Random thoughts
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50970)
Holiday, Florida
February 1, 2022 7:12am CST
So here I am awake far earlier then I want to be. I woke at 5 am after 4 hours sleep. I truly wanted more.
Was laying here wishing they'd turn up the heat. my phone says it's 45 degrees out and my room says it's 75 in here but it sure don't feel like it. Feels colder.
Anyway, my mind was just wandering as we do if just laying in the quiet and looking through the photos of my kids when they were little my mind went back to my third husband, the old guy. I say that because he was 20 yrs. older then me and used to have a crush on my mom when they were teenagers
which I didn't know about for yrs.
I didn't love him when we got together but he talked me into going with him and taking my 4 kids (at the time) to California. Being sick of freezing in Ohio snow at the time, he sold me on it 
From there went our adventure of traveling all over the USA, kids in tow, and working on farms.
This is a photo of my 2 youngest playing in the plum orchard as we picked plums. I guess you could say we were like gypsies for about 8 yrs. 
Ever just roam around the country like that? Are you cold this morning/evening too?
which I didn't know about for yrs.
I didn't love him when we got together but he talked me into going with him and taking my 4 kids (at the time) to California. Being sick of freezing in Ohio snow at the time, he sold me on it
From there went our adventure of traveling all over the USA, kids in tow, and working on farms.
This is a photo of my 2 youngest playing in the plum orchard as we picked plums. I guess you could say we were like gypsies for about 8 yrs.
Ever just roam around the country like that? Are you cold this morning/evening too?11 people like this
14 responses
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Feb 22
It was great fun mostly when we traveled but it was a lot of work and a bit of struggle. before I settled down for good with my last hubby. I was ready for staying home
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@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Feb 22
@bunnybon7 We didn't have kids and weren't trying to get work so really it was a totally different scenario.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
1 Feb 22
It's 60F here and getting warmer. I need to get up, eat something, change my bedding and start laundry. I just don't want to. There's also a discussion I want to start today, too... We'll see how everything goes.
Pretty and I used to go places when she was little just to ask why a town/city had a different (read "odd" there ) name. Sometimes there was a nice story waiting for us and sometimes all we got was people shrugging their shoulders. It was still fun just traveling all over the place.
There's also a discussion I want to start today, too... We'll see how everything goes.
Pretty and I used to go places when she was little just to ask why a town/city had a different (read "odd" there ) name. Sometimes there was a nice story waiting for us and sometimes all we got was people shrugging their shoulders. It was still fun just traveling all over the place.1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Feb 22
@DaddyEvil theres a tiny little whistle stop there called Nothing,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing,_Arizona
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Feb 22
It is and I would have to say out of all the places we went, AZ and KY had the most towns with funny and unusual names.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
1 Feb 22
@bunnybon7 The Missouri Bootheel has a ton of little townships and "cities" with really weird names, too. And yes, Arizona was one of the places we went to.
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
1 Feb 22
It's around 45 degrees here right now, I have my heater set on 70 but it feels colder then that to me. I think it's the units that we have here in the south, I don't think their meant for to low of a temp.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Feb 22
this old house we rent has a very old fashioned thermostat that is hard to adjust, so it just never seems to get set right.
@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
1 Feb 22
@bunnybon7 Part of my problem is, I live in an old double wide and it don't hold the heat very well. I had a new thermostat put in but that didn't make any difference, it still stays cilly in here. I would turn my heat up higher, but then my light bill would be so high I couldn't afford to pay it.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Feb 22
@sweetashoney Same situation here in this old house. Doesn't hold the heat nor air in the summer.
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
1 Feb 22
You had a very adventurous life Bonnie. I dont blame you, you did what was best at that time.
A nice photo and good memories.
I am sorry if you are cold there..I have nothing but space heaters here so I know what the cold does.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
5 Feb 22
@RebeccasFarm you sound like us. We would move else where but like a lot of others can't afford it.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Feb 22
I hope you was alright through the winter storm there. Space heaters don't usually make great heat. 
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
4 Feb 22
@bunnybon7 I am doing okay but I am so mad at the slumlords not fixing the heat
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
2 Feb 22
Cute picture. I didn't realize that you lived here in s**wy Ohio. What part of Ohio? I've never roamed around the country. It's around 40 degrees here now. Will rain, the temps will drop; and then we will be getting a major snow storm. Have a good day.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Feb 22
Born and raised there till I was about twelve, mom moved us all around but I came back for a few years with my aunt. Married there, had all my kids there, but ended up traveling around again with 3rd husband. etc. Lived different place in Ohio. Born in Portsmouth right across the bridge from KY where my dad was from. Then, lived in Mansfield a while Cleveland and Columbus We moved around a lot in Ohio too.
We moved around a lot in Ohio too.1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
5 Feb 22
@LindaOHio wonderful city. Loved it. Buses take you anywhere you wanted to go. and lots of them and always some place to go.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
4 Feb 22
@bunnybon7 I was born in Cleveland. Now we live about 40 miles from Cleveland.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
7 Feb 22
I miss it too. Yes being an only child myself, I loved the idea to have my kids sisters and brothers and the joy and sound of large family around me for each other
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
7 Feb 22
@Anqaya so true. Because of all my wonderful kids, I've had occasion to see both sides in my life. I still think we are happier with more family around and siblings.
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@Anqaya (3031)
• United States
7 Feb 22
@bunnybon7 I am also an only child. I also want siblings. A family with many bros and sis is a cheerful family. Meanwhile we face all the boredom.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Feb 22
I've even been to Canada once when I was little and my parents took me to your beautiful Niagara Falls.
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Feb 22
me too. I can barely make it out of my room these days.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Feb 22
@LadyDuck yes especially now. It's why I'm glad I already got it out of my system.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
1 Feb 22
@bunnybon7 - I am so well at home, it is no more a pleasure to travel. Crowded roads, problems at the airports.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Feb 22
At one time that sounded fun but not anymore
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Feb 22
It was at times. but a lot of work too and struggle. I tired of it and settled down with my 4 th hubby.
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@Marilynda1225 (91011)
• United States
1 Feb 22
That's really a cute picture. I love looking at old pictures and reminiscing about days gone by especially when my kids were little.
When I got up this morning it was only 12 degrees so yes it's cold here today.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Feb 22
yikes. what part of USA are you?
I am in Florida and it's been unusually here.
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Feb 22
they were photos I scanned when I had access to my scanner. and I have them kept on FB.
yes, long story, about his crush on my mom and not a pretty one either. Why I left that one
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Feb 22
@sol_cee some day. I could probably write a book. My life has been like a soap opera
@sol_cee (38669)
• Philippines
3 Feb 22
@bunnybon7 maybe a discussion about it? Loll
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@JESSY3236 (22199)
• United States
1 Feb 22
No I never roamed. But I had read a folklore about my last name involving Hungarian gypsies. This morning I wasn't cold, but last night I was a little cold.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Feb 22
yes I often think we must have come from gypsies myself.1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Feb 22
except that does me no good I still lay awake.
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