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things i want to remember – part 32

Kari

if you’re here for the first time, welcome! you’ll be able to find the other parts of this series here.

1- i wear slippers indoors all summer because i just don’t like the way the floor feels on my bare feet.

2- recently, my dental hygienist talked about her baby son at his mommy-and-me class and how awe-inspired she felt just having him in the world. it stayed with me, that sense of wonder.

later that week, we were celebrating my mom’s birthday and anna met us at the restaurant. afterwards, sitting at an intersection, we saw her drive past, and i felt that same quiet awe — just watching someone i love moving through the world.

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3- scorpio from general hospital passed away recently (lung cancer- sigh). that’s not his real name, of course, it’s tristan rogers. i remember him from the days of luke and laura, and hearing about it just took me back and made me feel a little nostalgic.

also—when luke first met laura, he was 31 and she was 17. yikes.

4- the 70s song-i’m not in love by the artist 10cc gives me such a homesick feeling.

5- do you remember picmonkey? back in the old days i used it to make all kinds of fun graphics for the blog. last week, when i shared my fart picture, it reminded me of those times.

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6- right now, the kohls juniors clothing section looks almost the same as it did when i worked there back in 1993.

7- what if our pets are mirrors rather than just companions? one evening i found myself thinking about biscuits. he reminds me of me—anxious, deeply attached, fiercely loyal, imperfect. and then there’s buddy, who feels like the calmer, more zen version of me. maybe our pets reflect the best and hardest parts of being human, and that’s why we hold them so close—they show us ourselves in ways we might not always see.

8- i love finding old pictures to show my children what life was like before smartphones…

that’s me and my brother at my uncle william’s house in 1990. i couldn’t bring myself to pose for a candid—i was completely absorbed in a where’s waldo book.

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65 thoughts on “things i want to remember – part 32”

  2. “Right now, the kohls juniors clothing section looks almost the same as it did when i worked there back in 1993.” Oh man! Last season at the farmer’s market, I noticed all teens dressing like I did in the 90s… it was such a trip!

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  3. I don’t wear slippers in summer but omg I should, the bottoms of my feet are GRUBBY by the end of the day! I have to wash my feet every night when I wash my face. *side eyes a certain giant dog who tracks in dirt* *also side eyes myself for living on a vineyard*

    I feel that sense of wonder whenever I look at my kids too!

    I think I told you that I have never watched GH but I “knew” about Luke and Laura, and just recently discovered they met because LUKE RAPED LAURA WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. But on a GH note, my husband and son watch Steven A Smith in some kind of football talk show, and they told me he has a recurring role as a hitman on GH. Then – not half an hour ago, I swear – my husband showed me clips of him on GH that were being shown on his football show. I found him weirdly sexy.

    I love that song by 10cc, but I love almost every song that came out in the 70s. IT IS MY DECADE.

    I used to use picmonkey when I worked at YMC, and since then I have done NOTHING to my photos because I don’t want to learn something new.

    I think our pets really are mirrors. Rex is particularly sensitive to my moods and my energy. Barkley was too but he was more of a “whole family” dog, and he just kind of went along with the feeling of the house, whereas Rex picks up MY emotions specifically.

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    1. That’s exactly why I started wearing them! My feet would get grubby, and when I went to put lotion on at night, I’d get totally icked out. And crumbs on my feet? Nope—sensory overload.

      Sometimes I can’t believe they’re grown humans now, and I’ll just stare at them in the least stalker-like way. It really is amazing.

      YES. YES. YES. (about the rape). I can’t believe that show is still running—63 seasons! That’s wild.

      I love 70s songs too! 💜🌈

      And same here—I don’t want to learn something new either. 🤣

      I love this. I never had a dog of my own growing up (the dogs were more my mom’s dogs), so these two are truly my first. Biscuits feels more like the family dog, but Buddy is completely mine. They both pick up on my emotions too. Soul dogs.

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  4. I STILL use picmonkey! But not that often since I only use the free version. I have a pair of house flip flops I try to use in the summer since I feel like slippers are too warm but I don’t really want to track dirt in from outside… of course everyone else does but whatever.

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    1. I love that you’re still using it! I don’t think I realized there was a free version—I might have to look into that.

