Posted by UtahHAL
Jan 9, 2011 12:29 am

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• I AM ALL READY, CLEANED MY GLASSES AND I AM WAITING TO READ, READ READ LOL MOM

  Jan 9, 2011 10:11 am
  by schnauzer

• Thanks to that irritable Aunt (from another) for organizing this. When miles separate us we all have our personal desires to try to connect and you've put a lot of effort in putting this together. Thank you for the idea, desire, persistence...now as TJ says: [put on your helmets]... Let's Read!

  Jan 9, 2011 4:18 pm
  by Shellthebell

• Setting up the Family Forum and getting the DAILYLIT emails is easy. Getting everyone in our family on the same page at the same time—well, it’s like herding cats! We’re getting very close to the starting line though. I expect to commence our reading soon—MEOW!

  Jan 9, 2011 7:35 pm
  by UtahHAL

• I have my helmet strapped on tight! Read on.

  Jan 9, 2011 8:07 pm
  by TaylorJean

• I'm in. :)

  Jan 9, 2011 9:58 pm
  by CheaAlexandra

• Ok ok let's get this party started!!!

  Jan 10, 2011 7:31 pm
  by MorganCouvreur

• Hi!

  Jan 11, 2011 4:59 pm
  by Kgutwald

• This is a test to see if a link works when typed into the comment section. http://www.dailylit.com/books/rebecca-of-sunnybrook-farm

  Jan 11, 2011 8:54 pm
  by UtahHAL

• Hi Everyone,
  
  I sent you instructions via email because the above link won't work. So check your email for details. Sign up on Sunday and we'll start reading Monday.
  
  We have:
  Shawn
  Grandma Jan
  Aunt Chea
  Aunt Shellie
  Aunt Holly
  Morgan
  Katie
  TJ
  Chea

  Jan 12, 2011 12:37 am
  by UtahHAL

• :)

  Jan 13, 2011 9:00 pm
  by vivian180

• Just for my sister sister!! Can't wait for this book reading! Is Shirley Temple going to join our group?? I hope so!

  Jan 16, 2011 1:43 pm
  by Sister

• Ok- is this where we write comments daily? Rebecca is a spirited one! I'll read this to Addie as she was just giving me guff this morn! She'll relate. I looked up alighted as "a woman alighted from a wagon" thinking it was "appeared" but it's actually get down from a vehicle in this case. When a bird alights on a branch it's comes down upon- not appears" on as I thought.

  Jan 17, 2011 12:07 pm
  by Shellthebell

• Sorry I hit reply by mistake before adding correct quotes/editing... Still getting used to typing on iPad which is slow! I know- boohoo right? If other people check definitions of words along the way please post!

  Jan 17, 2011 12:12 pm
  by Shellthebell

• I first of all want to know if Rebecca has any of the same beads in her purse that I have? I wouldn't want to be on that ride holding a bead kit and I would never open it-one little bump.....goodbye beads!! She sounds like she has the energetic spirit of Shirley Temple in the movie!! And if Addie hasn't seen any of her movies....let me know. I'll send them to her for her Birthday! Have Fun!

  Jan 17, 2011 2:50 pm
  by Sister

• SOUNDS LIKE ADDIE TO ME, THE WORLD TRAVELER, SHE HAS ALL REBECCAS SPIRT AND THEN SOME LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW,HOPE SHE DOESN'T FLY OUT OF THE COACH FUN FUN FUN

  Jan 17, 2011 3:55 pm
  by schnauzer

• In the participant list up above (that I just read) it should read Aunt Shawn. (she can be just as ornery as the other aunts) ;) OK I just figured out that Shirley temple did this movie & that's why your talking about her. I didn't like any ST movies except Heidi: "let's have some toasted cheese grandfather!!!"

  Jan 17, 2011 9:10 pm
  by Shellthebell

• Everyone carrying their nightgown??? This IS going to be a journey!

  Jan 18, 2011 12:02 am
  by TaylorJean

• UP TOP AND READY TO GO, YOUR RIGHT TJ (THIS IS GOING TO BE A JOURNEY)

  Jan 18, 2011 11:05 am
  by schnauzer

• Everyone always said Holly was the milk mans kid! I Think after the not liking any Shirley Temple movies...Shell the Bell is the milk mans kid. And Rebecca of Sunnybrook farm is in the top Five!! I bet Addie wouldn't agree with mom on this one!!

  Jan 18, 2011 11:51 am
  by Sister

• I’m thinking the phrase. “mind into complete oblivion” might come in handy in the near future!

