Good Morning Campers!
Seems a little clarification is needed. ;-)
A Florida room is a glass room usually on the back of the house in the style of a Conservatory..for the Brits..or a glassed in porch for the Americans..here in Florida we refer to it as the Florida room or Sun room...we pretty much live in ours...it has heat and air conditioner and overlooks the pool..it is where my Computer is so you know I am out there all the time..;-) See above pic....
As for the yellow page incident..a little more complicated...My Mum and me did not get along very well during my early teenage years..in fact we fought like cats and dogs..and when I say fought I mean she used to beat the living daylights out of me and I used to try and hide from her...I used to lock myself in the bathroom and cuss her out from the safety of the bathroom only to have her break the door in!! This particular day we were shouting at each other over who knows what and she was chasing me through the kitchen..I made it to the back door when she cracked me over the head with the phone book and knocked me out...I fell down the back steps and ended up on the concrete flooor of the back porch....I was only out for a few seconds I guess...but it scared her...and she was scared of awhat my dad was going to say...funny thing is I can't remember what happened after that..I had an egg size lump on the top of my head and a headache but what happened between her, me and my dad I have no idea....just another crazy day in my crazy house....these days things would have been different but in my neighbourhood this was the norm..we all fought with our mums..we all got the daylight beat out of us and no one said a thing....I will admit however this was a bit extreme.... ;-)
Have a good thursday..it has stopped raining here at last!!
L
39 comments:
omg Lyn...bless ya! Sorry to hear your childhood was like that..*BIG HUGS*...Just popping by to say thanks. Miss ya loads babes....still up for that coffee sometime? lol!
Love ya
xxxxx
do you get yellow pages in america? I love your florida room, it looks the same size as my whole flat! bummer. Have a great day! Beckie x
Yes we often got a thrashing ,but dont resent anyone ,it taught us right from wrong ,there are some kids today who would benefit from a good slap ,though as you say yours was a bit exteme ...love Jan xx
(((((((((((((HUGSTOYOU)))))))))))))))I am sorry you didnt get along with your Mum during your childhood.I think I got along with my Mom pretty good.We were close.It was my Dad who I wasnt close with.If I came home late,He would get mad.LOL.Love the Fl room.Have a nice day.
OMG, you had a concussion!
I know exactly what you're speaking of...not getting along with Mom. I could share some tales with you! LOL And you're right, back when you and I were growing up...if Child Protective Services existed, it was unknown to "us".
Thankfully, the town I grew up in had a very small phone book, Yellow Pages included, and Mom never thought to hit me with that. LOL
Hugs,
Cindy
That is sad that you had such a horrible time with your mum. On a happier note, I have wanted a sun room for years! I'll get one someday.
Traci
Holy Shit!
Been hit over the head with the yellow pages, beats the frying pan. At least you had the emergency numbers to hand lol.I wouldnt have dared answer my mother back like the kids do nowadays. Our hands are tied regarding punishments. Although i would never dream of hitting my son over the head with the yellow pages its too heavy for a start lol. Your florida room looks lovely. Its very bright and airy. I hope you are having a good week.
love and hugs
Katie
I always wanted a 3 season room just like that. Someday. I remember my mom ripping the door off the bathroom lock to spank me as a teen. I remember deserving it as I was a horrible teen. Now my brother knocked my out hitting me on the head with the phone but never a phone book, LOL. Love your room
Julie
sounds like my house growing up. the florida room is beautiful :) love vicky
wow....and I thought I had a rough time growing up LOL...but we were "yellers" in our family....not mucn hitting that I remember....but well when there are 14 plus around...guess ya gotta yell to be heard...LOL....and your Florida room is nice...real nice....hugs...Ora of KY
beautiful room. i would live in there also, lol. ((((hugs))))
Cindy
Oh, a sun room! I was picturing some wacky room with parrots and hammocks....heh heh. (No, I don't really think you would have a wacky parrot room.) Very pretty. I'd stay out there all the time, too. --Cin
Wow. I had no idea. Im kinda at a loss as to what to say about that... you seem so OK with it after all this time has passed... but, maybe you are choosing not to dwell??? I don't know. I am sorry that you had to experience something so painful. (In many ways!) Does your dad know now?
God Bless you-
Amanda
I call the room a sunroom and I love it. There is a house a couple of streets over that has one and I always say I want that house, but that's the only reason and the big front porch across the whole front of the house. I would live in that room too. Beautiful.
Take care, Chrissie
We had a sun room when I lived in California (it kinda just comes with the houses out there). So sorry to hear of what you had to endure as a child. You grew from that to be a wonderful and caring person, who has a great sense of humor and outlook on life. Hope your Today brings you many reasons to smile! Take care,
Katie
We have a room somewhat like yours, but we use it as a smoking room! LOL My mom once gave me a black eye.
kelli
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Love your Florida room ~ I knew what it was. LOL
well., my mom hit me in the head one time with a broom handle. LOL ~ I didn't pass out or anything. She didn't hit me that hard.
