September's 10 on the 10th!

 Monday's September 10th and it will be time to link up with Marsha for her 10 on the 10th but since we have the Not Just a Mom link up that day I figured I'd post my answers and questions a bit earlier.  Marsha always makes me think long and hard about these!! 

1. My favorite 9 letter word is diagnosis-- I can't get into much detail (since it's not me) but we have a family member undergoing lots of testing for some medical issues and I just know that we are all just praying for a diagnosis. Somehow just the knowing what you are dealing with is much less scary than lots of professionals making their best guess and offering to try different treatments that might or might not work. 

2. I had to Google songs with September in the title and out of all the hits I got I only recognized one or two of them so I guess I'd have to say my favorite is September by Earth, Wind, & Fire since it's the only one I really know.

3. In our area the most famous celebration that takes place in September is the Woodstock Fair and its motto is "Always Labor Day weekend."  I have great memories of going to this agricultural fair each fall growing up and in upper middle school and high school I'm pretty sure I ended up at the fair all 3 days.  I used to enter all sorts of crafts projects and won several ribbons throughout the years. We've only gone a couple of times with the boys as it has gotten more and more expensive each year and it's always so crowded that I don't really enjoy it much anymore. 

our last trip in 2021

4. My favorite pirate for talk like a pirate day would have to be Captain Jack Sparrow from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean since I love all things Disney. 

5. A pet peeve for fall/ September would be all the road work.  Now we tend to have road work all 3 seasons that aren't winter but I swear every town ups their game once fall hits knowing that they need to finish before the ice and snow arrive and it starts to feel like every single road is being worked on. 

6. Well, I didn't come up with this stupid question my boys love to remind my baker that years and years ago when he was first learning to help out in the kitchen and make his own breakfast he asked "so, do you bake toast or do you toast toast?" since our toaster has multiple settings.  They have never let him live it down that obviously you TOAST toast. 

7. That's easy! My youngest son was born in September and that is definitely one of my favorite September memories.  I can't believe he's going to be 16 this month and driving soon...

8. I also had to Google famous celebrity birthdays in September and found quite a few of my favorite actors and actresses were born in September but if I had to pick one I'd probably say Adam Sandler. He's funny and I know that when my brother in law met him (playing basketball at Mohegan Sun casino) said he was just like like was in the movies-- kind, casual, and totally personable. 

9. I have so many wonderful memories with my grandparents! They used to take my sister and I on lots and lots of road trips and vacations. I know it asked for one favorite but I'm going to give a couple.

My grandparents owned Airstream trailers my whole life and were part of a club that often had rallies where we would go and stay with lots of other Airstream families.  One year it was in Ohio and we got to tour the factory.  My grandparents took us to Longwood gardens (according to the back of the photos these two things happened the same month and year so I can only assume we made a day trip on the way in or out of the rally). 

My sister and I had these carriers for our dolls and carried them around with us the WHOLE day! I remember it being quite hot and not liking the plants and flowers nearly as much as the fountains.

We went swimming many afternoons; my sister and I perfected our back flips (that's her jumping backward but I'm already in the water). 

We met and made friends

Apparently my new friend and I won the 3 legged race.

We went to another huge rally with them in Lake Placid the year the town was hosting the Olympics and we got to watch the ski jumpers practicing and the figure skaters at night in the giant arena.  I bought a figure skating outfit for my cabbage patch kid and my grandmother, sister, and I displayed some of our paintings during an arts and crafts fair and one lady wanted to buy mine! 

The rallies were HUGE and my grandmother bought a panoramic shot of the whole field with all the Airstreams lined up; they marked the location of their trailer on that photo but I only have this copy. I couldn't for the life of me tell you where we stayed!

I don't remember this parade but I'm the one holding the white flag. 

This arena was used for everything-- we had all sorts of entertainment, opening ceremonies, and even a beauty pageant. 

10. My favorite 9 piece "thing" would  have to be our table and chair set we found many, many years ago for our patio (in fact, I know those are not the original chairs anymore!)  But I loved that it was a square and not a rectangle so when we have family or company over it's easy to all sit and talk and not have to lean over one another; plus it fits perfectly on our patio where an oblong or rectangle table would not have fit so well. 

  

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