{"id":4535,"date":"2017-03-19T19:06:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2017-03-19T20:46:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T01:46:19","slug":"memories-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=4535","title":{"rendered":"Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f8TflIIfuhs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today is going to be a look back and remember when post.<\/p>\n<p>The thing that started this off was seeing the Red Bud trees in bloom. \u00a0Now, I know these trees bloom every spring and every spring MFH and I have the same conversation. \u00a0&#8221; Why do they call them Red Bud Trees when the buds are obviously purple?&#8221; \u00a0Then the memories start flooding back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4536\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4536\" alt=\"17424824_1267734253346708_8860486750158544215_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17424824_1267734253346708_8860486750158544215_n.jpg\" width=\"506\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17424824_1267734253346708_8860486750158544215_n.jpg 506w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17424824_1267734253346708_8860486750158544215_n-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I was a little girl, back in the mid 1960&#8217;s (yes, I am that old!) I had a swing set. \u00a0This swing set was placed underneath an old Red Bud Tree, \u00a0I loved that tree!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4537\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4537\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4537\" alt=\"8b8cb334c961daace15d60cfb9050313_swing-set-clipart-tree-swing-clipart-black-and-white_1024-847\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/8b8cb334c961daace15d60cfb9050313_swing-set-clipart-tree-swing-clipart-black-and-white_1024-847.gif\" width=\"1024\" height=\"847\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bark fascinated me! \u00a0It looked like lots of little puzzle pieces and when it chipped off the tree, I would spend countless hours trying to put the puzzle pieces back together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4538\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4538\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4538\" alt=\"RPINbark\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RPINbark.jpg\" width=\"335\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RPINbark.jpg 335w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RPINbark-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, my swing set was a metal, kind of A frame swing set (remember, this was the 1960&#8217;s). \u00a0I would sit on the middle line of the &#8220;A&#8221; and do twirls, etc. I also liked to use that middle bar of the &#8220;A&#8221; to launch myself into the Red Bud tree.<\/p>\n<p>That particular activity was frowned upon by my mother.<\/p>\n<p>What she didn&#8217;t know wouldn&#8217;t hurt her, right?<\/p>\n<p>Well, one day I launched myself from the middle bar of the &#8220;A&#8221; into the Red Bud Tree. \u00a0I misjudged the distance and did a rather impressive face plant into that tree! \u00a0Scraped my face up something awful!<\/p>\n<p>I went crying into the house where my mom patched me up. \u00a0As soon as I was cleaned up, she sent me back outdoors to play&#8230;.after a stern lecture on obedience. *sigh* A mother&#8217;s job is never done.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing she wasn&#8217;t too terribly surprised when this happened seeing as the kitchen window looked out over the swing set and tree. LOL!!!<\/p>\n<p>The next memory is from High School. \u00a0This is a good one!<\/p>\n<p>MFH (My Favorite Husband) and I have been together pretty much since the first day of 8th grade&#8230;that would be the fall of 1975. \u00a0It&#8217;s my opinion that if you can stay with a person through those terrible middle school years~well, you&#8217;ve definitely seen a person at their worst!<\/p>\n<p>Well, during high school, Hall and Oates released the song, &#8220;Your Kiss Is On My List.&#8221; \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure what year \u00a0it was released but it was a moderate hit.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, you could by a little vinyl single of top 40 hits so you could listen to them without having to suffer through the rest of an awful album. \u00a0MFH bought the single of that song and mailed it to me through the good ol&#8217; USPS.<\/p>\n<p>It arrived at the house in great shape!<\/p>\n<p>Now for some reason that I can&#8217;t remember, my mom opened that package and she hit the roof! \u00a0She read the title of that little vinyl and that was it! \u00a0(sorry for sharing this one mom~it&#8217;s pretty funny when you think back on it!)<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever seen her that mad!!!<\/p>\n<p>She immediately snapped the single in half&#8230;before I even got to listen to it! \u00a0I was a very Unhappy Panda!<\/p>\n<p>These days whenever MFH and I heard this song on an oldies station, we crank up the volume and giggle like high school kids again. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lsHld-iArOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, no blog about running today. \u00a0Just a little fun thinking back to some fun times.<\/p>\n<p>#IRun4Aiden<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=4530\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4530\" alt=\"CxPMKE4VIAAbA9V\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CxPMKE4VIAAbA9V.jpg\" width=\"627\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CxPMKE4VIAAbA9V.jpg 627w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CxPMKE4VIAAbA9V-251x300.jpg 251w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CxPMKE4VIAAbA9V-624x745.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is going to be a look back and remember when post. 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