tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post3312386441581962416..comments2024-03-28T21:32:06.704-04:00Comments on I Think; Therefore, I Yam: Some of Our Favorite MinionsSusan Flett Swiderskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-89736204388165419652015-07-24T15:55:51.007-04:002015-07-24T15:55:51.007-04:00We all thought it was funny, anyway.We all thought it was funny, anyway.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-58398983446523567912015-07-23T17:51:56.115-04:002015-07-23T17:51:56.115-04:00Sounds like a funny movie! Sounds like a funny movie! Romance Reader https://www.blogger.com/profile/10633164931292182035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-64674284590094230382015-07-23T12:00:32.810-04:002015-07-23T12:00:32.810-04:00Thanks, Diana. I appreciate you stopping by and le...Thanks, Diana. I appreciate you stopping by and leaving such a nice comment. Get ready! Here I am to return the favor...Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-85127054697682277032015-07-22T19:27:30.079-04:002015-07-22T19:27:30.079-04:00What a great post and a beautiful blog you have sw...What a great post and a beautiful blog you have sweetie!<br />I would like to invite you to check out mine and let me know what you think! :)<br /><br />Check out my last post: How to Forgive No Matter the Offense<br />Diana Bryant (Life Coach)<br />www.ManhattanImageandStyle.com – Blog<br />www.DianaBryant.com – WebManhattan Image and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610652859561443462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-16103706382771226562015-07-21T15:31:45.920-04:002015-07-21T15:31:45.920-04:00The Minions movie is super! Your family will love ...The Minions movie is super! Your family will love it.<br /><br />Yeah, can't do much about the aging body, but by golly, we don't have to act old!Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-90834867253156148822015-07-21T13:33:15.314-04:002015-07-21T13:33:15.314-04:00We still have to see the Minion movie. Sounds like...We still have to see the Minion movie. Sounds like it's a funny one. Yeah. I'm looking forward to my second childhood (or third, if parenting is a second.) You have to stay young at heart, even when your body is old. Sherry Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844837212122243321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-44501456042733768242015-07-21T12:21:29.078-04:002015-07-21T12:21:29.078-04:00I know what you mean about being touched by your k...I know what you mean about being touched by your kids connecting with some of those items. Every time we go to our daughter's place, and I see some of my mother's old favorite and somewhat bizarre books, I get a little choked up. Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-90717794845625736532015-07-21T12:08:38.637-04:002015-07-21T12:08:38.637-04:00You've described the grandparent's bill of...You've described the grandparent's bill of rights beautifully! Then again, I recall my husband working similarly with our own offspring, too. He'd horse around with them and get them all riled up... at bedtime. Then, when they were bouncing off the walls, he'd hand 'em to me and say I could put them to bed now. I reckon he was just "practicing" for grandparenthood...Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-15030197454071576972015-07-21T00:03:15.652-04:002015-07-21T00:03:15.652-04:00While helping my mother clean out my grandfather&#...While helping my mother clean out my grandfather's house after his recent death, I stumbled upon many, many objects that rekindled memories of my own childhood. And although my own children spent less time with their great-grandparents than I did, I was touched to see that they connected with certain items in that house that sparked special memories and claimed them for their own.Dianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-18786900565483166852015-07-20T21:10:41.047-04:002015-07-20T21:10:41.047-04:00I'm looking forward to being a grandfather (no...I'm looking forward to being a grandfather (not in a hurry to be one yet, mind you). Then, I can spoil the bejesus out of the grandkids. When they inevitably get mental, I can turn them over to their parents and go home.<br />A delicious bit of irony, that.Al Penwasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052950809151897315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-63524072711238811602015-07-20T16:08:10.382-04:002015-07-20T16:08:10.382-04:00Thanks. I wish we could get all of our minions tog...Thanks. I wish we could get all of our minions together at one time to take a picture, but I don't reckon that's too likely. <br /><br />Sorry the dolls scared you. (The only doll that scares the stuffing out of me is Chuckie. I will NOT watch those stupid movies!) But yeah, they're pretty precious to me. And very fragile. Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-421131148174178022015-07-20T15:57:17.035-04:002015-07-20T15:57:17.035-04:00Tell ya a secret. I'll betcha MOST parents buy...Tell ya a secret. I'll betcha MOST parents buy toys THEY liked as a child when shopping for their kids. <br /><br />I know what you mean. I wish our grandchildren lived a little closer to us, too. Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-49553610765910042752015-07-20T15:21:34.991-04:002015-07-20T15:21:34.991-04:00I almost forgot about playing marbles. Many a hot ...I almost forgot about playing marbles. Many a hot summer day was spent kneeling around a big circle we'd drawn in the dirt so we could play marbles. I barely even remember how to play anymore. <br /><br />Your windup dancing robot is totally cool. :) (Whether he brings you luck or not.)