Comments on: Bandanas, The New Fashion Accessory http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/ My view of life from the linoleum. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: LeAnne http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4320 LeAnne Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:46:04 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4320 Oh my! I love it! Now I want some chocolate ice cream........ Oh my! I love it! Now I want some chocolate ice cream……..

]]> By: Denise Claire http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4309 Denise Claire Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:13:59 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4309 Oh my ! I hadn't thought about my pretend broken arm for decades. (Gonna have to add that memory to my Journal of Childhood Memories now.) I'm showing my age here, but back in the day, my two sisters and I used to wrap our younger brother's (clean) cloth diaper around our arms for a cast, pinning it with a pink or blue diaper pin. These diapers with the single layer kind, about 3 feet long and 16-18 inches wide ( before someone got smart and made the multi-layer cloth diaper) so there was a LOT of wrapping involved. (We always had the job of folding the diapers when they came out of the dryer.) Then we would take another diaper and make a sling for our "broken arm". If memory serves, I think we did this after a neighborhood girl really did break her arm when she fell off her bike and the handle bars fell on an arm, breaking it. Wonder why it is that only girls do this pretend injury stuff. I mean I'm sure *some* boys might, but I have three boys and the only injuries they ever had were quite real. I'm just sayin'. When the youngest was zero to two years it was really hard to find a when he was injury free so I could get his picture taken. Oldest brother ran over him with his bike = Stitches in his head, other brother slammed window shut on his "sucking" thumb= lost the nail and took forever to grow a new one (and he quit sucking thumb on account of it hurt too much), endless bruises, older brother fell on him during wrestling match =broken collar bone, oh wait, he was four when that happened. There were a few years when my Christmas letters read like "Eric suffered enough injuries to receive a purple heart this year." FYI...You know, a pint of chocolate ice cream, in its containter, of course, makes the best ice pack and when your skin has melted it some, you can open it up and drink a chocolate milk shake. ;) Hope you feeling better soon. Oh my ! I hadn’t thought about my pretend broken arm for decades. (Gonna have to add that memory to my Journal of Childhood Memories now.) I’m showing my age here, but back in the day, my two sisters and I used to wrap our younger brother’s (clean) cloth diaper around our arms for a cast, pinning it with a pink or blue diaper pin. These diapers with the single layer kind, about 3 feet long and 16-18 inches wide ( before someone got smart and made the multi-layer cloth diaper) so there was a LOT of wrapping involved. (We always had the job of folding the diapers when they came out of the dryer.) Then we would take another diaper and make a sling for our “broken arm”. If memory serves, I think we did this after a neighborhood girl really did break her arm when she fell off her bike and the handle bars fell on an arm, breaking it.

Wonder why it is that only girls do this pretend injury stuff. I mean I’m sure *some* boys might, but I have three boys and the only injuries they ever had were quite real. I’m just sayin’.

When the youngest was zero to two years it was really hard to find a when he was injury free so I could get his picture taken. Oldest brother ran over him with his bike = Stitches in his head, other brother slammed window shut on his “sucking” thumb= lost the nail and took forever to grow a new one (and he quit sucking thumb on account of it hurt too much), endless bruises, older brother fell on him during wrestling match =broken collar bone, oh wait, he was four when that happened. There were a few years when my Christmas letters read like “Eric suffered enough injuries to receive a purple heart this year.”

FYI…You know, a pint of chocolate ice cream, in its containter, of course, makes the best ice pack and when your skin has melted it some, you can open it up and drink a chocolate milk shake. ;) Hope you feeling better soon.

]]> By: Deena @ Wholly Devoted http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4308 Deena @ Wholly Devoted Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:00:55 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4308 I have my very own Mini-Me who is now 20, and just about as relationship challenged as I was at that age...**sigh** wish I could pour some of MY life experience into her head...but I loved your blog and gained a bit of perspective from it...I think...I'll let you know when I quit laughing at the "vapor trail" comment... Hope you feel better...don't stiffen up...do those cartwheels...just watch out for the sun!! I have my very own Mini-Me who is now 20, and just about as relationship challenged as I was at that age…**sigh** wish I could pour some of MY life experience into her head…but I loved your blog and gained a bit of perspective from it…I think…I’ll let you know when I quit laughing at the “vapor trail” comment…
Hope you feel better…don’t stiffen up…do those cartwheels…just watch out for the sun!!

