Saturday, August 16, 2025

The Sunday Salon: In Which I Return Home After Roller Skating and Baking and Playing Guitar and Swimming, Etc. in East Texas

 

 




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The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 







Board games...basketball...nature walks...water park...
baking...the movies...roller skating...
playing guitar...

I think we did it all last week
while I was visiting the grandkids in 
East Texas.






What I Read Last Week:

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow (biography)




What I'm Reading Now:

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (Fantasy)

I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic. Now I've established a regular routine of writing down my 3 Good Things. Here are 3 Good Things from last week:



Good Thing #1:

We had a blast at the water park.



Good Thing #2:

I roller skated with the grandkids
for the first time in thirty years.
Fun!



Good Thing #3:

We loved seeing the Fantastic Four movie
together.



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15 comments:

  1. Roller skating - very brave. I don't think I've ever done it! Would be interested to learn a bit more about Mark Twain.

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  2. Looks like you had a blast with the grandkids! Roller-skating grandma, there is nothing cooler than that! Your review of Mark Twain is intriguing. He sounds like a man who in many ways matured toward empathy. I have to admire that. So many don’t. This is going on the TBR list.

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  3. It sounds like a fantastic (but tiring) week, LOL! I have not been on roller skates in years, but I loved them as a kid.

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  4. What a fun-filled holiday you had! I need to go skating again (ice not roller). Have a great weekend Deb!

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  5. You were busy in East Texas! Looks like great fun!

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  6. You are indeed a fun grandmother. I could enjoy the waterpark and slides, but I think my roller skating days are over. Used to really enjoy it, but no, no, no. LOL

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  7. That water park is hilarious / love the pics. Good job on the roller skates too! I just picked up the Twain book from the library -- ha it weighs quite a bit! But likely it will have to go back to the library before I can get to it. I think I'd need to buy that one in order to read the whole thing. It would take me awhile. Enjoy the grandkids!

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  8. If they gave out an award for most fun Grandma, you would win in a heartbeat!

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  9. I used to love skating. I don't do it anymore. I would probably fall and break something. The water park looks fun.

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  10. The picture of you on roller skates brought back memories of the time I broke my left wrist when I fell while roller skating when I was twelve. Not a pleasant experience. I'm sure your grandchildren think of you as a fun grandmother and that is a great thing. Those water park pictures are wonderful!

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  11. I DMed you on Facebook, if you send me your address I will send you a Margaret Atwood stamp!

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  12. I'm impressed that you put on roller skates. I did that when I was younger, but it's been over forty years for me. I'd be afraid of falling, now.

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  13. It looks like you had a wonderful visit with the grandkids. I used to love to roller skate, but not sure if I would try it now. It has to be almost 50 years since the last time.

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  14. Now I want to go skating. What a fun time last week, I hope you get to go again soon.

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  15. I love your 3 Things! I loved roller skating when I was growing up. Our rink was United Skates Of America. My friend got ice skates and so I wanted some. I told my dad and he said "if you can borrow someones skates and show me you can do it I'll buy you a pair". I borrowed my best friends skates and had no problem skating so he bought me a pair that day. He was just afraid that I'd get hurt.

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