      I have the same problem here—everyone else tracks in their dirty shoes, and I’m the only one who’s diligent. Which is probably why I started wearing slippers… 🤣

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  5. Robert! Oh, I liked him. I first remember watching GH with my great-grandma, back in the early 70’s. And it kept me company on many long summer days of my teenage years. Always did think the Luke and Laura story was gross, though, and did NOT understand why it was so popular. Don’t like to think too hard on that question or it leads to troubling conclusions. And I DO remember PicMonkey! That makes me feel almost as nostalgic as 70’s music and early 90’s fashions. I was a baby teacher in 1993, and it is so weird to think of all those middle schoolers I taught being middle aged. I so preferred how things were before smart phones. Feels like we’re all stuck in a Twilight Zone episode right now. 

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    1. I liked him too. I didn’t really know what to think back then since I was so young when it was airing. But 55-year-old me is like, wtf? I guess people didn’t see a problem with it at the time, which is both sad and strange.

      Baby teacher Rita! 💜

      It really does feels like we’re stuck in a Twilight Zone episode. Honestly, there are days I wish smartphones had never been invented—we weren’t meant to have this much information

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  7. I have some Easy Spirit Traveltime Clogs that I wear in the house. They’re kind of like slippers. I don’t love the feel of walking around barefoot – I tend to stub my toes! I must protect them!

    I never watched GH (I was a Santa Barbara girl) but I heard of Luke and Laura, and ewwww.

    I love how you were so absorbed with Where’s Waldo! At the time, I didn’t think about it, but now I realize that those were really works of art! I can’t imagine drawing them!

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    1. Ooh—house clogs! That’s a great idea. Stubbed toes are the worst—I’ve done that and even broken toenails before, and that’s definitely not fun.

      Santa Barbara! I remember that show! I never watched it, but I remember reading about it in People Magazine.

      They were! All those little details—I loved those books. 💜

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  8. My mon was a Guiding Light fan. No GH for me. We watched all the channel 2 (CBS?) soaps. What a time suck. I do remember hearing about Luke and Laura. I love the story of the new mom enjoying how her son is here and she’s experiencing things with him. Gosh, remember those days? When our kids were infants and they relied on us for everything? It was daunting and also amazing. *sigh* When I see one of my kids drive, I’m a little on edge, like ‘Wait, slow down . . . etc.” I wear slippers in the house all winter, and I noticed last year that it took a while for my feet to adjust to no slippers. They felt so naked and I had to convince myself that my feet weren’t cold, but they kinda were.

    (my last comment wouldn’t post here because I couldn’t sign into my wp account. I just figured it out tonight – the password link – because of course I couldn’t remember my password – went to spam. Why do I always forget that I have a spam folder? Duh)

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    1. I miss those days sometimes. And yes, feet do feel naked when I’m not wearing slippers! I usually don’t wear them in winter because I stick to socks around the house, but who knows—maybe I’ll start this year.

      That’s so weird! I honestly thought it was on my end because a few other people have said they’ve struggled to leave comments, which is frustrating. I’ve checked all my settings and nothing seems to be blocking it, so I have no idea why it isn’t working for them.

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  10. Kari, yes, I totally remember Picmonkey (when it was FREE) because I used it all the time. Thankfully, I found a different graphic-making website (Canva) that I LOVE! I use it not only to create graphics, but also to edit my photos.

    ” what if our pets are mirrors rather than just companions?”

    I truly believe that. I had a cat at one time (Jerry), who was so much like me. In fact, I always told people that he and I knew each other in a past life because we were like twin-souls. He lived until he was 20-years old. Still miss him.

    I’m someone who genuinely enjoys technology, however, I there is a big part of me that misses “life before smartphones”. In many ways, I feel that technology has distanced us, rather than connect us.

    Hope you’re having a fabulous start to a fabulous week, my friend! I’m so excited that AUTUMN is slowly moving in!

    X

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    1. I was just telling Ally that I left PicMonkey for Canva! I’ve even made Christmas cards and invitations on both.

      I love that about your cat Jerry. I believe it 100 percent—I call my puppers my “soul dogs”- It feels like I’ve known them much longer than just a few years.

      I agree with you on technology. I feel like we know more information than we really need to, and because of that, we end up more miserable than we should be.

      I’m having a pretty good week! It’s been in the 80s here, which isn’t my favorite, BUT it’s been sunny so I’ll take it. Autumn is slowly moving in—the leaves are beginning to change! Sending you hugs, xoxo

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  11. We are a “no shoes in the house” family so I have a pair of inside shoes. In our new house 95% is hard wood. Ditto. I wear them all the time for the same reason. Funny, a couple of weeks ago I tried to find old episodes of Guiding Light. That’s the soap I watched everyday after HS. I could only find a couple of rogue episodes. I would love to binge it from the beginning!

