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    QUESTION 20

    Personal History Question 20 is, “Write about your cousins.” Well, I spent time first around my maternal cousins. They were all older than me. I had one that was maybe 2 years older than me. I was the youngest. I have nice memories of all of them. But, we basically only ever saw each other on the holidays. My paternal cousins, I would see on visits to Baltimore. When we moved to West Virginia, my aunt moved there a short time later and I actually got to have day-to-day interactions with them. My cousin K and I spent a LOT of time together. He became one of my favorite people…

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    QUESTION 19

    Personal History Question 19 is, “Write about your uncles.” My dad did not have any brothers. My uncles on his side of the family consisted of HIS uncles. There was my Uncle Lonnie, Uncle Lee, Uncle Dutch, Uncle Bob, Uncle Johnny, Uncle Al.. These were my Nanny’s brothers. My Uncle Al died from cancer when I was 8. I was not close to my Uncle Johnny or my Uncle Bob, although we saw Bob and his family more often then Johnny. I was very very close to my Uncle Lonnie and my Uncle Dutch. I saw Uncle Lee pretty regularly until his passing when I was 13, but we weren’t…

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    Friday Five!

    Today’s Five, found over at Friday 5! When did you most recently eat rice, and what did you have it with? How do you feel about mustard? What is your favorite way to eat corn? What’s the best oat-based breakfast cereal? What are some great ways to consume seeds? I last ate rice about 2 weeks ago. I made a spicy orange chicken over jasmine rice, and the next day I made a Cuban style black bean and rice bowl with yellow rice, charred poblano peppers, salsa Fresca, and a lime crema drizzle. mmmm. Tasty! Meh. I like it, but not too much. Unless it is home made honey mustard…

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    Question 18

    Personal History Question 18 is, “Write about your aunts.” I have one aunt on my mom’s side, my Aunty N. On my Dad’s side there is my Aunt S and my Aunt C. I had a lot of great aunts, and even a couple of faunties. (fake aunties lol. No relation, but close friends of the my parents, and I always referred to them as aunty. I had a couple Nana’s too. <3 ) My Aunty N is warm and kind. She carries herself well, and is always ‘put together’ … her hair is always nice, she dresses well, she always kept a nice home. She always smells real nice,…

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    Question 17

    Personal History Question 17 is, “Write about your grandparents.” My maternal and paternal grandparents could not have been any more different! My mom’s parents were older. They were divorced. And they could not be in the same room together. So, one year my Gram would come to Thanksgiving, and we would bring my Grandpa a plate. The next year it was the opposite. My Gram always went to our Christmas Eve shindigs, and we would see my Grandpa on Christmas Day. I remember the one time she came to our house when my Grandpa was there, sitting at the kitchen table. She had something she REALLY wanted to tell my…

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    Friday Five!

    What efforts do you make in resisting Father Time? In what manner do you try to be a good steward of Mother Earth? What has recently caused you to say Uncle? Among actors in Ant-Man, who are you particularly fond of? Which notable brothers would you most like to hang out with? Which notable sisters? Well, I used to dye my hair, but I have decided to just let my gray reign supreme 😉 I am trying to eat better and get in more exercise… I do not litter. I try not to use excess water. I bought a better fuel efficient vehicle recently. I support local farms (we are very rural) instead…

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    Questions 16

    Personal History Question 16 is, “What world events were significant to you as a child? Hm. The few that stick out are Elvis dying, John Lennon’s assassination, and I remember something about a young American girl writing a letter to a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in 1982, I think. She got tons of attention. I remember being mad about it because before she did that, I had told my parents that I was going to write a letter to President Reagan to plead with him to stop this scary nonsense. LOL I remember hearing about AIDS, and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in FL was hit…

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    Question 14 and 15

    Personal History Questions 14, I pretty much answered this in Question 13. S, I will just go on to Question 15, “What was high school like for you?” It was both great and awful at the same time. I had a bully. Her and her minions did their best to make my life awful. And they succeeded for awhile. My Freshman year was filled with new friendships, new adventures, and being severely bullied. It was such a mix of emotions. I had a paper route and then got a job at a local coffee shop. The rest of my high school years went well. I did well in school, except…

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    Question 13

    Personal History Question 13 is, “What did a typical day look like as a child?” I realize that I have gotten rather long winded on my other posts and kept on about it well after childhood. I will try to limit the answers to childhood only. A typical day for me was getting up and getting ready for school. I was not much of a breakfast person, so I would usually fight my mom on it. If she had gone on to make something for me, I would eat it though. Didn’t want her going through all that for me not to eat! I would go to school, then come…

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    Question 12

    Personal History Question 12 is, “Did you travel as a child? What was your favorite place to visit?” Did we travel? Only to visit family. We took mini vacations camping in the summer, but any other time we traveled, it was to Baltimore or WV to visit family. And I loved every second of it. I loved my WV family so very much. Even as a teen/young adult, any time I got some vacation time, I was in my car and headed to Rowlesburg. I loved my time with my family. I loved Rowlesburg. Some of my best memories revolve around my time there. I miss my Nan and Pop…