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-87163677181844644852015-07-20T09:55:48.605-04:002015-07-20T09:55:48.605-04:00Aww, your cuties are the most adorable minions eve...Aww, your cuties are the most adorable minions ever. <br />I have an irrational fear of dolls so at first glance the China dolls gave me a start LOL but then the story of your parents sending them so many years later is so awesome I got over my fright. What a wonderful gift to have!Julie Flandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003737491313673214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-57643460076860875672015-07-19T23:17:49.136-04:002015-07-19T23:17:49.136-04:00Susan, I don't have many toys left from when I...Susan, I don't have many toys left from when I was younger... I did until I had my second daughter and she loved to investigate them, color them and cut them up... oh well... she had fun... I was one of the parents who had to buy my children the fun toys I enjoyed so I could see them and play with them again... they enjoyed them too... <br /><br />I wish I lived closer to my grandchildren, I could do the same for them too xox Launna https://www.blogger.com/profile/09447311902825477772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-89612905933530183912015-07-19T15:43:37.068-04:002015-07-19T15:43:37.068-04:00I had jacks when I was a kid. And marbles. As an o...I had jacks when I was a kid. And marbles. As an only child with cousins that are all 10+ years older than me, they weren't inherited or passed down, they were all mine. I still have a few toys on my desk. I have one of those stupid <a href="http://image0.buyincoins.com/bicv2/product/s0/show/026521.jpg" rel="nofollow">windup dancing robots</a>. He brings me good, writerly luck... or so I tell myself.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-42342444292376201112015-07-19T13:17:55.298-04:002015-07-19T13:17:55.298-04:00What's really neat about the minions is the wr...What's really neat about the minions is the writers and producer thought of them as an unimportant part of the first movie, but most people fell in love with them.<br /><br />I can't imagine playing a game comparable to jacks without the little ball.Sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-79588582786748583702015-07-19T13:09:28.428-04:002015-07-19T13:09:28.428-04:00Kids' movies really are super today, and not j...Kids' movies really are super today, and not just for kids. Most of them have lines and jokes built in to appeal to us older "kids", too. So Sparticus and I have no problem going to the movies to see them, whether we have any grandchildren in tow or not.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-26246858146200156492015-07-19T13:07:33.544-04:002015-07-19T13:07:33.544-04:00Maybe you should just admit that you bought that d...Maybe you should just admit that you bought that dancing Groot for yourself, eh? If Spawn behaves himself, you could let him touch it.:)<br /><br />Hey, at my age, I still stick out my tongue and blow raspberries. (We're not immature... we're FUN.)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-51223924303865174742015-07-19T12:48:42.063-04:002015-07-19T12:48:42.063-04:00I'm glad this post resonated with you. Grandch...I'm glad this post resonated with you. Grandchildren give us a brand new opportunity to appreciate the joys of play, but there's no hurry for you. You still have lots of years to enjoy watching your own children grow into amazing adults,<br /><br />Greetings back atcha.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-54947216720176105992015-07-19T12:11:39.422-04:002015-07-19T12:11:39.422-04:00I love those minions and I've watched them wit...I love those minions and I've watched them with my grandkids. I had Jacks when I was a kid although they weren't really popular in the UK. More popular were Snobs or Five Stones - similar idea but no little ball. I spent hours playing with them. Love the hug of war poem :-)Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-8752213859174086282015-07-19T00:22:23.813-04:002015-07-19T00:22:23.813-04:00I use my grandchildren to get into these movies. ...I use my grandchildren to get into these movies. I love the kids movies of today as they are so clever and original. Our darn g-kids are getting older now and some might be embarresed to go with us so we might have to adopt some more. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-9653420737309424802015-07-18T20:22:42.477-04:002015-07-18T20:22:42.477-04:00When Spawn was much younger, I was more excited th...When Spawn was much younger, I was more excited then him at Christmas when it came to the unwrapping of toys. I did buy him a 'Dancing Groot' from the film 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' recently...it's just that I've neglected to hand it over...or to tell him that I bought it for him. I'm still a big kid at heart and I'm often chastised by my own child for my lack of maturity. Whenever that happens, I just stick my tongue out and blow him a raspberry.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418601369080683210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-61700483032894927322015-07-18T14:34:32.454-04:002015-07-18T14:34:32.454-04:00You cannot imagine how happy your post made me. As...You cannot imagine how happy your post made me. As adults we lose our capacity and will to play somewhat. It is all those responsibilities and duties we have as grown-ups in this ever-serious society. So, grandchildren offer this easy way back to our childhood. That is something I am looking forward to, although not immediately. Maybe in fifteen to twenty years. Thanks, I really enjoyed reading your post.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-33940542912987909002015-07-18T09:36:04.857-04:002015-07-18T09:36:04.857-04:00Hi-ya, Hilary!
I had quite a few dolls when I was...Hi-ya, Hilary!<br /><br />I had quite a few dolls when I was a young girl. Most of them were hand-me-downs with some sort of "problem." Missing limbs, no hair, missing eyeballs, stained, whatever. No problem. I set up a doll hospital in our basement, and had tons of fun playing with them and "fixing" them. But my grandmother gave me a beautiful new doll once. Nana said she thought the doll looked like ME, which tickled me to pieces. The doll came in a trunk, along with clothes on little hangers and in pull-out drawers. I really wish I had kept that. Oh well. Hindsight is 20-20, as they say.<br /><br />That game sounds terrific. I was a real nut for board games as a kid. (Still am!) If I didn't have one I wanted... I'd make it. (Probably not very well, but we played it, anyway.) One of my favorites was a game called Top Scholar. I guess it was a sort of trivia game, but all the questions were based on history and geography. If I ever found that game anywhere, I'd probably buy it, too. (Even though some of the answers to those old questions haven't been correct for a lot of years. HA!)<br /><br />Cheers!Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.com