What Do You Treasure?
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What Do You Treasure?
this ain't no Miss America contest - significant others, children, family, opportunities, health - those are all gimmes. I hate to dust, really really hate to dust, would rather scrub the men's latrine at Alf's on a Sunday morning than dust, but I have a few little perfume bottles that I lovingly polish every now and then. They aren't antiques, they're just pretty. Also a complete collection of 101 Dalmations snowglobes that McDonald's sold one Christmas. If my house were on fire, I wouldn't run back in to save them, but I'd miss them if they were gone.
so, what do you treasure?
so, what do you treasure?
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Re: What Do You Treasure?
Good caveat!mood swung wrote: significant others, children, family, opportunities, health - those are all gimmes.
so, what do you treasure?
Among other things, I treasure the now-beat-to-shit black motorcycle boots I bought myself as a 30th bday present (a looong time ago).
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Oooh, I have a beat-up pair of shoes I treasure, too! A pair of Cole-Haan loafers that I bought probably 20 years ago when $150 was an insane amount of money for me to spend on a pair of shoes. They are fit only for gardening, now.
My grandmother's cedar chest. I would go into a burning house to get it.
A Santa Claus made of ribbon and beads that decorated a gift my aunt gave to me on my first Christmas. I hang it on my Christmas tree every year, and I cry every time I look at it.
All my kids' baby stuff that everyone saves. Locks of hair, tiny bonnets, ID bracelets, that kind of stuff.
My KitchenAid stand mixer.
Peace and Quiet.
My grandmother's cedar chest. I would go into a burning house to get it.
A Santa Claus made of ribbon and beads that decorated a gift my aunt gave to me on my first Christmas. I hang it on my Christmas tree every year, and I cry every time I look at it.
All my kids' baby stuff that everyone saves. Locks of hair, tiny bonnets, ID bracelets, that kind of stuff.
My KitchenAid stand mixer.
Peace and Quiet.
It's a radiation vibe I'm groovin' on
My lovely friends, most especially Miss SMM and my bff in New York.
Also: old family photos of my grandparents, random rocks from all over and specifically a piece of tile I found on the beach in Capri. And, lastly, music which saves my life almost daily.
Also: old family photos of my grandparents, random rocks from all over and specifically a piece of tile I found on the beach in Capri. And, lastly, music which saves my life almost daily.
And I was happy to be alive, in a magic world.
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As long as we are talking about objects and not people....
My grandmother clock
My old tatty toy bunny I got when I was one year old
My late grandmothers earrings which I always wear
My box of hundreds of buttons from my late aunt - it is full of wonderful memories
My late grandfathers watch which was never off his wrist
My childrens various works of art etc from schooldays
Hundreds of old photos
None of the above are worth anything in money value apart from the clock but they are precious things which could never be replaced.
My grandmother clock
My old tatty toy bunny I got when I was one year old
My late grandmothers earrings which I always wear
My box of hundreds of buttons from my late aunt - it is full of wonderful memories
My late grandfathers watch which was never off his wrist
My childrens various works of art etc from schooldays
Hundreds of old photos
None of the above are worth anything in money value apart from the clock but they are precious things which could never be replaced.
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My baseball card collection - lots of valuable stuff in there, including a near-complete set of 1952 Bowman cards (not including Mickey Mantle - that's about a thousand dollars - but it does have Willie Mays, Yogi Berra and a bunch of other greats). The cards are paintings derived from photos, and there's something strangely compelling about them that is completely missing in the over-stylized 3D Super Action sets produced today. These are little miniature works of art, and if I ever win the lottery I'm buying that Mantle card!
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My wedding ring
Photos of my 12 years of marriage and all the things we've done
My six-string acoustic (1st anniversary present, and main guitar I play at home--probably the one I would try to save first in case of a fire).
Autographed Cal Ripken, Jr. 1983 (World Series winning season) card.
