I wanted to let my Below Deck Sailing Yacht readers know that I am going to recap it tomorrow or late tonight due to scheduling issues. I also keep meaning to get something up for the new season of Before the 90 days. So that is my main reason for this post.
But, it is Dr. Seuss Day today. And that was my favorite teaching day of the year when I taught second grade. I think a lot of you have a favorite Dr Seuss quote if you want to share in comments. The quote in the photo above is very relevant to out times. So please vote!
When I taught older kids, I gave them a copy of Oh! The Places You’ll Go! for graduation gifts. It’s literally a guide to life for everyone.
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
That quote is sort of my life’s motto. I’m looking forward to steering in new directions in a few years. Share your favorite Seuss quotes in comments! You are never too old for Dr. Seuss! And you can go off topic in comments if you’d like. For example, I ALMOST bought a tomato plant today. They’re here!
Every hall in my son’s was decorated to look like the background of a Dr. Suess book. I can’t believe the amount of time and work all the staff put in to make the school look so amazing. And it is a public school! I wish I could share pictures because it would make you so happy.
Also, the first book I ever read was Green Eggs and Ham. I was a very picky eater as a kid in the 80’s, but I always eggs and ham.
That was my first ever book I read also! ❤
Oh the places you’ll go, making parents cry for decades.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant
An elephant’s faithful 100 percent
I can also recite the first few pages of the Cat in the Hat at any time from memory. Some kids today have never heard of it! So sad…..
I love “Horton hears a Who!”
Poodles eating noodles.
We adopted a former puppy mill breeder Kizmet.
Every time we have noodles and I give her one, I chortle with joy.
We are here! We are here! We are here!!!
I was just going to say that!
Stars on Thars…love Sneetches, I loved the pictures in this story as a kid.
Plus, meant to add, so excited about the post, lol, story rings so true for our Bravolebrities…
One of my favorite Halloween costumes ever was Cat In the Hat. I was 42. I spoke in rhyme all day. I won some prizes. Gave three guys (that I know of) a boner. It was a blast.
Omg I’m dying laughing at this 😂
Giggle
TT implied open forum?
My favorite Halloween was in San Francisco in ’86. I was a pregnant smoking nun. Damn I had so much fun that night! I love San Francisco sooo much. I know it’s changed over the years but I still love her beyond reason and everyone who knows me has strict instructions to make sure I’m in her Bay forever when I’m ashes.
Okay, full disclosure, I once dressed up on Halloween as Pandora’s “BOX” (completely anatomically correct and hand sewn) for a Halloween party for the hospital. Clearly that was many years ago. I can’t imagine doing that today!
To be clear, it was an actual decorated box that opened up and the goods were inside. And my date was a gyno.
I Luv it! Do u have pictures? (I’d love to see them!) Sounds so complicated!
I’m sure I do somewhere but I don’t have the costume anymore. I also dressed up as a pregnant nun once so we clearly have a lot in common lol!
Was it A Pocket Full of Boners, Nanette? Lol couldn’t resist!
So I already posted my tied favorite on the other thread (it’s tied with the one you chose, TT) So, I guess I’ll go with “Be who you are and say what you feel, Because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” There are really no favorites because they all are awesome and still relevant. I always enjoyed reading Wacky Wednesday to my kids and I also give Oh The Places You’ll Go as graduation gifts! 🙂
That is my favorite quote, too, IJC! Loved all of the Dr. Seuss books back in the day. Hop on Pop and Cat in the Hat were my 2 favorites.
Like I said, it’s really hard to pick a favorite since they’re all so good!
But I love Cat and the Hat and Hop on Pop! 🙂
*in the ^^
Autocorrect should know better!
Agree!
You all are giving me life. I always wanted to know what a credenza was.
you look on any tag sale ad and you will see a credenza every time.
I taught myself to read with Green Eggs and Ham, I am. The Lorax is my favorite though, growing up in a logging town it was banned, so my hippie mom got it for me on principal. And I also Give Oh the Places You Will Go as graduation gifts.
This makes me smile. Dr. Seuss’ famous quote was read when my first graduated. I’m curious to see some 14 years later if there’s still the love.
Btw, I have crazy personal HS graduation stories, hor mess in the midwest. 🙄
*hot mess, oh my, talk about a typo!
I like hor mess better! Haha
Dr. Seuss, Mr. Rogers, and Mercer Mayer STILL get me through a lot of rough days…
If you never have, you should, These things are fun, and fun is good…. It’s fun to have fun, but you’ve got to know how.
Dr S quote I used for yearbook.
Now that is how we all should approach life. Universal tag line. What book is that from?
Cat in the hat.
Crazy good.
“i meant what i said and said what i meant” – for all the snowflakes out there who think only their opinions matter and unless you agree, then you are wrong and is attacked for having your own mind.
on another note: we got out of italy right in time! it was bittersweet because it was fairly easy to sightsee and eat at places that are otherwise very hard to dine at without months ahead reservations but obviously sad because everyone is scared to travel – which is awful.
let us all vote and let us all pray that our future changes for the better soon!
stay safe everyone.
btw, thanks for posting Dr. Seuss i have learned a lot from him!
Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.
Not really a Dr. Suess quote but last year after a 15 year addiction my son welcomed a new baby girl. She was about a week old and he was reading her a couple dr. Suess books…he comes downstairs and goes Hey Mom Dr Suess was an addict, there is no way he wasn’t, dude is tripping and making millions and started busting out laughing. I always loved One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
I share my March 2nd birthday with Dr. Seuss. Growing up I thought that was the coolest thing.