]]> By: Victoria http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4307 Victoria Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:28:10 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4307 Delurking to say: "Which reminds me, I need to place that weekly phone call to my Dad to offer my sincerest apologies for all that I put my parents through." That made me laugh. We get frequent calls from our son saying "I get it now, I truly get it" lol Glad you're feeling better~ Delurking to say:

“Which reminds me, I need to place that weekly phone call to my Dad to offer my sincerest apologies for all that I put my parents through.”

That made me laugh. We get frequent calls from our son saying “I get it now, I truly get it” lol

Glad you’re feeling better~

]]> By: Tonja http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4306 Tonja Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:07:53 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4306 I throughly enjoy reading your blog. You make me laugh. I've been where you are and it sure brings back happy memories. O.K. they are not ALL happy...but interesting. Hope you won't mind...but I tagged you . Check it out on my blog. I throughly enjoy reading your blog. You make me laugh. I’ve been where you are and it sure brings back happy memories. O.K. they are not ALL happy…but interesting.

Hope you won’t mind…but I tagged you . Check it out on my blog.

]]> By: CeCe Lane http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4303 CeCe Lane Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:12:25 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4303 :^) :^)

]]> By: Mylinda http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4302 Mylinda Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:20:22 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4302 I just have to say that I absolutely love your blog! I crack up (out loud!) almost every time I read it! You have a real talent for writing and I appreciate your openness. Thanks for sharing! I just have to say that I absolutely love your blog! I crack up (out loud!) almost every time I read it! You have a real talent for writing and I appreciate your openness. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Heather http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4301 Heather Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:02:30 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4301 Oh my. I run into this one with my oldest. Last week she came in with an absurd outfit--red white and blue star covered tennis shoes, aqua blue socks, embroidered jeans, and a red cutsie t-shirt, headband and sunglasses. I commented on her style to my mother-in-law who looked me overr and said, "She dresses just like you!" (Of course she meant the style as Rachel has yet to develop my awesome sense of color. :)) Great story! Love the ketchup stains. Oh my. I run into this one with my oldest. Last week she came in with an absurd outfit–red white and blue star covered tennis shoes, aqua blue socks, embroidered jeans, and a red cutsie t-shirt, headband and sunglasses. I commented on her style to my mother-in-law who looked me overr and said, “She dresses just like you!” (Of course she meant the style as Rachel has yet to develop my awesome sense of color. :) )

Great story! Love the ketchup stains.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4300 Michelle Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:54:24 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4300 A vapor trail? Haven't heard that line before, I'm laughing. A vapor trail? Haven’t heard that line before, I’m laughing.

]]> By: Mommy Dearest http://www.fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4297 Mommy Dearest Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:17:55 +0000 http://fiddledeedee.net/2007/04/03/bandanas-the-new-fashion-accessory/#comment-4297 I'm seeing myself as a child a bit here, too. I used to have my grandmother use towels to make slings for my arm. It is actually one of my fondest memories of my grandmother, her making those slings for me. Also, I used to dramatically fall to the floor and play dead when I was alone with my sister. I would lie there for a couple of minutes, then jump up and yell at her for not checking on me. "I could have been dead!" Yeah, right. Just like you were yesterday... I’m seeing myself as a child a bit here, too. I used to have my grandmother use towels to make slings for my arm. It is actually one of my fondest memories of my grandmother, her making those slings for me.

Also, I used to dramatically fall to the floor and play dead when I was alone with my sister. I would lie there for a couple of minutes, then jump up and yell at her for not checking on me. “I could have been dead!” Yeah, right. Just like you were yesterday…

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