tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post6576230880099016706..comments2024-03-11T06:27:38.308-07:00Comments on AND SEW IT GOES: Small thingsTerry Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16650965451863656517noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-50592610219168102692010-12-12T20:25:22.354-08:002010-12-12T20:25:22.354-08:00Another sweet, thought-provoking post, Terry. Of c...Another sweet, thought-provoking post, Terry. Of course Sofia will think about you 60 years from now! I cherish the old-fashioned felt stocking MY grandmother made for me 47 years ago. <br /><br />I might take a photo of it and post it on MY blog! But first I have to get it – and a bunch of other Christmas stuff out of my attic. I am SO behind this year! :-)Susan Brubaker Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490050360258082767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-13512526863276010512010-12-11T11:23:38.386-08:002010-12-11T11:23:38.386-08:00Even though I made a new stocking for my grown-up ...Even though I made a new stocking for my grown-up son, he still wanted he old one up too.Doloreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00013261733996949731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-82657969577522862702010-12-09T22:08:58.972-08:002010-12-09T22:08:58.972-08:00Lovely stockins - and lovely birds!Lovely stockins - and lovely birds!Shirley Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01479768160284996206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-65573431462231858892010-12-09T13:46:52.870-08:002010-12-09T13:46:52.870-08:00Sofia looks so big. More often than not it is the...Sofia looks so big. More often than not it is the experiences and not the things that we remember. I don't really remember opening anything specific except for my first camera.Lisa Flowers Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255748017497273887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-81451332836275632342010-12-08T11:23:04.432-08:002010-12-08T11:23:04.432-08:00I remember shaking the boxes with my name on them ...I remember shaking the boxes with my name on them like crazy before Christmas and begging to open them early, fully knowing there would be no surprise left for Christmas if I did. Thank goodness the answer was always a resounding NO.<br /><br />I love Sofia's Christmas stocking. It looks so professionally hand made!Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-52818336621158790622010-12-07T19:57:08.512-08:002010-12-07T19:57:08.512-08:00Thanks for taking us back to a simpler, less compl...Thanks for taking us back to a simpler, less complicated time. I am sure that your granddaughter will remember you! Maybe Marco needs one, too.Diana Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064080545640142443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-19517333190247394282010-12-07T15:02:50.268-08:002010-12-07T15:02:50.268-08:00That was a neat post, Terry. It almost made me cry...That was a neat post, Terry. It almost made me cry. A lot of my Christmases were unhappy because of my family situation, but you don't remember all of that. And things do get better. fAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-56075688882461665232010-12-07T10:34:09.074-08:002010-12-07T10:34:09.074-08:00I don't remember specific gifts either. Maybe ...I don't remember specific gifts either. Maybe it's because my birthday falls 10 days before Xmas so gifts in general get muddled. I too loved my Breyer horses (like Deb) and I received about a dozen over the years so they must have been Xmas and/or B-Day presents.<br /><br />I do remember that we always got an orange and a new box of crayones in our stockings and that Santa wrapped the stocking gifts in tissue paper-- not the holiday paper that gifts from family and friends was wrapped in.<br /><br />One of my grandmothers knit my sister and I big striped stockings. They were/are classic. My mom still hasd tehm and pulls them out when we do Xmas together. At home I made stockings for our family. I suspect that my kids will remember them as part of teh holiday decor -- along with several nativity sets and lots of ornaments for the tree.Kristin Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955546754675680404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-82893199336840345902010-12-07T08:32:07.219-08:002010-12-07T08:32:07.219-08:00Just need a "Like" button here.Just need a "Like" button here.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00140738523399836125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-71524920220094209862010-12-07T08:31:07.831-08:002010-12-07T08:31:07.831-08:00Sophia will surely love that stocking all her life...Sophia will surely love that stocking all her life, and I bet that delighted face is thanks to Grandad more than the tree! <br />For a few years, I secretly longed for Santa to bring me a (real) elephant but he never did. Maybe if I'd ever told someone ... like my lovely Grandad!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295597495241721771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-71388789202460594482010-12-07T07:48:10.551-08:002010-12-07T07:48:10.551-08:00Oh Terry, there is no doubt in my mind that Sophia...Oh Terry, there is no doubt in my mind that Sophia will remember that stocking, as well as the trip for the Christmas tree. I think you win the award for best Grandma E.V.E.R.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789538186966391509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-42265783348904560782010-12-07T05:13:51.378-08:002010-12-07T05:13:51.378-08:00I do remember specific things like a microscope or...I do remember specific things like a microscope or the set of Beyer plastic horses...yes, also from the Sears catalog. My mother would buy multiples of things for us three girls..there were three Barbies one year and I remember caring less... so the individual gifts really stood out. Do you remember the gift that got overlooked, perhaps pushed way back under a corner? That was my plain wooden artist's case full of paints, brushes and palette knives.Deb Lacativahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-23978955660255062142010-12-07T00:03:26.107-08:002010-12-07T00:03:26.107-08:00Wonderful Christmas memories, Terry. I know Sofia ...Wonderful Christmas memories, Terry. I know Sofia will treasure her stocking. I have mine that is the same era as yours. We always had 2 trees. The living room one was Mom's. It was a "theme" tree - i.e., red bows, gold balls, white doves. The rec room tree was my Dad's and mine - ancient, battered balls, popcorn/cranberry strung by us, and tinsel hung one strand at a time. The memory of decorating with Dad is one I cherish. I know that you and Sofia will be making your own memories for the both of you the cherish. Enjoy the moments.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367949314724875797noreply@blogger.com