The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

[ecurbh]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[Wneighbor]

Da Bear literally pulled at his hair and whined, loudly, when I was watching two mis-matched presenters do their thing.

I'm with Bear! But, also you! I woulda been laughing myself silly to see that! :-)

[msdrby]

My mother is still trying to clear out the sewing room, err, gunroom. At least the gunsafe has finally been moved into the garage. It is a start. I don't think, though, that the carpet will ever be the same, as that is where dad measured out all the gunpowder for his shells. We always called it the sewing room, but actually, no sewing has ever taken place in there. It was always guns in there, LOL.

BTW, speaking of sewing... did I ever mention that my dad was a Viking dealer in the 70's? Recently, I said something to my mother about grandmother having a Singer. She about had a cow. "We (as in not a soul in the entire family) have NEVER had Singers." She vehemently replied to me.

[Wneighbor]

That's funny! I have a Singer though. It's VEY old. My den is so big that it's a den/sewingroom/computer room all in one. Uh, and room with stacks of stuff to go through right now. Funny how it looked pretty good till I decided to work on these other rooms. Then, everything that needs going through got stacked in the floor in there.

However! I can see the end here finally! Yea!

[300winmag]

Well, don't just drop it based on my opinion. That was just my first thought.

I'm not, but I don't hear a lot of cheering for the idea, either. It will depend on whether there is feedback from anyone else here.

[msdrby]

ugh! I feel your pain. I have stacks upon stacks of things to go through (mostly in the dining room), and have not yet had the energy to do it.

Well, I have to admit it. I am officially doing the waddle.

[Wneighbor]

Waddling is good! At this time in your life! I'm glad to hear it even if you're not glad to be doin' it! I'd love to have another little one... but, I'm thinkin' it's prolly a little late to be still thinkin' that! He'd.. uh.. need a dad first. LOL

[msdrby]

LOL! Yeah, I think a prospective dad would be a good start.

[msdrby]

I dunno, my granny was still havin kiddos when my grandpa (her oldest son) had my mom and her brother and sister.

Most of my mother's first cousins are my age. Makes for confusing family reunions.

[msdrby]

let me clarify that, though you know of what I speak.

She was still havin kiddos when my grandpa and GRANDMA had my mom and her sibs.

[Wneighbor]

I keep thinkin' that I might ought to look into becoming a foster parent... but, I don't want to deal with the red tape that goes with that. Still... it would be a way to have kids around. I'd just still like to have another kid of my own. Might not always get along with the ones I've got now but they're darn fine wimmin! An asset to the world.

[Wneighbor]

My great grandmother was the same way. And I've got an uncle on my dad's side who's only 5 years older than me. Myranda would be tickled pink if I met someone and had another little sibling for her. Jill keeps saying, "Forget it mom!"

[msdrby]

uh-oh. Elf-boy and PE are showing signs of sore throat and sinus congestion...

[Wneighbor]

She was still havin kiddos when my grandpa and GRANDMA had my mom and her sibs.

Yep. I had ya. I am still wonderin' if we checked it out if we'd find some intermarriage in our families. Bein' from the same area and all. Might be fun to hash out when we moot!!! Which we HAVE to do soon!!! Taquito Moot.

What are ya'll doin' next weekend? I am supposed to go to a motorcycle rally - but, I don't want to go and would try to get out of it if I had a good reason.

[Wneighbor]

Oops. Scratch that. Valentines Day. I expect PE and you have plans!!! Let me check on the following weekend and get back to ya.

[Wneighbor]

Not good! Give 'em whiskey with honey and lemon.

[msdrby]

Yeah, it is really funny when I talk about granny, and mom's cousins talk about granny. They know my mother is their first cousin, but assume that since I am their age, that she was my grandma, not my greatgrandma. Heck, mom has first cousins younger than me!

Granny had 8 kiddos in all ~wow~ I cannot imagine having children at the same time my children are having children. The age difference between my grandpa and aunt Trudy (his sister) is 26 years. Aunt Trudy is younger than my mother.

[msdrby]

Yes, taquito moot is a must. egads, I forgot all about Valentines days being Saturday. I have been thinking it was Friday. ooohh, Friday the 13th. Anyone superstitious?

[Wneighbor]

I've always thought it was funny that my grama gave birth to her first child 2 weeks after her mom gave birth. Grama rode the train from Meridian out to Abilene to be with her mom then came home and had her first baby.

Sad though, Grama had 3 babies but my mom was the only one who lived. Other 2 died at birth. Still, I was the oldest of the oldest of the oldest and I've like your cousins. It's assumed that great-grama was my grama cause I'm older than them and she was their grandma. There's a whole passel of her grandkids younger than great-grandkids. LOL

I keep remindin' myself that I'm still younger than she was when she had her last kid though.....

[Wneighbor]

Naaa. not superstitious. Only have to go to work for 2 hours then I can come home, lock the doors and hide in my room with a book. Maybe nothing bad will happen there! LOL

[SuziQ]

uh-oh. Elf-boy and PE are showing signs of sore throat and sinus congestion...

Grab the Cold-Eze!!