One of my favorite quotes: Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Love this one! I put it as my favorite too on the previous thread! 🙂
Oh, and Happy Belated Birthday! 🎈
Thank you IJC! 😀
I like that quote too, Kiki! And Happy Birthday!
Thank you so much Tamara! Long time fan of yours and this site. Just getting comfortable to join in and comment. And it’s been great!
We are mostly nice normal people … until we are not. 🙂 A lot of us are doing what we call The Lentil Season where we abstain from certain vices for 46 days or more. So a lot of us are cranky. And by a lot of us, I mean me. It’s not too late to join us if you haven’t already then you can be bitchy too! Click the link to check out our suffering.
Beat me to it! My dad used to read me “Oh, the Place You’ll Go!” as a kid, and I got a copy when I graduated high school as well. My daughter’s school did a whole Dr. Seuss week (first grade)
“I’m afraid that some times, you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win, cause you’ll play against you. All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone will be something you’ll be quite a lot.”
It’s a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you’re lucky you’re not.
The person who you think is going to make a difference is not the person I think will. My opinion is not favored around here, but that’s okay. Trump and Biden will both get down and dirty, two of a kind and those debates will go down in shameful history. And please don’t come for me. My mind has been made up for years and I’ve already voted.
I’m not coming for anyone who votes. But Biden and Trump could not be more opposite. We just don’t need to go from megalomaniac to socialism. We’ve had enough uproar for a while. I could survive Warren but Bernie will be a disaster. That said, if Bernie wins the nomination, I will vote for him. I won’t like it. But I’ll do it just like I held my nose and voted for Hillary. Whoever you support is better than Trump. We just all have to support whoever wins. Trump is not an option.
Agree, but Biden is a loose cannon. Beside him and Trump I’ve never seen anyone flat out attack potential voters. And I hope he doesn’t bring back Obama care because that was a disaster. “Free” healthcare with higher tax rates is still cheaper than paying $500-$2000 a month depending on age, with outrageous deductibles and oop maximums.
I hate Obama Care too. I can’t afford it and I think I FINALLY can stop paying the Poor Penalty this year. Still won’t have healthcare but I will won’t have to pay for not having it.
I think you will end up being very shocked at how much taxes will go up under Bernie. Prepare for your taxes to double or triple in exchange for all the free things. I will not be able to afford to live her.
I’ve never seen Biden attack anyone. The Bernie Bros on Twitter are just horrible thought. Same for the Russian Bernie Bots. But I feel like Bernie will not get us all killed as I prepare to seek better options for me.
Believe me, I have issues with Biden as well. He has a whole lot of senior moments. I hope if he is elected he has a really good VP. I wish it could be Pete (my first choice) but I think he will choose a female just to choose a female and not because she is read to assume the presidency.
Look at us talking about politics with neither of us having an aneurysm! lol.
I live in Minnesota..my taxes are already sky high. I’d much rather have them go toward healthcare and college for everyone than bike lanes and whatever else they mismanage here.
The Bernie Bros and Bots are not Bernie. He didn’t call anyone old or fat in person because they challenged him. He did campaign for Hillary, though, I went and saw him when he came here and I’m sure he will do the same for Biden. He pleaded with people to not vote for Trump when I went to his rally.
It’s a pleasure to see people talking like adults and not getting all mouth frothy. Biden’s senior moments have me worried too.California just had their primaries and it’s Biden. He’s actually one of the most likely to get Trump out of the office. Did like Buttigieg but that isn’t going to happen.
What VP would you like for Biden?
Ok y’all, I have a question! So, one of my kids is still on my phone plan. All kids have registered to vote in their respective states. The one who is on my phone plan WAS registered in Oklahoma but has since moved and registered in DC. NONE are Bernie fans because, smart. Anyway, I’ve started getting texts from Oklahoma numbers and other unknown area codes which I thought were like robo-calls addressing me by kids’ names and pushing the Bernie movement. Mind you, not all are even on my plan. I’m not on any social media. I started replying with funny bitchy replies thinking that the replies were going into the abyss bc I figured they were robo-texts. I got replies from humans! Lol! But my question is this happening to anyone else? Is this legal? How are they getting MY number and addressing to my adult children’s names? Did they hack Verizon? It’s weirding me out and if anyone has answers please let me know! The only replies I get is they apologize and say they’ll take me off my their list but none will answer when I ask how they got my number.
Sorry TT. It’s implied open forum and this is freaky.
It is an opinion forum but let’s avoid calling people stupid for their political beliefs. Please and thank you. As we know, I don’t have an electronic leash, so I am unable to assist with your phone issue.
Sorry I honestly didn’t mean to imply anyone was stupid but reading it back well yeah it does. APOLOGIES TO ALL! I don’t have much of an electronic leash other than my phone and I’m the technology stupid one. It’s evidently not just Bernie campaign as I just found out of others getting the same stuff from other campaigns. I just don’t get how they got the phone number of account holders and how they can do that at all hours of day and night. I mean all voter registration is through the mail and doesn’t have cell phone numbers on it. IDGI
Always be yourself. For those that matter dont mind and those that mind dont matter!!!
Thank you TT and commenters. A huge smile does wonders.
Hi Cheryl! I was just thinking to myself the other day that I hadn’t seen comments from you in a while and was wondering how you were! Glad to see you here! Happy Friday and have a great weekend! Hope you’re doing well. 🙂