey Lauren
    You don’t have to be sorry form my mum. It’s sound unloving when I say this but she is released. Her brain tumor changed her a lot. She spoke 6 languages perfect, she travelled a lot and she was very successful. But when she got her tumor she lost all her languages. At the end she could only speak Hebrew and she couldn’t life at home because she was paralyzed. So when she died her suffering was over. All what made her so special was gone by the minute she got her tumor. She wasn’t able to life her live anymore.
    Of course I miss her a lot because there is so much she can’t witness but I understand that she decided (after 2 years) that she doesn’t want this life anymore. (The chance of recovery was just 2%)

    Even if I don’t have a mum, I have still a great life. My boarding school is my home and I have great advisers there. My dad is able to work as much as he wants and at the weekends he has time for me.
    What’s your tragedy? It’s ok if you don’t want to talk about it. I’ll understand.
    xoxo

    P.s. I’m impressed how soon you always answer. You get so many post but you answer to everybody, that’s amazing :D
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 7:10 am PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
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    I understand. Your Mom sounds like an amazing woman. My little brother died when he was 14. My family home burned down, and he was home taking a nap.
    • Catt
    • May 6, 2010 - 12:09 am PDT
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    • Jul 25, 2009
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    It's 07.48 and there's a zombie!Catt who's rather down and cannot face even the free paper or an audiobook on the 07.17. So here I be.

    It's cold. I'm in hoodie but want scarf and gloves. Had an awful night. Settled down to sleep around half 11, was still awake gone 1, in such pain, slept till a little after 4 then very little after that. Did manage to sleep through my alarms or turn them off in my sleep or something beween 5.30 & 6, cos I was awake again at half 6 wondering how I was going to make my train. Fortunately I did make it, just. And now I'm a good way into the journey. Crammed, if course. Woman reading paper on left, woman on her mobile on and off on right. Opp. 3 men. One reading the paper, one finished the paper, one doing nowt, hugging a bottle of water. We're plodding through greater London and I'm wishing I was home :(

    we're due to be giving presentations this morning. A couple of class members have asked for them to be postponed til next week. No word from lecturer, but the electronic system is crap. I'm prepared for today to play safe if nothing else.

    Since Monday my back's been really bad. Two nights in a row have involved writhing and tears. Not being able to sleep is one thing, but being in pain is another. Why won't it go away?
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 7:07 am PDT
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    • May 22, 2009
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    Oh, hun. I really do think all your stress- work to do and horrific deadlines- is making your back pain worse. I don't know how, but you need to find some relaxation, some very deep breathing. Take 20 minutes and empty your brain of all worries, all thoughts. I know 20 minutes is hard to come by, but you must find it. Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. :)
    • Joao Pedro Monoo
    • May 5, 2010 - 11:57 pm PDT
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    • May 5, 2010
    Hi Lauren, My name is Joao Pedro, I'm from Sao Paulo-Brazil and last night I watched on tv that great and old movie "Dragon", actually I think I've already watched that movie more than 5 times :-) But this time I thought "Wow that girl (Linda), is really beautifull and she is such an amazing actress", So, I decided to look for you in the internet. And now I'm really happy since I´ve found out that you are very well and even more beautiful. So, I made sure to tell you this, because I thought you'd like to know. Sincerely Joao Pedro
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 7:03 am PDT
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    Thank you so much. I am so glad you visited my board, and I hope you come back often. Dragon is one of my favorite movies that I made....
    • bsggurl18
    • May 5, 2010 - 10:34 pm PDT
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    • Apr 21, 2010
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    Hey Lauren, I'll be getting my degree in History with a minor in Classics. My specialty is 19th century US and antebellum America in particular. I live in the library practically, but the last two years I've been away from it because I was in and out of hospitals :(. I'm SO glad to be back! School is my life, it makes me so happy to be working and writing and researching. I spend so much time reading, I just can't get enough of it! I intend to further the education with a doctorate in History. I was looking at Yale, because I took a few classes there in 2006 but it was too expensive to afford an entire undergrad degree there, so now I just go to the University at Buffalo :D. History is my life! I even got accepted into the Gilder Lehrman History Scholars internship program, but had to give it up because of needing to go to the hospital. That choice still haunts me to this day. :(. I'm glad to be back in the game though...Learning thrills me! Hope your day went as fabulous as mine did. Lots of Love Always!! XOXO Cortney
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 7:01 am PDT
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    That is fantastic that you are such a scholar. It is also something to hold onto, to give you strength. I am thrilled you are "back in the game". The goal? Keep playing!! ;-)
    • Ted
    • May 5, 2010 - 5:39 pm PDT
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    • Oct 13, 2009
    • San Diego
    Lauren
    Since you asked, here is what happened at my mothers 90th birthday. I don't know what is in the air these days but the topic of Nazi Germany has been dead for years in our family however this last month it has come up again. My aunt who was raised in prewar Germany, also 90, was at my mothers birthday. I wasn't there when the fight started but my aunt said something like you have come a long way from a shack in the logging camps on Vancouver Island.( my father was a steam locomotive engineer) My mother, who can turn any occation toxic in a nanosecond responded "and you've come a long way from Nazi Germany". Instead of my aunt saying yes those were terrible times, she and her sister started on how much good Hitler did for prewar Germany (which is true) but who the H*** defends Hitler?? Well the over 80 crowd went crazy. Others in the restaurant were staring at all the old people with their walkers yelling at each other. My brother and I tried to calm things down but the damage was done. Now here is the disturbing part. My cousin, her daughter, knew everthing being said, but my aunts grand daughter and her daughter came to me for answers. Her granddaughter knew her grandmother was born in Germany but never connected the dots as to what was happening at that time. The great granddaughter knew she was of German descent but did not know her great grandmother was born there. (I am out of room so chapter 2 tomorrow.)
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 6:57 am PDT
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    Oh my. The image of them fighting in the restaurant is classic. Waiting for chapter 2.....
    • Fatal Romantic
    • May 5, 2010 - 3:49 pm PDT
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    • Jul 27, 2009
    • Chicago
    Dear Lauren: Yes, flash photography does wash out color :) Catt, sun is important in vitamin D, just always use sunscreen. It's actually interesting because in the Philippines, light skin is considered highly attractive & the ideal on a woman. They are completely into the porcelain skin. I'm a rebel, I love the sun, I’m considered less that lovely. Fat lot they know!