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    1. We are a no shoes family as well!

      Guiding Light! I never actually watched an episode, but I bet I’d remember the theme songs. Off to Google to see if there’s a soap opera theme song montage…

      I did!

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  13. Scorpio died? Oh that makes me feel sad. I watched GH back in the day. He + Anna were one hot couple. The whole Luke and Laura age gap seemed more soap opera *real* than real life *real* to me. I remember picmonkey but hadn’t thought of it in years. It was fun to use and seemed so hip to do so.

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    1. I forgot about Anna! I looked up Finola Hughes, and she shared some lovely photos of her and Tristan on her Instagram when they worked together on GH.

      I used to love making graphics on PicMonkey, but I think I drifted away once Canva came along—it was the new thing and free. 😊

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  15. It seems to me that the nineties are back in a big way as well. Just think, if I’d saved it all, I could be stylin’ again.

    I love the idea of pets being mirrors, at least with Suki. She’s a love. If Lizzie, my last cat was my mirror, look out world lol.

    I was a fan of the Tristan and Anna storyline. I’m sorry to hear he died. Many of the actors I admired when younger are my parents age: they all seem to be leaving us.

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    1. I think this all the time! Why the hell didn’t I save my shoe boots and long flower dresses? Dammit.

      OMG, I’m laughing so hard. I feel like most cats are the same way.

      I know — I was just saying in another comment how hard it is to see so many of our favorite actors and singers dying.

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  16. I was in college during the whole Luke and Laura Thing. So many people were late to class because of that storyline!

    That 10cc song makes me feel angsty and melancholy. I’m not sure why, but I definitely have some kind of memory ghost attached to it.

    Pets are very intuitive, I think, and even though I’m a cat person, I’m going to say that dogs are especially attuned to their owners’ moods and emotions. I’ve found that to be true in personal experience/observation. Perhaps it’s a little harder to tell with cats, who will willingly snuggle and cuddle in a warm lap anyway, regardless of your need of it.

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    1. I love that! 💜

      Memory ghost! It feels very angsty and melancholy. You scratched an itch in my brain with memory ghost…

      I’ve read studies about how dogs can sense stress through changes in our scent, which blows my mind. Cats are definitely trickier to read, but I do think they notice more than they let on. With them it feels less like active comfort and more like they’re just quietly keeping you company — which can be its own kind of healing. 💜

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  17. I love being barefoot! Can’t stand anything on my feet unless my feet are cold. Which means you’ll see me in my socks and slippers in the winter, but that’s the only time. ;-)Scorpio died?! I hadn’t heard that. I remember him from the GH days!Love the 10cc song, I’m not in Love. Picmonkey…oh yeah, I used to use it to make my blog headers a long time ago!Our pets definitely reflect us because they pick up on our energy. Our vet was a holistic vet and he was the one who told me about this. (We had been talking about anxiety in humans and pets.)xoxo

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    1. I used to be this way too! I’m not even sure when it changed for me.

      I know — he just died this summer.

      I love it too; it reminds me of my childhood.

      I made my blog headers on PicMonkey as well!

      Oh, I love that — they really do pick up on our energy. 💜

      xoxo

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  18. we have wood paneling in our den, where the tv is, and I love it. Tony goes let’s get rid of it, me: NO! I like it.
    ah, the world without smartphones was such a good place.
    that puppy’s face is so beautiful. Maybe pets in fact are mirrors…

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    1. I love that you love it! I didn’t always like it, but now it reminds me of my childhood, and I’ve come to love it too.

      It really was — I’m trying to step back from mine a little bit.

      I think they might be. 💜

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  19. I was brought up in the tropics so was generally barefoot or in flipflops. As a result, I have wide feet and a big gap beside my big toe! I still prefer being barefoot and only wear slippers or socks when the weather gets cooler.

    We didn’t get General Hospital here, but so many famous people I grew up with are dying. I guess it’s all part of understanding quite how old I actually am and getting used to it.

    If my old black cat was a reflection of me, I’d not be unhappy. He was a hugely people person, really affectionate, loved to snuggle, got himself into trouble often, hobbled in his later years a bit due to arthritis yet lived a long and happy life, finally dying in his sleep at a ripe old age.

    Your dogs sounds as lovely as you <3 <3

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    1. My mom has always loved being barefoot too. I used to as well — now it’s more of a sensory thing for me as I get older, which I find kind of funny.

