tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post9180362138279102576..comments2024-03-20T21:29:34.452-04:00Comments on Karen Heenan: Mother always told meKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449229622474314815noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-35241645218257113932019-08-06T00:52:03.839-04:002019-08-06T00:52:03.839-04:00Karen, very nice photo!Karen, very nice photo!Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182744597249526549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-3256906846602246162019-07-18T15:48:38.478-04:002019-07-18T15:48:38.478-04:00Turn off the light when you leave the room
Just ...Turn off the light when you leave the room <br /><br />Just because it’s in a book doesn’t mean it’s true (only one time)<br /><br />Want what you’ve got (the sentiment, forgot the exact words ��)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-3674589544936584832019-07-09T11:25:36.734-04:002019-07-09T11:25:36.734-04:00"Everybody works, then everybody plays."..."Everybody works, then everybody plays." That was to get the chores done in summer (or anytime) without one person having to do it all.<br />Or my favorite, used on all my kids and my employees, "There's no such word as can't."<br />Here's one from Dad (when faced with anybody who said "I can't" or "I don't know how.") - "Well, you'll never learn it any younger." Sue in MNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652180961780882035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-23890834725714878482019-07-09T10:09:55.561-04:002019-07-09T10:09:55.561-04:00Measure twice, cut once.Measure twice, cut once.SewRuthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09277062926597842242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-54051359827928439602019-07-08T23:59:28.972-04:002019-07-08T23:59:28.972-04:00My mother always told me "Remember who you ar...My mother always told me "Remember who you are." patsijeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362426384481772370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-24919402598718923062019-07-08T20:47:15.976-04:002019-07-08T20:47:15.976-04:00This one is from my Dad's mother: "Watch...This one is from my Dad's mother: "Watch your pennies and the dollars will watch themselves." This is wonderful advice!Carol in Denverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040851935970426022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-42257382412808469422019-07-08T18:49:49.096-04:002019-07-08T18:49:49.096-04:00One of my mother's common sayings was "It...One of my mother's common sayings was "It builds character" whenever you had to do something you didn't really want to do. She also often said "Write if you get work" when somebody was leaving to go home, to run an errand, to go to some activity elsewhere. That one still makes me smile.paloverdebloomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01206341620060876131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-766161709431159742019-07-08T18:20:00.606-04:002019-07-08T18:20:00.606-04:00My mom used to say"Everybody's a little w...My mom used to say"Everybody's a little weird, except me and you, and sometimes, I wonder about you."<br />Accept who people are and your not perfect either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-33629064935267948432019-07-08T16:07:22.160-04:002019-07-08T16:07:22.160-04:00Probably not much use butt my mother and my aunt u...Probably not much use butt my mother and my aunt used to say, "Fancy that." I seems as if they used it in the context of "Can you imagine!" They were first generation Americans from Irish immigrants so that would probably be the origins.anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699932588900046494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-78085333388386960532019-07-08T16:03:31.391-04:002019-07-08T16:03:31.391-04:00My mom said, "Think 10 times before you spend...My mom said, "Think 10 times before you spend a dollar."<br /><br />What ethnicity are your characters?<br /><br />Different countries have different sayings,<br />some Polish ones:<br /><br />A guest in the house is God in the house.<br />After 3 days fish and guests begin to reek.<br />Not my monkeys, not my circus.<br />tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-81627435807335281542019-07-08T15:15:13.592-04:002019-07-08T15:15:13.592-04:00From my grandmother - and the smoke goes up the ch...From my grandmother - and the smoke goes up the chimney just the same. (Which I think meant it just doesn’t matter, and I felt like she was saying “whatever”.)<br />It takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown. Smile and the world smiles with you. Frown and you frown alone.<br />“There’s only this much about it...”<br />Hope they help :)<br />Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052154668740210413noreply@blogger.com