Another day for a Yellow Pic Post. I’m using the wild card category and took a pic of my fish lure (is that how u spell it the way i’m using it? lol no idea, I haven’t done this in a while). So today we finally decided to use our new fishing poles that we got a few months ago… HAHA. there’s just a little lake behind our apt which we got the fishing poles for but just never got down there! I guess the fresh air for the past two days and being outside just made us want to stay out and not get couped up inside at all. So we went fishing when we got back from Orlando. Didn’t catch anything, but had fun trying to get the hang of the whole fishing thing again. I used to fish all the time when I was younger. My grandparents lived on a lake, so we had plenty of opportunity for that. I really wish they didnt sell that cottage or my family had more money because we wanted to buy it. Actually us kids wanted to buy it the most but I was only in 6th grade when they sold it so obviously we were too young for that haha. It was the best place for all of the family to go to and get together and we knew without that cottage we would never see each other… and thats what happened! very sad… but lets not get this story going on the sad route… because fishing was a happy time, happy story hahaha… so anyway heres the picture! I kind of like the reflection of the sky/clouds and trees in the water…

“You will look back on the times you laughed and you will cry. You will look back on the times you cried, and you will laugh. You will always remember close friends, and you will always keep memories of them in your heart.” ~unknown

 

Have you ever wished you go back in time? Not to change it but to relive it or watch a certain moment? A memory that plays in your head once in awhile and you wonder if you are remembering it right or if nostalgia has taken over making it seem better than it was.

So there are 2 rules:

1. You aren’t allowed to change the past (as MA said today “you don’t want to come back missing a toe or something because you changed something you shouldn’t have)
2. You can either view it like a movie or actually relive it but you won’t be able to make any different choices (think of now when you have a voice in your head telling you maybe you shouldn’t do that or turn down a different road but you ignore it, that’s what your past body will be doing with your present brain…get it?)

You have to list

• your age
• the year
• location
• why you are going back to this

birth- approx. 6th grade, 1982-1994, Grandparents Cottage:

These are my most vivid young memories. My grandparents lived on a lake called Crooked Lake in the city-or town not sure- of Lake, MI. One set of cousins were the same exact ages as me and my brother and sister (and opposite genders of the same age). The girl was always the one to be born first: My sis Erin born in Aug 79 cousin Joseph Dec 79, I was born March 4th 82 and cousin Michael born March 14th 82, cousin Mary born Oct 85 and brother Michael born Nov 85. We had the best times together playing anything from detective/mystery make believe to “Seaweed Cafe” in the lake making meals out of seaweed, sand and shells. We even made up a game called Super Pickle. We pretended to be drowning and someone was a lifeguard and jumped in to save us, but the parents got so mad we would yell help and they would all come running, so we were not allowed to play that game anymore. So we got around the parents rules and made up “super pickle” and yelled “Pickle, Pickle” instead of “help, help” :) LOL.

Age 17, 1999, Spain

My first out of the country trip, besides Canada- but that doesn’t count when you live in Michigan, almost everyone goes to Canada. Experiencing a different culture is far greater than words. I just wish I was able to speak the language better. I knew the vocab but making conversation was not something that was really taught to us. I have more visual memories than pictures actually. This was before digital, and at a stage where pictures of people were more interesting than scenery or architecture.

Age 18, Summer of 2000, Oscoda MI Old Orchard Campground.

By far the best collective period of time I have ever had. If you say go back to one period of time to start living over, that summer would be it. It was the most carefree time I have ever had. Polynesian Princess put it best: “We had all the freedom of an adult and the responsibilities of a high school student. It was a perfect time.”

Age 24, 2007, Clearwater FL- Wedding Day

This was the best day. It is always nice for a day to be all about you lol. I am not the type of person that likes people to dote on her and give her all the attention, but it is nice once in a while! And of course to marry my hubby finally after being together for 6 years! It was about time to prove our love and commitment. We shared a glorious, beautiful day with close family and friends. It was January in Florida but it was 80 degrees that day. it was not too hot, it was very warm espeically for the few guys that wore suits, but it didnt feel overly hot or humid. It was on the beach, so we got the best pictures near the ocean, it was beautiful. My wrap/shawl matched the color of the ocean, it was a seagreen/light blue (the color changed in different lighting and was actually almost a catastrophy when I realized this after I bought it!) It is funny that nothing went exactly right, but I got really good advice from different people so I was in the mindset not to dwell on it, but just to enjoy the day, and it really worked. It was a very surreal day and I would love to go back just to try to pay attention to more details that I missed in the excitment of the day.

I’ll add more later if I can think of any other, but I have to get back to work! haha Your Turn!!