Criterion Collection Brazil
Beatles LPs
Photos of my 12 years of marriage and all the things we've done
My six-string acoustic (1st anniversary present, and main guitar I play at home--probably the one I would try to save first in case of a fire).
Autographed Cal Ripken, Jr. 1983 (World Series winning season) card.
Criterion Collection Brazil
Beatles LPs
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
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-My University ring, my 'X-Ring' - it's a big thing at the school I graduated from (and am now attending again)...everybody here gets one and attends a special ceremony in December of your senior year to get it (most grads consider 'X-Ring night' a bigger thing than graduation). My brothers, sister and many relatives all went to this school and we all have 'em...they are known (somewhat) across Canada, people think we're all in a cult of some sort...!
-a silver chain with a whale tail pendant that my brother gave to me as a Christmas present, I wear it all the time and it's kind of my good-luck charm..and when I lived out West it was a comforting reminder of the East coast!
-my guitar. I'm NOT the greatest player in the world (and I don't play it as often as I should), but it was a gift from my Dad (and he's where I get my love of music from!)
-My music collection, since it's provided me with endless hours of joy!
-a silver chain with a whale tail pendant that my brother gave to me as a Christmas present, I wear it all the time and it's kind of my good-luck charm..and when I lived out West it was a comforting reminder of the East coast!
-my guitar. I'm NOT the greatest player in the world (and I don't play it as often as I should), but it was a gift from my Dad (and he's where I get my love of music from!)
-My music collection, since it's provided me with endless hours of joy!
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Cute romantic notes from Blue.
Memories of Europe.
My stuffed animal koala ("Chip") I've had since birth. I re-found it in a massive attic-clean out a few years back.
A very, very worn out shirt that was once my dad's from Australia. It now only says Aust ia...but I still love it.
Family photos.
The boss being out of town for the second week in a row.
Memories of Europe.
My stuffed animal koala ("Chip") I've had since birth. I re-found it in a massive attic-clean out a few years back.
A very, very worn out shirt that was once my dad's from Australia. It now only says Aust ia...but I still love it.
Family photos.
The boss being out of town for the second week in a row.
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ET, no I don't flyfish (but thanks for the chuckle I got from imagining myself trying to do so!) and it's a stolen picture, BUT I have fished a spot that looks a lot like that one with my dad a long time ago. I think I mostly complained about the cold, and he caught some trout! We once lived in Van Buren, and I spent every available minute on that water, fishing, swimming or just floating. Beautiful beautiful place - you are lucky to be near it!
Like me, the "g" is silent.
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The stuffed Woodstock that Doc gave me in college when we first met - that I still have
That I got a second chance to find real love in this life
The memory of my brother when I hug my nephew
When my daughter's friends tell me they would rather be at our house than their own homes
My wooded and rocky mountain yard and all it's natural beauty
When I volunteer at the boys' school and they're not too embarassed to wave at me or hug me in front of their friends
That Doc and I were able to drag all four kids to Munich (and make it back home with no major disasters!), and especially pics of the kids in the English Gardens
Oh yeah, and KOA
That I got a second chance to find real love in this life
The memory of my brother when I hug my nephew
When my daughter's friends tell me they would rather be at our house than their own homes
My wooded and rocky mountain yard and all it's natural beauty
When I volunteer at the boys' school and they're not too embarassed to wave at me or hug me in front of their friends
That Doc and I were able to drag all four kids to Munich (and make it back home with no major disasters!), and especially pics of the kids in the English Gardens
Oh yeah, and KOA
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Very well then.
Oh, Verbal, I think about you night and day. You rock my world. The only reason I didn't already post these special feelings is because I thought it was just between you and I, but apparently you are ready to share this with the rest of the board. I treasure you ever so much - you are what keeps my heart beating.
There, is that what you were looking for?
Oh, Verbal, I think about you night and day. You rock my world. The only reason I didn't already post these special feelings is because I thought it was just between you and I, but apparently you are ready to share this with the rest of the board. I treasure you ever so much - you are what keeps my heart beating.
There, is that what you were looking for?
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