tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post1901347073936052076..comments2024-03-16T10:37:09.839-04:00Comments on Life in Mathews: NannyChesapeake Bay Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-23083711401100126082008-12-19T12:29:00.000-05:002008-12-19T12:29:00.000-05:00The details never escape you Chesepeake Bay Woman ...The details never escape you Chesepeake Bay Woman : ). Don't kid! <BR/><BR/>My Grammy's were the best too. I miss them every day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874897254332872367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-2445755676446519192008-12-18T22:39:00.000-05:002008-12-18T22:39:00.000-05:00If the frogs eat the crickets, and the coyotes eat...If the frogs eat the crickets, and the coyotes eat the frogs. Who eats the fiddler crabs?? ....asks the lady who swallowed the horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-64993131209866672262008-12-18T20:57:00.000-05:002008-12-18T20:57:00.000-05:00Karen D. - You're too young to be a Nanny. (Can ...Karen D. - You're too young to be a Nanny. (Can you send me some of those cookies you're baking?)Chesapeake Bay Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-15624795743222230852008-12-18T20:01:00.000-05:002008-12-18T20:01:00.000-05:00Sumthin about forbidden fruit,.. and I am a Nannie...Sumthin about forbidden fruit,.. and I am a Nannie too...you are so cute.Karen Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892103639142471595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-85735596791833462662008-12-18T19:29:00.000-05:002008-12-18T19:29:00.000-05:00Val - I enjoyed every morsel of it.GJ - YOu always...Val - I enjoyed every morsel of it.<BR/><BR/>GJ - YOu always tempt us with just a hint of a big story, and then we never hear the rest. Please tell us about the juvenile delinquency of your youth.<BR/><BR/>Ann Marie - I know/knew Cannon's Oil well...and regarding Bavon, I didn't know you lived there when I wrote that otherwise I"d have said that Downtown Bavon is chock full of lovely individuals and one post office. Some crickets, some frogs and some coyotes. Hey, we don't have anything better up here in Hudgins unless you want to count Bill Dixons or Donks. <BR/><BR/>Anonymous - You are right about the lugging of those groceries building patience and endurance. I try and picture my kids walking that distance with a bunch of paper bags, and I can just hear the whining and complaining. <BR/><BR/>BHE - I'll have to ask Chesapeake Bay Mother about which line of Kemps we come from, but I wouldn't be surprised if we're distant cousins. Practically every one is around here anyway, which explains a lot of our behavior. <BR/><BR/>MPM - Mine would have taken a bus if we had one...then again, she saved every nickel she had, so she probably still would have walked.<BR/><BR/>Angela, I can assure you I don't steal anymore, but I'm not so sure my manners have improved....Yeah, my friends and I went through a period of time where our teenage hormones created a great deal of stupidity, but thankfully those hormones have waved bye bye and now I have the old lady hormones kicking in. They don't make you want to steal, they just make you want to kill. (She says, jokingly. Sort of.)<BR/><BR/>Auds - You should see if there's anyone left in your family who remembers those stories. <BR/><BR/>Have a great evening, y'all.Chesapeake Bay Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-85415918934221811102008-12-18T15:38:00.000-05:002008-12-18T15:38:00.000-05:00I wish, even more so since discovering your blog s...I wish, even more so since discovering your blog some six months ago, that I'd written down all the lovely stories my old Dutch aunts had told me. I can now only recall the shorter tales and that seems like such a loss. <BR/><BR/>Your blog is going to make a wonderful book one day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-51953535988255923142008-12-18T11:35:00.000-05:002008-12-18T11:35:00.000-05:00I hope your manners have improved? Just joking. I ...I hope your manners have improved? Just joking. I think every child tries to shoplift and has to be brought to its senses (speaking of memories...)Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484336744673299416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-88293855729420008792008-12-18T09:55:00.000-05:002008-12-18T09:55:00.000-05:00I love memories like this. My maternal grandmothe...I love memories like this. My maternal grandmother was very similar. Only she took the bus everywhere. I loved going 'downtown' with her.Mental P Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-86632670379161602162008-12-18T09:43:00.000-05:002008-12-18T09:43:00.000-05:00Kemp? Are you distantly related to any Kemps in m...Kemp? Are you distantly related to any Kemps in my county?<BR/><BR/>Dear God, PLEASE let CBW be my fifth cousin, twice removed. Thanks!Big Hair Envyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13601542247789997344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-54632966285144742232008-12-18T08:40:00.000-05:002008-12-18T08:40:00.000-05:00Um.. excuse me but I would like to add a comment r...Um.. excuse me but I would like to add a comment regarding an older post.. it would be the one titled Christmas Ligths.. It would the post regarding Bavon. You happened to mention that the only thing other than the building in the shot you posted (which happened to really be Bavon Post Office for many many years… and on top of that right down the road.. like less than 2 miles Motorun Post Office.. go ahead ask me how Motorun got isn’t name.) were crickets and the howling of wolves. First of let me point out that you are quite incorrect about the howling wolves we don’t have wolves in Bavon we have coyotes though, and no I am not joking. Second.. the cricket thing.. we have more frogs than crickets much to my distaste I would rather have crickets any day.. and Third THERE IS ME!!!! <BR/><BR/>Just wanted to clear up the little mistake in your post there.. Ann Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106387742803005341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-46599379008613511072008-12-18T07:29:00.000-05:002008-12-18T07:29:00.000-05:00Is stolen candy similar to forbidden fruit? Just ...Is stolen candy similar to forbidden fruit? Just askin' :)<BR/><BR/>Carrying groceries a 'long distance' it's a great lesson in patience and endurance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-5907440757163876372008-12-18T07:26:00.000-05:002008-12-18T07:26:00.000-05:00When I was young my grandfather owned and ran a ga...When I was young my grandfather owned and ran a gas station in Cobbs Creek he also had Cannon's oil company. I remember by grandparents talking to each other from the house to the station via an old army phone. (I think they had the very first cell phones in Mathews) When dinner time came Bygar (don't ask) would go over and relieve Grandaddy so he could come eat. When she came back she always brought a treat with her.. I loved those little ice cream cups that you ate with the little wooden spoons. They never tasted the same as the way they did then... I remember the smell of that old gas station too.. wood, gas, heating oil with a touch or two of love.Ann Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106387742803005341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-66156869975567915532008-12-18T03:59:00.000-05:002008-12-18T03:59:00.000-05:00I love those stories. Our memories hold every tin...I love those stories. Our memories hold every tiny detail for eternity. I had a similar incident and could actually hear my heart beating out of my chest, wondering if I was going to get locked up in juvenile hall....at the age of seven.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036374022323687122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-52079389277035713592008-12-18T03:28:00.000-05:002008-12-18T03:28:00.000-05:00wonderful memories - haha - the illicit candy bar ...wonderful memories - haha - the illicit candy bar tastes so much sweeter?Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060531713032236270noreply@blogger.com