Firefly Chapter 2
November 30, 2006
1. When I was young, we lived next door to a very old, distinguished-looking, library and my father used to bring home a stack of books as tall as I was each week. Books to read aloud to me. Some of my fondest memories are of sitting curled up in my father's lap while he read all sorts of books to me.
2. My favorite flower is the lily-of-the-valley, but I am also quite fond of lilacs and hydrangeas. When I was growing up in New Hampshire, we had a large lilac bush that was heavenly. It was nearly as tall as our barn which it grew beside. Lily-of-the-valley grew wild in great patches in the shade of the woods.
3. I am in the middle of reading Northanger Abbey. I am taking an extraordinarily long time finishing this book for some reason. My daughter, Blossom, has already finished it and is waiting impatiently for me to finish it, too. She doesn't want to give anything away. I need to hurry along with it because I have already committed to reading four other books before the end of January. I have also been contacted by a book publisher to review five more books on my blog. If I thought I needed something to get me back into reading, I certainly have it now.
4. I am actually looking forward to eating fish sticks, macaroni and cheese and green beans for supper tonight.
6. When I was Birdie's age, my favorite thing to do during recess was to either finger knit or use a wooden spool with four nails in it that my grandmother made for me to knit long coils with. I also enjoyed playing with the kindergarteners on their playground. I always liked being around young children. The other girls would play soccer, but I was not much of an athlete. Interestingly enough, the girls played what was called "goal" soccer and the boys would play "base" soccer. "Goal" soccer was considered a "girls' game", but it is what we know of as traditional soccer today. "Base" soccer was similar to baseball except the boys used their foot instead of a bat and a soccer ball instead of a baseball.
7. When I was Blossom's age, my best friend was "going steady" with a boy for the first time. I always felt as though he disliked me and wouldn't mind getting rid of me entirely. He probably wouldn't have.
8. I know haiku and I am not afraid to use it.
9. When I was little, I believed that the trees made the wind by pushing the air around with their branches.
10. One of the first words I ever read was on the back of a truck parked in a church parking lot next door to my house. (Yes, we had a library to the left of us and a church to the right). I was riding my tricycle around in the parking lot with my dad. The word was "Chevrolet". I told him, "Look! It says "chevrolet"!". Except I said it phonetically.
11. My husband is home! I must go prepare our fish stick feast!
12. My husband wants me to tell you I have beautiful eyes. Can you tell I am running out of ideas? I must be very boring.
13. Ask me something about myself so I have some good TT fodder for next week! (Yeah, I know that wasn't exactly enlightening, but I am running out of ideas.)
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Comments:
Wonderful TT! How I would have LOVED to live next door to a library.
Posted by: Cheryl at November 30, 2006 7:04 PM
mmm.. fish sticks!! Thats funny.. I just cut a coupon out for fish sticks this afternoon cause I'm hungry for them! Great TT!
Ok heres my question for you.. what are some of your hobbies?
Posted by: Tammy at November 30, 2006 7:07 PM
Great list! I just love # 8. LOL!
Posted by: Karen W at November 30, 2006 8:01 PM
A cute TT! I would have loved to live next door to a library too. As it is, we go to one weekly and another almost as much...but we drive.
Posted by: Jenny in Ca at November 30, 2006 8:03 PM
I remember the boys at school playing such a game, except we called it kickball, like baseball but kicking the ball..of course.
thanks for sharing,
happy TT!
mine is up, come visit
Jenny in Ca
i love that your favorite flower is the lily of the valley and your daughter's name is lily! great list! happy tt!
Posted by: christieo at November 30, 2006 8:13 PM
My grandmother read to us when we were little. She had about 6 big books that had a ton of stories in each book. Everytime we'd stay the night she'd pile into the bed between my sister and I and read to us. I was thinking about this the other day.. It made her the most wonderful person in the world to me..
Great list..
Posted by: Ivy at November 30, 2006 9:04 PM
great TT! i love libraries! we didn't live close enough to walk, but i did spend a lot of time there as a child. i still do!
i've finally got my list up . . .
Posted by: alisonwonderland at December 1, 2006 2:22 AM
Mmmm dinner sounded yummy!
Your hubby is sweet. We should ask our husbands to write 13 things about us, I think. Maybe you could do that next week!
I think it's neat that you thought trees made the wind. I can see that, visually, through a pair of young eyes. So sweet.
Have a great weekend!
Posted by: Leanne at December 1, 2006 9:55 AM
That's a great list! I love #1, that sounds like a very sweet memory. :O)
Here is a weird idea I came up with for the next 13, I am going to list 13 songs I would want as a soundtrack for the movie of my life. Want to try it with me?
Posted by: Mary (Mert) at December 1, 2006 2:14 PM
Sounds like a great list. I wish that I lived next to the library. My parents would buy me a stack of books when we went on vacation. I usually had them finished by the time we returned! Great list! Happy Holidays! Happy TT!
Posted by: Kelli at December 1, 2006 2:29 PM
I think I need to look into this 'thirteen' business as I keep bumping into it!
Posted by: mcewen at December 1, 2006 8:36 PM
BEst wishes
Hi Firefly, I forgot to mention that the sound track list will be not the next TT, but on December 14 because I am having an outpatient procedure on the 6th on my right arm.
I will definitely do it on the 14 th though. :D
Posted by: Mary (Mert) at December 3, 2006 1:15 PM
I too would have loved to live next door to a library. We did live within walking distance and I spent many happy hours at the library.
You are ahead of me on Northanger Abbey. I decided to read the Bemelmans book first. It is an easy read but not quick. I have a hard time reading little short stories the same as I do a book. I think I will go get Austen as my before bed reading.
Have a great week!
Posted by: Julie at December 4, 2006 12:02 AM
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