Comments on: On the move http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Mon, 21 May 2012 13:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/#comment-17908 Grannymar Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:22:14 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1481#comment-17908 @ Laura - Elly makes me smile plenty! @Baino - My dad asked those questions and usually added 'And can I come too?' @ Laura - Elly makes me smile plenty!

@Baino - My dad asked those questions and usually added ‘And can I come too?’

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/#comment-17907 Baino Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:14:19 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1481#comment-17907 "Where are you going, who are you with and what time will you be home" a legacy phrase that I inherited from my mother and have passed on to my own kids. They have always let me know these three things! Very reassuring as they get older I can tell you. “Where are you going, who are you with and what time will you be home” a legacy phrase that I inherited from my mother and have passed on to my own kids. They have always let me know these three things! Very reassuring as they get older I can tell you.

]]> By: Laura http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/#comment-17906 Laura Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:20:03 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1481#comment-17906 Love that Elly she makes me smile. Love that Elly she makes me smile.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/#comment-17904 Grannymar Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:16:49 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1481#comment-17904 @Magpie - What did you do to deserve the clip round the ear? @Nick - Mothers always have a need to feed their sons no matter what age they are! @Primal - it was lovely to meet you at last and I really enjoyed our chat. @Mary - My mother didn't like the taste of cod-liver oil so we never had to take it. :D @Ian - We were tidy on the way out. ;) @Darlene - The call to hurry up came much earlier. @Whoopsadaisy - Our parents thought that hugs and kisses made us soft! :roll: @Nathalie - I remember one day that the 'holy water' dried up, my country grandmother was due to visit within the hour and mammy didn't have time to replenish stocks so she filled it with tap water! Nobody noticed or said a word. @Magpie - What did you do to deserve the clip round the ear?

@Nick - Mothers always have a need to feed their sons no matter what age they are!

@Primal - it was lovely to meet you at last and I really enjoyed our chat.

@Mary - My mother didn’t like the taste of cod-liver oil so we never had to take it. :D

@Ian - We were tidy on the way out. ;)

@Darlene - The call to hurry up came much earlier.

@Whoopsadaisy - Our parents thought that hugs and kisses made us soft! :roll:

@Nathalie - I remember one day that the ‘holy water’ dried up, my country grandmother was due to visit within the hour and mammy didn’t have time to replenish stocks so she filled it with tap water! Nobody noticed or said a word.

]]> By: Nathalie http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/#comment-17902 Nathalie Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:18:23 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1481#comment-17902 Your story reminded me so much of my convent boarding school days! Holy water everywhere, we spent half the day blessing each other and praying before breakfast/class/sports/bedtime etc! Before we leave the apartment, Eoghan and I usually say "money, phone, keys" to each other a few times before walking out and locking up. But when it's just him leaving, I usually give him a joke kick on the tush out the door. He always pretends to look hurt, but it's our tradition now and I know he'd miss it! Your story reminded me so much of my convent boarding school days! Holy water everywhere, we spent half the day blessing each other and praying before breakfast/class/sports/bedtime etc!
Before we leave the apartment, Eoghan and I usually say “money, phone, keys” to each other a few times before walking out and locking up. But when it’s just him leaving, I usually give him a joke kick on the tush out the door. He always pretends to look hurt, but it’s our tradition now and I know he’d miss it!

]]> By: whoopsadaisy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/#comment-17901 whoopsadaisy Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:07:12 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1481#comment-17901 Grannymar, I hope you have a safe trip home (and that you enjoy meeting yet another toyboy, you hussy!) I don't remember any particular rituals...for a while we used to always have a vitamin C tablet shoved in our gobs on the way out..other times it was a spoonful of honey. I certainly don't remember any hugs and kisses though :( Grannymar,
I hope you have a safe trip home (and that you enjoy meeting yet another toyboy, you hussy!)
I don’t remember any particular rituals…for a while we used to always have a vitamin C tablet shoved in our gobs on the way out..other times it was a spoonful of honey. I certainly don’t remember any hugs and kisses though :(

]]> By: Darlene http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/#comment-17900 Darlene Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:16:45 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1481#comment-17900 The only ritual I can remember was hearing my mother say, "Hurry up. You'll be late." The only ritual I can remember was hearing my mother say, “Hurry up. You’ll be late.”

]]> By: Ian http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/#comment-17899 Ian Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:46:23 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1481#comment-17899 Grannymar, You must have been very tidy. My mother would take the hairbrush and impose her idea of what we should look like, and then lick a handkerchief and rub various marks from our faces - which I'm sure were more imagined than real. Grannymar,

You must have been very tidy.

My mother would take the hairbrush and impose her idea of what we should look like, and then lick a handkerchief and rub various marks from our faces - which I’m sure were more imagined than real.

]]> By: mary http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/#comment-17898 mary Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:45:47 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1481#comment-17898 A dessert spoon full of cod-liver oil followed by a spoonful of sugar! A dessert spoon full of cod-liver oil followed by a spoonful of sugar!

]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/10/01/on-the-move/#comment-17897 Primal Sneeze Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:35:35 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1481#comment-17897 Rituals before leaving home? Never thought about it. Though this morning I said "off to meet Grannymar a coffee and a chat. Back whenever." Rituals before leaving home? Never thought about it. Though this morning I said “off to meet Grannymar a coffee and a chat. Back whenever.”

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