    You said you are traveling on Mom's day, my condolences; Moms should absolutely not have to do anything on that one day out of the year. Can I ask if the travel is business or pleasure, a new project perhaps? Just don’t have a “Modern Family” airport experience!

    Great to see your pictures!
    Honor, glad you made it home! Feel free to come back anytime.

    Everyone, June-Aug is street festival time, 4th of July weekend is the Taste of Chicago fest where you can try out foods from restaurants all over Chicago, if you like crowds.

    Summer jobs: Think of something u hate to do yourself that YOU’D pay someone else to do. One year, I charged other kids in the neighborhood to ride my cool new bike down a rigged up ramp I made. Ok so I was 8yrs old, but you get the idea.

    It’s a perfect day, bluest sky, deepest greens, 71Fº. Wish everyone has a perfect day!

    Lauren, as always, thank you.
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 6:55 am PDT
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    Modern Family was funny. I really like that show. The Dad is marvelous. It is ok I have to travel on Mother's Day (back to Utah to finish the short), my guys are pretty good to me all the time. Last night they were listening to my ipod and picking the songs that I should listen to to think of them. Sweet. Will you go to the taste fest? If there is one thing I hate it is crowds. I just can't deal.
    • Caroline
    • May 5, 2010 - 3:45 pm PDT
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    • Jul 31, 2009
    • Towson, Maryland
    S-The hotter the weather, the happier my mother became. As soon as it was possible she would take her afternoon sunbath in our backyard complete with iced tea, tissues, and transitor radio (she had to listen to the Orioles' games). All fine and dandy...except..more details needed.

    At that time our back yard was isolated from all the others by a stand of lilacs, hedges, and small trees for ambience and privacy. Mom, true child of the Great Drepression, wore her clothes till little was left of them - but for family only. They were comfortable, and she disliked breaking in anything new. Mom felt perfectly safe wear her skimpiest halter and shorts for sunbathing.

    All went well...until our minister (an elderly gent) paid a visit. One of my brothers, instead of calling Mom up through the basement, sent the minister around back where he encountered Mom in all her glory. He found a chair and settled in, acting as if there was nothing unusual. Perhaps there wasn't, but forever after he scheduled his visits to coincide with her sunbathing routine. And he'd always check the backyard first to see if she was there.

    CHURCH BULLETIN: Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 p.m. - prayer and medication to follow.

    Wonder how many miles you've traveled in your lifetime? S

    Reggie, thank heavens you're alive!
    • Lauren Holly
    • May 6, 2010 - 6:49 am PDT
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    O- That is hilarious. I love the fact that your Mom and Minister continued the visits as if....lol. Who knows how many miles I have traveled. A lot by some standards, not as much by some others. I think of George Clooney's movie- Up In the Air. Now that was traveling! I have a really busy day today and I'm having trouble getting started......I would like to sit in the yard with a glass of ice tea and listen to some music. :-) S