Lori's sounds

This was a hard one for me, but I came up with a couple.  The first sound is the sound of a child jumping in a crib.  That squeak reminds me of the twins in their back bedroom in West Jordan jumping and yelling "We-lo, we-lo, we-lo!" to get my attention that they were finished napping.  They almost never called unless they were jumping while holding on to the side rail.  The second is when someone is snoring loudly.  It reminds me of trying to go to the bathroom at night and hearing dad snore.  When I was very young it terrified me that I had awakened him and he was telling me "Shhhh".  I remember more than once running back to my bed and just trying to hold it 'til morning.  That wasn't very successful in my early years!  ha ha ha ha ha

Lori

Dads sounds

The sounds I remember from my youth center around the locations where I spent my very young years.  While we lived in Pocatello with my Uncle Casey and Aunt Rita (my dad was in Germany in the army) I remember the train whistles all night long.  Pocatello at that time was a big railroad center – much bigger than it is today.  Even today train whistles have a bit of a lonely sound to me, while at the same time bringing a sense of fondness for a very close family connection at that time.

 

From Victor, the home of my paternal grandparents, I remember the incessant and very pleasant burble of the ditch that ran across the front of their property.  That ditch is now gone, and it makes me sad to realize that so many things are so transitory.  But, Victor is still the most prominent “home” in my youthful mind, even though I never lived there for very long.

 

Dad

Amy's sounds

My favorite sound from childhood will always be the sound of the train outside the pink bedroom at Grandma Lauritzen's house. To this day everytime I hear a train whistle it takes me back to waking up to that train. And Grandms'a laugh. Will never forget that

Heidi's sounds

The summer sound Holly neglected to mention was the hum of the box fans Dad installed in our windows. The day he installed those was as exciting as Christmas to me. It meant summer and no more school! Of course, we all think of the grandfather clock and cuckoo clock as sounds not only of childhood, but of home. My favorite childhood sound, though, had to be the trio of snoring I heard in the neighboring bedroom--Mom, Dad, and B.J. all snoring together. I miss that dog. She was beautiful.

-Heidi

More Sounds Please.

If you haven't seen it go down a ways on the blog.  What sounds do you remember from your childhood.  Thanks to Holly and Theresa for answering.

Mom and Grandma's sounds.

I'm having a hard time thinking of any.  My Mom always had the classical station on so that was one sound. I guess it's just been too long ago.  I can't think of any other.  Maybe the Christmas bells my Dad shook outside every year.

Teresa's Sounds

Two sounds that always make me think of my childhood... Well I guess airplanes would also be one of mine. Living on or near an air force base for most of my life has made it a norm. That was the first thing I noticed was missing when I moved to Hot Springs. It's so quiet here. I don't think it's the flying sound though. It's more the sound of the planes cycling up on the flightline. The second sound would most definitely be the 5 o'clock loudspeakers on base. I instantly think "get out of the pool, find the flag, stand still". It's pretty funny. Neither of these sounds are existent in my life now, so they are specifically reserved for my childhood :)

Lori's other new endeavor

Hey everyone!  I've started doing something I thought I would never do...started buying products from a multi-level marketing company, but wait - 

it's something in which some of you might be interested.

It's a company called Melaleuca.  Started by a Mormon in Idaho and they have products that contain tea tree oil.  The cleaners, soaps, lotions, toothpaste, mouthwash - just about everything - contains tea tree oil.  All of them are "green" products, safe to use in food prep areas, safe for pets and children, etc. 

I was a little leary of it all, so I waited to tell anyone about it until I tried the products and I'm sold.  Really good, concentrated products that smell great, work great, and being a part of it can pay you back for the products you'd buy in the store anyway.  Of course, there's a catch; you've got to tell other people about it and hope some of them sign up for it under your name, but then you get money back if they do.

It's not a pyramid scheme because there's a limit of 7 "generations" for the kick-back.

I'm a terrible salesperson, but look at the products on the site and read a little about the company and if you're interested in hearing more about it let me know and I'll hook you up with a gentleman and his wife who have been doing this for 14 years - they can answer any questions you might have.

Here's the site:

http://www.melaleuca.com/

Happy shopping!

Lori

Mom asked me to send pictures of some of what I've been making.  It's not fancy or expensive...just costume jewelry but we're hoping it will bring in a little extra money.  Got some design ideas?  Lay 'em on me!

Lori

set

bracelet

earrings

Holly's sounds and Christopher

There are two sounds from my childhood that bring me right back to my childhood when I hear them today.  The first is the sound of airplanes flying overhead.  We used to sleep with our window open during the summer since there was no other way to cool the house back then, and we would wake up to a nice breeze coming in the window and the sound of the airplanes at the Air Force Academy.  There are still times when I hear an airplane and I suddenly feel like I'm a kid again, ready to get up and go outside to play.  The other sound is the call of the meadowlark.  I didn't know that I missed that sound until I moved to an apartment in West Jordan that was right at the edge of a huge meadow, and there were always lots of meadowlarks singing.  It made me homesick for Colorado!  Before the houses were built behind our house on Rusty Hinge, we had tons of meadowlarks, and we would hear them all the way to school on our walk through the field.  Still one of the prettiest bird calls I know of!
For those of you who don't keep up on Facebook, which is where I frequently post my updates because it's fast and easy for me and I can instantly reach 400 people, Christopher is in the hospital again.  I took him to the ER on Wednesday night because he just wasn't eating enough for me.  I thought they were going to teach me how to place an NG tube and send us home, but the cardiologist wanted to look him over and make sure the feeding issue wasn't masking something more serious.  His heart tests were all fine, so they have been working for the past couple of days on making sure he gets enough calories per day to grow enough.  His weight was up yesterday, but down today because he threw up one of his feedings yesterday.  Today they have stopped bottle feeding him and are just continuously pumping food in through the NG tube with the thought that maybe he throws up because he's getting too much food in his stomach at once.  Well, eh threw up again just after Matt and I left this afternoon, so that idea is out the window.  We will have to wait until the doctors discuss his case to see what their next idea is.  This has been somewhat good timing, because as soon as I got him to the ER on Wednesday I felt a sore throat coming on, and by Thursday morning I was downright sick.  It's good for him to not be here and be constantly exposed to my germs.  It would be really bad if he were to get sick right now.  He did get his RSV vaccine yesterday, so that makes me feel better.  They will keep him for at least a few more days to get this figured out, and he should be home again soon.
Thanks for the question, Mom!  Let's get everyone blogging again! 

More Blogs Please

I guess we need a question again.  Everyone just quit writing.  I am grateful for my ears to hear with. Describe a "sound" from your childhood.  What was it? When did you hear it?  What does it bring to mind?
 If you have forgotton how to respond just comment or send a blog :   lauritzenfamilyblog@blogspot.com

Happy Birthday to Matt Emerson tomorrow.  Hope you have a very nice day. We love you.