tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.comments2024-02-29T02:13:03.422-08:00 VALEEHILLVirginia Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11328290422807080289noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-68028511882973552082024-01-29T13:06:44.795-08:002024-01-29T13:06:44.795-08:00Virginia, honestly, I have thought SO many times h...Virginia, honestly, I have thought SO many times how much I would love for you to help me declutter and downsize! I do believe Tom is more sentimental than I am...or maybe just less willing to let go of those "things". It's really hard, especially when people (like my sister, and one of Tom's sisters) insist on sending us things we don't need and can't use, such as Cynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13093582135134638952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-14116462912381194712023-12-24T11:42:32.783-08:002023-12-24T11:42:32.783-08:00Mark, I attempted to send you an email using the a...Mark, I attempted to send you an email using the address you supplied but it was undeliverable. If you happen to come back here to check, please know I did reply. I will add the contact form gadget back to the sidebar if you’d like to try again. Virginia Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328290422807080289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-43759326914242785982023-12-22T16:46:30.266-08:002023-12-22T16:46:30.266-08:00Hi Virginia don’t know if you remember me but I ha...Hi Virginia don’t know if you remember me but I had horses at the rocking s ranch on happy camp road if you remember a young cowboy type whose name was Mark and Brock and Teresa lived on the ranch remember you and your grandmother with very fond memories I remember riding horses with you and Kathy and Kelly and Dougie and Kimmy. My email is mjcgreenbayBay@gmail.com if you’d like to get in touch Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-74040276966095718182023-12-16T12:46:14.410-08:002023-12-16T12:46:14.410-08:00My darling girl! You are a huge part of the histor...My darling girl! You are a huge part of the history of my last two vehicles. The Bronco when you were very young, the T & C, and the Windstar up into your late teens. It hosted many of our trips and mini-van picnics, which I'll always recall as happy memories. I wish you a lifetime of safety in any vehicle in which you're a passenger and continuing dependability in your first car of Virginia Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328290422807080289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-64181023278380627842023-12-14T10:51:10.153-08:002023-12-14T10:51:10.153-08:00Dear Paula, how happy I was to read your beautiful...Dear Paula, how happy I was to read your beautiful reading 'herstory'! It's written so vividly and with such affection! <br /><br />I'm unfamiliar with some of the books you mentioned but we have the Little House on the Prairie and Magic Schoolbus series in common. I read both to my darling daughter. <br /><br />Did I know or had I forgotten about your living in Roseburg in your Virginia Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328290422807080289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-18723787623180469632023-12-14T10:37:22.188-08:002023-12-14T10:37:22.188-08:00My darling girl, I love you so much and hope you a...My darling girl, I love you <i>so</i> much and hope you always find unending pleasure, knowledge, adventures, escapism, and LOVE in the books you read! <br /><br />MWAHS & SQUDGES, <br /><br />MamaVirginia Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328290422807080289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-11604096834975154282023-12-13T21:45:37.022-08:002023-12-13T21:45:37.022-08:00A Love Letter to Books and Libraries
Dear Vee,
Y...A Love Letter to Books and Libraries<br /><br />Dear Vee,<br /><br />Your blog post was a delight to read. It was like opening a treasure chest full of goodies, each one more interesting and useful than the last. You have a wonderful way with words!<br /><br />I think I was born with a book in my hand. As a four-year-old, I would devour anything with words on it, from phone books to my dad's Paula Celestenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-3144945340482024772023-12-12T17:03:46.435-08:002023-12-12T17:03:46.435-08:00Awwww, I love reading about our reading history to...Awwww, I love reading about our reading history together when I was growing up. You talk about so many special people and moments in your life around books, and I love how you've really included a summary page of everything to know about you as a reader! As for book pet-peeves, truly, there not often being an "animal harm/death" trigger listed for book drives me up a wall! I just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-17101649598409394472023-11-25T13:36:36.840-08:002023-11-25T13:36:36.840-08:00She was such a precious little soul!She was such a precious little soul!Amy Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-14327462733164019302023-08-12T07:44:45.813-07:002023-08-12T07:44:45.813-07:00I am so happy that you have positive experiences w...I am so happy that you have positive experiences with the vehicles that were your babies for 15 years, the Ford Bronco II and Windstar. To know they got to continue being loved and appreciated by others and to see them again after saying goodbye must have really helped with having just let them go. I loved growing up with mini-van picnics, I get to do a-little-something-like-it by means of my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-16263384976806062652023-08-03T08:15:15.312-07:002023-08-03T08:15:15.312-07:00Hello Mariah!