      It’s hard seeing the actors and singers we grew up with pass away, isn’t it? Feels like a mirror being held up to us.

      Aww, your black cat sounded so lovely — just like you. What was his name?

      And thank you! They really are wonderful, and I’m so glad they’re in my life. 💜

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      1. My daughter named him Nugget (because he looked like a nugget of coal when he was a kitten). Technically, he was her kitten, but she grew up and left home while he stayed with me, so I claimed him :)

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  20. I LOVE that 10cc song—I howl away to it every time it comes on. (not literally howling, unless it’s midnight and a full moon)

    Girl, I hope my pets are not a reflection of me, and you’ll understand why when you read my next post.

    Luke and Laura. The age difference. The rape. The subsequent wedding. SO much that would send a person into a tailspin.

    If you see me barefoot, I’m in bed or the shower, and you prob shouldn’t be there. 🤣

    Is Picmonkey gone? I think I still have the app!

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    1. Me too, it’s one of my favorites.

      LOL- well, mine pooped in my car, so not sure what that says about me.

      YES. Gag.

      LMAO.

      I didn’t know there was an app! But I guess there’s an app for everything now.

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  21. I wanted to comment on Robert Scorpio dying and GH in general. I have watched this show since I was a little girl, with my babysitter. It was only on for 1/2 hour then and it came on right after Dark Shadows. I wasn’t allowed to watch that show but I knew when I heard its theme song indicating it was over, I could soon get up from my nap and watch General Hospital. Over the years, when I moved to Boston and then 9 years later to Seattle, Port Charles and the GH cast was my transitional family. It was comforting to have that familiarity in a new place. And some of the characters have been on for a long time! I know, the story of Luke and Laura is a traumatic one. I believe he raped her. And Herb Albert’s “Rise” song always reminds me of that time. They were the “it” couple for a long time. Luke eventually became mayor of Port Charles. He’s off the show now Laura is mayor. Anyway, I could go on and on but I’ll stop. I don’t watch it everyday but even if I miss it for months (when I’m in Italy) it’s fun to come back and turn it on and check in with my Port Charles people. It was sad to see that Scorpio died. Monica died earlier this year or maybe even last year. I don’t think they’ve acknowledged it on the show yet. Long live GH!

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    1. Laura is still on the show?? I didn’t know that! I love that you still check in — that makes me smile. I also didn’t realize Monica had died. That’s so sad… the report said blunt force trauma to the head, which is heartbreaking. 😔

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      5. I just saw GH episode from Thursday and it was Monica’s funeral. She’s been on the show since 1977 and some of the cast like Tracy Quartermaine and Laura have worked with her for a long time. I was thinking they probably didn’t need to act that much. They probably really are mourning her death. It was a touching tribute and I cried.

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  22. I had no idea what I’m not in love was and vaguely remembered 10CCs. Until I clicked the link. What a great song from the past. Yeah, I understand the homesick feeling. Totally does.

    Where’s Waldo fave me a chuckle!

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  23. I get nostalgic every single time someone from GH dies. I started watching it around the time of Luke and Laura’s wedding because my college boyfriend watched it. Isn’t that hilarious? I’d show up at his dorm at 3 pm if I wasn’t working it so we could watch it together. I picked up watching it again after I had my first child and I watched it until we got the internet and I found being online more interesting. My kids still talk about me watching ‘my show’ (I’d call it) and having a cup of General Foods International Coffee and a Pepperidge Farm cookie or two. Now that’s nostalgia!!!

    As fabulous as I’ve always thought ‘I’m Not in Love’ song is, I’ve not liked any other 10cc song I’ve heard on Sirius. But that song sure is a stand out.

    Kohl’s – ugh!!!! I refuse to shop there anymore. I’ve seen clothes that I bought in the early 2000’s still on their racks in 2020. Same color and everything! WTH?

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    1. OMG- that is hilarious! My next-door neighbor’s babysitter used to watch it that summer, so we would watch it there. I’m not sure my mom ever knew. 🤣

      International Coffee! Now that IS nostalgia!

      I didn’t know that made more songs! 🤣

      Kohls has always been pretty vanilla- the sales aren’t great, and the clothes are just meh.

      I’ve missed you! 💜

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      1. I’ve missed you, too! I had to discipline myself to get things done before getting back on blogger, but as you saw, I did allow myself to TikTok. I’m not that strong 🤣

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