Roger and I send all The Hathaway Cousins and their families a Very Merry Christmas and many Happy and Cheer-filled wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year. May all your dreams come true and may more of you contribute to our family rememberences.
Love and Good Wishes To All,
Marianne & Roger
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
OOPS!
At least I am trying - I was trying to add a new post and make it in color and it seems I have not only changed everything to red but somehow the firs couple of paragraphs of my last post showed up again. OH WELL.
What I was trying to say in a NEW POST is this:
It's beginning to look alot like Christmas. It would fel more like Christmas if more of you would 'pop in' and add an HELLO and HOW ARE YOU. Must I make this a DARE??? I know you are out there somewhere. Who's going to be first?
There I have had my say for today.
What I was trying to say in a NEW POST is this:
It's beginning to look alot like Christmas. It would fel more like Christmas if more of you would 'pop in' and add an HELLO and HOW ARE YOU. Must I make this a DARE??? I know you are out there somewhere. Who's going to be first?
There I have had my say for today.
It's beginning to look alot like Christmas
It would feel ALOT more like Christmas if more of you would 'pop in' and post a "HELLO and how are you". Must I make this a 'DARE'? Come on and join in!!!!! I know you are out there somewhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To All Kids Who Survived the 1930's, '40's, '50's, 60's, & '70's!!
Those Born 1920-1979
READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO. It's pretty cool. We are very fortunate to grow up when we did!
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle andNO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of themCONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"
READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO. It's pretty cool. We are very fortunate to grow up when we did!
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle andNO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of themCONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Marianne - all 60 glorious years of me!
This is how I looked shortly after learning that I don't need surgery on my shoulder. YEA!!!! It's only Bursitis.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Fred and Kathy Thanksgiving 2007
To see all 15 selected Thanksgiving photos, go to our web album: http://picasaweb.google.com/Frethaway/HathawayThanksgiving2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Question: Does anyone remember anyone talking about Uncle Neil? Does anyone remember any pictures of him in Moms & Dad's home? I only remember hearing his name in whispers. Like at a family get together. Maybe Helen & Louise & my Mom would be talking and when I came around the corner the voices dropped and the talking stopped. I don't remember how old I was when my Mother told me about Uncle Neil. I thought it was odd that it was so hush-hush and I did think it was strange that there were no pictures of him. Did anyone else feel that way?
Saturday, November 17, 2007
What can you tell me about this photo?
Is anyone familiar with this photo? I recognize Louse, Helen and Fred Hathaway, but I'm only guessing the little guy on the left with the impish grin is Maynard. Am I right? How about the other two children? Where was this taken and when?
USC v. UCLA , November 1964
Maynard, Betty Jean, Louise, Clarie and Bobbie Paulin, and Mac, of course, taking the photos --all dressed up! Hard to imagine, given this day of painted faces and team attire! Were Thanksgiving and Christmas all that formal, or just a step up from everyday attire? You tell me! USC beat UCLA 34 to 13 that year --I'm sure Mac, the UCLA grad, had to pick up the tab for dinner that night!
Friday, November 16, 2007
A moment in Uncle Mac's viewfinder/eye; at lease a thousand words for each of us who sees the picture now!
For me some of the words are about my clenched jaw and the anxiety for the next moment I was feeling all over when the clench was on; some are about each of the others in the shot: how could I have missed knowing someone as interesting as Bill? Is that Doug or John? --looks so much like Doug but must be John. Is that Barb peeping? Why peeping? Mick looks the same as he did the last time I saw him, only about 15 years ago! It was perfectly normal to get way dressed up several times a year and hang out with all my relatives then, yet I never do anything like it now -- or since--except that I have just started doing it with my children and grandchildren! Hmmmm! And what is Louise thinking? I'll bet her kids could suggest an answer. Or could they? I now wonder if I really knew what my mother was thinking. And so forth . . . .
What do you think/feel?
And when was this? How about 1957? I know where it was!
Thursday, November 8, 2007
These are just a couple of pictures that I found in a trunk. I am probably as surprised as you are that my Father was a 'dancer'. No one ever talked about this to me. So many things from my parents lives, pre - me were not talked about. I love the 2 pictures of my Mother. She was so pretty when she was a young woman. I always thought she was beautiful - after all she was my Mom. The picture with the tear in it - I had never seen that picture before but I was told that one summer my Dad went to Mexico City. He went to speak to some gentleman who was a member of the U. S. State Dept. My Dad was thinking about a career with the Diplomatic Corps. The picture of my Dad as a little guy was taken in Salt Lake City where he was born. I know that the family moved to Los Angeles when my Dad was 3 so I imagine he was 3 'ish in that photo.
I'll keep going through the trunk and I'll post more pictures when I find some good ones.
Who's next?
Marianne
Friday, November 2, 2007
When was this photo taken? Bill looks about 3 or 4, so when was he born? But also, the steps look like they are going to the aviary and I thought there were steps from the squeeky gate by the garage to the patio gate?! Is the photo flipped? I wouldn't think so because I think I see the screened/tarped opening of the sleeping porch? And how about the grass: did you ever see it so long?!
The Invitation
Cousins and Peers --
There are mysteries only we know of, the clues to which only we now hold! Things unknown and wondered, like, "How did Dad get into collecting exotic birds?" and "Where did the dominoes come from?" but also questions like "What did the fig tree mean to you?" and "How did the family deal with Neil's death?" and more, much more, an infinite more!
This blog is an invitation for us peers to join and peer into our shared past. And to enjoy another present together!
Please comment on our opening question, below, and add your own new question or statement. There is no limit to where we can go. And since it belongs to us all, there's no limit changes in the format.
And it is open to all, so email a link to your children or to anyone who might be interested.
Love,
Fred
There are mysteries only we know of, the clues to which only we now hold! Things unknown and wondered, like, "How did Dad get into collecting exotic birds?" and "Where did the dominoes come from?" but also questions like "What did the fig tree mean to you?" and "How did the family deal with Neil's death?" and more, much more, an infinite more!
This blog is an invitation for us peers to join and peer into our shared past. And to enjoy another present together!
Please comment on our opening question, below, and add your own new question or statement. There is no limit to where we can go. And since it belongs to us all, there's no limit changes in the format.
And it is open to all, so email a link to your children or to anyone who might be interested.
Love,
Fred
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