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| At the Airport Before Abbey Left for Sunderland Well, my journey begins tomorrow! I'm off to see my daughter in the UK. I am feeling so excited and nervous at the same time! As you can tell by the photo above, my girls are just as silly as I am and I love it! Abbey has been gone since September for her study abroad in England. She has done well academically and now it is time for me to go visit and explore the other side of the word with her before she returns home! We will be traveling to different areas of Ireland and Scotland, as well as visiting Barcelona and London. I hope to bring you my thoughts and experience as I travel from place to place along with some great pictures. I am most looking forward to seeing the castles! They amaze me! Blarney Castle will be one of our first stops! Of course, the trip won't be complete without kissing the Blarney Stone! With that being said, I am kicking all things, I've been taught about hygiene and germs, to the curb! YOLO! I will allow myself only 1 minute to reflect on the plane that went down and has yet to be found! That thought will be put out of my head and thoughts of seeing my daughter and the landscape of the countryside will enter! We will be traveling by plane, train and automobile while there...and a few trips on the Megabus! Speaking of transportation means, I am renting a car in Ireland! Let me say, that is not on my bucket list! Driving on the opposite side of the road, with the driver's seat being on the opposite side of the car is not something I really care to do, but I have been assured that "it won't be that bad!" I will let you know how many gray hairs I have gained from those 2 days! While, I play through the list of events that will take place, I realize I have a to-do list waiting for me and need to get busy! More to come in the next couple days! |
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Before My Journey to the UK
Monday, October 8, 2012
Family Traditions
My daughter recently interviewed me for a homework project. The homework was to find out about her ancestry and the family traditions we still keep going.
My side of the family is basically a "Heinz 57 Variety". A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Her father's side has a strong Scottish background. His grandmother came over on a boat with her family when she was a young girl.
One of the Scottish traditions his family has kept alive, is called "first footing". The first person that crosses your doorstep, after the new year, has to bring you a piece of coal or a piece of silver.This is to bring you good luck the remainder of the year. Since we all share a good sense of humor, we like to try to find the largest piece of coal we can. It has to be displayed all year, for everyone that enters the home to see. It is also said that if a person, with red hair, crosses your doorstep first, you will have bad luck all year. I don't know why, unless there is a long standing feud between the Scottish and the Irish. (maybe like the Hatfields and the McCoys)
Another tradition, that we have started is the Thanksgiving tablecloth. We purchased a smooth white tablecloth and each year everyone signs their name in pencil. We put the date on one of the corners. Each year, we add the new date above last years date. The tablecloth gets embroidered each year in a different color. The signatures and the date, for each year, are all done in the same color, so you can look at it every year and remember who was there. The color is changed every year to distinguish one year from the next.
The first year we started this, my daughter decided she would draw a huge turkey in the middle and write, "Happy Thanksgiving," across the top in block lettering. Since, I do all the stitching by hand, I decided that she needed to help with this one, so she knows how time consuming it is. Needless to say, her creative juices weren't as "large" the next year.
We enjoy looking at the tablecloth each year and reminiscing about previous years festivities. I hope this gives you a new tradition idea to start in you own home.
My side of the family is basically a "Heinz 57 Variety". A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Her father's side has a strong Scottish background. His grandmother came over on a boat with her family when she was a young girl.
One of the Scottish traditions his family has kept alive, is called "first footing". The first person that crosses your doorstep, after the new year, has to bring you a piece of coal or a piece of silver.This is to bring you good luck the remainder of the year. Since we all share a good sense of humor, we like to try to find the largest piece of coal we can. It has to be displayed all year, for everyone that enters the home to see. It is also said that if a person, with red hair, crosses your doorstep first, you will have bad luck all year. I don't know why, unless there is a long standing feud between the Scottish and the Irish. (maybe like the Hatfields and the McCoys)
Another tradition, that we have started is the Thanksgiving tablecloth. We purchased a smooth white tablecloth and each year everyone signs their name in pencil. We put the date on one of the corners. Each year, we add the new date above last years date. The tablecloth gets embroidered each year in a different color. The signatures and the date, for each year, are all done in the same color, so you can look at it every year and remember who was there. The color is changed every year to distinguish one year from the next.
The first year we started this, my daughter decided she would draw a huge turkey in the middle and write, "Happy Thanksgiving," across the top in block lettering. Since, I do all the stitching by hand, I decided that she needed to help with this one, so she knows how time consuming it is. Needless to say, her creative juices weren't as "large" the next year.
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