Have a great day,
Dondie
I lived in Fla. for 9 years, mostly around the Ocala, Bellview area. Spent some time in St. Petersburg, and Tampa. Spent an entire 4 months just traveling along the beachfront and working here and there, Loved it. So I was aware of what a Florida room was. I used to nickname them the Southern Comfort rooms. Simply because they reminded me of the old Southern Porches where people would hang out sitting with a cool glass of Tea or Lemonade.
As for the Phone Book Incident.......I don't believe in beating a child, but some days I wonder if our parents didn't know a thing or two. Especially when you see how rude and inconsiderate this latest generation has become. My mother used to always whack me upside the head with one of those old style marble handle brushes they had. Those things hurt like hell, she may as well took a hammer to my head. I remember one incident where she told my brother not to use the Lord's name in vain (She was extremely religious). She was 8 months pregnant and big as a house. My brother figured she couldn't chase him and shouted it as loud as he could. She threw a huge Spanish onion at him , hit him dead center in the forehead. He was out for about 10 minutes. Guarantee you he never said the Lord's name in vain again, at least not in her house. (Hugs) Indigo
Love your Florida room Lynne and the furniture it's super duper.I never hit my children on the head. I think because my Mother never hit me.She always said if you have to crack your children when you get any,do it on there legs it's stings the most,and can do little damage.She hated it when she saw kids getting hit on the head.But big softy me never liked smacking I had other ways of dealing with my Four terrible teans LOL!! It was very hard work too.They have all grown up to respect without being hit.I do agree many of todays kids need something like you got though Haaaaa.Sorry about that LOL!! I can just imagine the yellow pages going DONG!! So funny it tickles me.Have a great day.Take Care God Bless Kath
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I love your Florida Room. I'd live in it too, It's so nice to see out all around. My mom and I fought like cats and dogs too. Seems like ages ago for sure. Not one of the memories I choose to remember at all. 'OnYa' - ma
Wow... I thought my mom's house was crazy when my gran hurtled a knife at her! (missed, but she did throw it!) We in NJ know Florida rooms... I guess some midwesties didn't? LOL
be well,
Dawn
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Thanks for sharing! And, I didn't mean my comment to sound badly... we all have some wackiness!!! Right? lol
be well,
Dawn
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I understand, I had a Father like that. Not fun, was it? Anne
someday i will have an enclosed front porch....i LOVE your Florida room and would live in mine too. You have a gorgeous home all over.
Wow, sorry to hear about what went on with you and your mom. :(
Love ya
lisa
I want a Florida room too!
Gaz ;-)
You sound just like my friend. . often she tell me how her Mum hit her with the sweeping brush and shouted at her like a raging lunatic. . often just for looking insolent.We laugh hysterically over this. . .and now she is a Mum of nine lovely kids and understands even less why her Mum hit her so much.Still. . .she looks back with a lot of love about her even though there were a lot of bad times.
Wow...what a beautiful room...I would spend a lot of time there as well...June:)
They call them sun rooms or great rooms here in Savannah. Love yours!!
Hugs,
Gretchen
We had a bipolar woman in the neighborhood who used to hit her son(who was a nice kid, but just a little different)with a belt & just scream. After the first time I heard it myself, I approached her, & she said: You don't have kids; this is normal. Uhm, no, I don't have kids, but NO, that is not normal. So if all the neighbors were like that by you, they were all crazy.
:-0 ~Mary
LOL... today ... kids would sue. Thanks for the clarification....... love the room.. we call 'em florida rooms here and I'm in NY. Go figure. LOL
hugs
d
I've always wanted a Florida room. They're so beautiful! What a story about being knocked out.
Hugs,
D
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My mother and I didn't get along either. When I was small I got paddled hard and long, and for the life of me, I can't remember a single thing that provoked her to do that. I'm sure I was naughty though. When I became a teenager, she stopped and turned to more mind-game warfare. It took us most of my adult life to come to terms with my childhood and to move on and forgive.
Susie
You were lucky that it wasn't a lot worse. Did they nickname you egg head after that? LOL Have a good weekend!
Phil
Hey girl...I haven't been by for awhile. Your "Florida Room" is just gorgeous!! I've always wanted a room like that!
Sounds like an adventure growing up in your house, that's for sure. Glad you weren't hurt worse. Sheesh!
Pam
The Florida Room is great....... i want one hee hee....shame we wouldn't have the weather to go with it though
hugs Jayne
LOL that story... I think I read it before but came back again. Great entry! Darn, I can't see the Florida room picture. Please post it again. Do you have air conditioning in yours? Wow!!Hugs,
Lisa
After I clicked save on my comment I could see the picture.... it is beautiful!! I love the furniture and the view!!
Lisa
Hi! Just trying to catch up on my reading! Sorry I haven't stopped by in a while. My sister in St. Augustine practically lives in her Florida room. Yours is very attractive!
Lori
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