How nice of you to reach out and wh...Hello Mariah!<br /><br />How nice of you to reach out and what a sweet thing to say. Well, if you LOVE living on Oahu (and it reads like you do!), then I'm glad to have played ANY part in your moving there. <br /><br />It turns out that you and I are fourth cousins through our shared direct descendency to João "John" DE MATTOS & Claudina Rosa De Jesus BRAZIL. <br /><br />I'mVirginia Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328290422807080289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-73128981017640703132023-08-02T22:15:50.614-07:002023-08-02T22:15:50.614-07:00Hi, my name is Mariah Kolb and my great grandmothe...Hi, my name is Mariah Kolb and my great grandmother was Mary Baptiste (daughter of Mary DeMattos and Joseph Baptiste). She married John Carlos from Ewa, Oahu and had my grandpa John Carlos III and he had my mom Jan Kolb (maiden name Jan Carlos). She told me that you reached out to her over a decade ago about the family tree and we moved to Hawai'i to discover our roots on Oahu. You are MariahKolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06639945411424090366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-73850508919944506242023-07-04T19:09:10.044-07:002023-07-04T19:09:10.044-07:00Thank you, Amy! I've NEVER considered myself a...Thank you, Amy! I've NEVER considered myself a photographer, but I feel like I'm a pretty darn good shutterbug! 😊Virginia Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328290422807080289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-42568392258039505792023-07-04T11:46:40.696-07:002023-07-04T11:46:40.696-07:00Wow, your photos are stunning!!!Wow, your photos are stunning!!!Amy Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-45897582408678766262023-07-04T11:42:00.528-07:002023-07-04T11:42:00.528-07:00I love the tiny home and van life vids! It’s so co...I love the tiny home and van life vids! It’s so cool to see what people do to make those spaces livable! The organizational hacks and stuff like that are so interesting to me! Amy Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-77156468990719659942023-07-01T12:37:00.528-07:002023-07-01T12:37:00.528-07:00Aww, thank you, Amy! Don't a lot of us get att...Aww, thank you, Amy! Don't a lot of us get attached to our vehicles? Some, anyway. Ooh, an '84 Charger?! I agree, standard transmission can be a chore in stop-and-go traffic AND on hills. The AC stopped working in my Bronco II and the Windstar. It was particularly bad not to have AC when my girl was really young. She HATED the wind blowing on her from the front passenger's window. <brVirginia Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328290422807080289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-64181420466023302392023-06-30T20:18:41.311-07:002023-06-30T20:18:41.311-07:00I love this! I love all of your car friends, from ...I love this! I love all of your car friends, from your dad’s Bug to the Windstar. I finally let my 2004 Cavalier go last year. It was such a good car. It was actually my 3rd Cavalier. Never had any trouble with it until the very end. I sold it my uncle and he fixed it up for his son-in-law to drive. I think he’s still driving it. Whatever the issue was, it wasn’t major. We just had 3 cars at the Amy Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-20088127622386344842023-06-29T07:01:24.626-07:002023-06-29T07:01:24.626-07:00Thanks for the advice! I'm definitely going to...Thanks for the advice! I'm definitely going to have to do some more searching. My mom doesn't know much except the names, but I have aunts and uncles I can ask questions to. My one aunt that sent us the previous person's research knows a lot. She found out we share an ancestor with Kevin Costner! LOL<br /><br />Now that we have an Ancestry account, I'll find some books to help me!Amy L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-44501673647655985352023-06-28T18:08:39.933-07:002023-06-28T18:08:39.933-07:00Hey Amy! Just look at all of the choices we have a...Hey Amy! Just look at all of the choices we have available to us these days! I can remember the high of buying CDs for myself purely because *I* loved listening to them. Now, of course, it's all digital for me, but I STILL feel so powerful! :) <br /><br />You have a CD player. Good for you! Whenever you WANT to and CAN listen to what makes you happy is a great thing! <br /><br />Enjoy and Virginia Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328290422807080289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-73225528693788698522023-06-28T11:52:41.186-07:002023-06-28T11:52:41.186-07:00Wow, this is so cool! Longshanks! Lackland (as the...Wow, this is so cool! Longshanks! Lackland (as the Singing Nun called him, Jean Sans Terre) I love this!<br /><br />We just got an Ancestry account, but I don't know how to really do anything. Someone in the 50s did some research on my paternal grandmother's lineage, and I know all of that, but I don't know how to use what I find on Ancestry to figure out anything. I have found both Amy L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-6412828329622789982023-06-28T11:18:54.214-07:002023-06-28T11:18:54.214-07:00Also - I still haven't got into buying songs i...Also - I still haven't got into buying songs instead of whole albums. It doesn't seem "right" to me. LOL Amy L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-16010544356985575112023-06-28T11:16:59.049-07:002023-06-28T11:16:59.049-07:00I have CDs, and I had a lot of them loaded into iT...I have CDs, and I had a lot of them loaded into iTunes, but I lost all that when we lost our Mac and then we didn't have internet for a long time. Our cars were old and didn't have bluetooth and then I got a CD stuck in mine, so I was stuck with the radio for a long time. <br /><br />I have a really old iPod loaded with all the songs that I had bought, but none of the ones I had on CD, soAmy L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-57464470855219286412023-06-27T08:10:22.478-07:002023-06-27T08:10:22.478-07:00Thanks, Amy! I was bummed when Eli Stone ended, to...Thanks, Amy! I was bummed when Eli Stone ended, too. It was such an entertaining and clever series. Hah! I have TWO Counting Crows songs, TWO Anna Nalick songs, and ONE Chris Isaak song, which is why I don't have them in my alphabetical listing. I had to limit the list to three songs or more because...INSANE! I have quite a lot of music by the rest you listed though. How, where, and when do Virginia Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328290422807080289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-87318320451818689932023-06-27T00:25:42.857-07:002023-06-27T00:25:42.857-07:00I love the different music you listed and I like a...I love the different music you listed and I like a lot that you do too. Well except the country never got into that much.. I guess ZZtop would be the most county and they were country Rock. Music I love most were from mid to late 60 through the 70s. I was lucky enough to see some of the great band of 60s due to my brothers want to pick up girls. so he would always take 2 us sisters so we couldMary Jonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741445534987945740.post-61787450867797642322023-06-26T15:35:28.113-07:002023-06-26T15:35:28.113-07:00I see a lot of bands I like in your favorites list...I see a lot of bands I like in your favorites list! Adele, Alanis, B-52s, Elton John, P!nk, Sarah MacLachlan, Tom Petty, Counting Crowd, Goo Goo Dolls, just to name a few!<br /><br />I really love Anna Nalick, in fact Breathe is one of those perfect albums for me, where I love all the songs! Othersfor me are: Counting Crows, August and Everything After; George Michael, Faith; and any Chris Isaak Amy Lnoreply@blogger.com