tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post3173114918192628641..comments2024-03-06T17:02:32.359-08:00Comments on the asshat lounge: The Old Man DiariesKonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-18452129810350823342014-08-11T19:25:56.168-07:002014-08-11T19:25:56.168-07:00Daisy- I'm not smart enough to think to far ah...Daisy- I'm not smart enough to think to far ahead... and of course Vonnegut was right, i think it was Ferris Bueller who once said, "sometimes you gotta stop and smell the roses..."<br /><br />Maurcheen- It's like we're watching the whole time yet we blink and we wondered how it happened so fast...<br /><br />Twin- you know i get a big shit-eatin' grin every time i see a comment from you... Makes me realize how long i've been doing this when you tell me the V-man is gonna be 14 and is 6'1, hope he's still swimming, the I-mac took some swimming class this summer and at the end of it the swim coach for the local club was asking me to sign him up, all i could do was smile...Konohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-12225640023574883252014-08-07T11:44:19.000-07:002014-08-07T11:44:19.000-07:00The V-man turns 14 at the end of this month....I s...The V-man turns 14 at the end of this month....I still (he actually asks me) to put him to bed every night. It's our conversation time...<br /><br />he's almost 6'1" and still growing... :-)<br /><br />i no longer update the blog, but you can find us on IG: @nmaxwellmathiastwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10590109276634186944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-18607765442210398192014-08-05T18:45:26.138-07:002014-08-05T18:45:26.138-07:00My youngest daughter asked me to dance at my nephe...My youngest daughter asked me to dance at my nephew's wedding last Saturday. It was then I realised I had been asked to dance by a young woman, and not by a child.maurcheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215471605629080153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-75421573312098427082014-08-04T18:25:42.846-07:002014-08-04T18:25:42.846-07:00A friend dropped a line on me last weekend, as i p...A friend dropped a line on me last weekend, as i prepared to launch my daughter onto a plane so she could go home for at least another year... <br /><br />"One day your mother puts you down, and never picks you up again. In reality, she probably never realized it".<br /><br />Those moments... the last time we do.... something. Or feel something.... the trippy part is we never know it when it happens.<br /><br />You've got an amazing degree of self-awareness, and your ability to appreciate "right now" is enviable. Me? i'm always looking ahead, trying to lay in things to look forward to so my head doesn't crush itself. i need to do more of the "right now" thinking...<br /><br />Vonnegut. "If this isn't nice, i don't know what is."daisyfaehttp://daisyfae.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com