  Jan 19, 2011 1:06 am
  by UtahHAL

• Ahhhh Ha! Todays last paragraph is why Holly chose this story: to get us all to do The Nasty (difficult climb on bike route in Moab) nxt September!

  Jan 19, 2011 10:40 am
  by Shellthebell

• Maybe it's a good thing daddy died. Just sayin. :-D

  Jan 19, 2011 10:58 am
  by Sister

• Hey....who says you “can't climb so high, or go so far, or stay out so late, or run so fast, or anything." Let’s do it—the Big Nasty, here we come! Rebecca would support us in this.

  Jan 19, 2011 10:09 pm
  by UtahHAL

• Wrong kind of bead purse...oh well.

  Jan 20, 2011 10:05 am
  by Sister

• That crabby Aunt Miranda better give poor little Rebecca more than a thimble and some gingham to make her own clothes!!! What about a sewing machine and some nice patterns from JoAnns? Geez!!!

  Jan 25, 2011 10:26 pm
  by Shellthebell

• REBECCA IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE IN FOR A LONG HOT SUMMER

  Jan 26, 2011 8:04 pm
  by schnauzer

• Is it too late to join?

  Jan 27, 2011 12:48 pm
  by aureusone

• I SURE HOPE AUNT JANE WILL TAKE THE LITTLE TIKE TO MARKETPLACE I DON;T THINK OLD CRABBY WILL, SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY HER CARD RIGHT TO WIN OVER OLD CRABBY

  Jan 28, 2011 2:18 pm
  by schnauzer

• Poor Rebecca! I’ve been recipient of “the look” in my younger years, and more recently, the giver of such a look—how will Rebecca endure? Morgan? Katie? Chea? TJ? Brook or Addie? Do you kids have any thoughts? Thanks goodness I don’t know any Aunts that behave like that! ;-D

  Jan 30, 2011 6:56 pm
  by UtahHAL

• A big SHOUT OUT back to DailyLit for the highlight of “Our Family Forum” in your January 2nd newsletter. Our Family Forum consists of moms, aunts, daughters, nieces, cousins, siblings, grandchildren, and of course the notorious Grandma Jan. We live in Utah, Texas, and Michigan; and you hit the nail right on the head when you said, “we’re having a BLAST!” We highly recommend Dailylit as a way to connect and have fun...

  Jan 30, 2011 6:57 pm
  by UtahHAL

• I HAVE A FEELING OUR LITTLE REBECA IS GOING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT AND IN A HURRY. WHO WOULD NOT REMEMBER "THAT LOOK" MY MOM WAS THE QUEEN OF "THAT LOOK" REBECA NEEDS A DOG

  Feb 2, 2011 12:38 pm
  by schnauzer

• No-grandma Jan- A dog is not the answer to every problem! Aunt Mirandy will kick her out the door with the dog & that will be the end of it. Addie said "Rebecca doesn't need another dog- I do!" to which I replied "Maybe if you go live with Aunt Shawn you'll be satisfied" (apparently George isn't enough). Any extra room at Sunflower Lane?

  Feb 7, 2011 9:11 pm
  by Shellthebell

• Oh no!!!!!!! I've fallen back to earth as well. Ad is terrified too! Have mercy Auntie M!

  Feb 8, 2011 9:13 pm
  by Shellthebell

• Come on Auntie Jane!!!!- get in there some more and stick up for this poor child!!

  Feb 9, 2011 9:24 pm
  by Shellthebell

• ...the (remove-Simpson & insert Langton) house looked, to quote a Riverboro expression, "as if the devil had been having an auction in it."—that’s all I have to say!
  
  Except that Angus Pangus came for a visit while TJ and Bradley went down south on a little trip—oolala—you can all have your doggies gang! I love’em, but ... lengthy visits make me into Aunt Mirandy, it's not pretty!

  Feb 10, 2011 10:09 pm
  by UtahHAL

• “There were many hard-working people among the inhabitants, but life wore away so quietly and slowly that there was a good deal of spare time for conversation,-- under the trees at noon in the hayfield; hanging over the bridge at nightfall; seated about the stove in the village store of an evening. These meeting-places furnished ample ground for the discussion of current events as viewed by the mas- culine eye, while choir rehearsals, sewing societies, reading circles, church picnics, and the like, gave opportunity for the expression of feminine opinion.”
  
  After reading this I thought, “How lovely—life today is so different! Then I read on and I wasn’t too sure I'd have wanted that life either.

  Feb 11, 2011 12:27 pm
  by UtahHAL

• Ahhh- it is so nice to have a good rain shower wash over everything to start a new day. Mr Cobb just became much brighter than I'd given him credit for!!! Don't judge a book by it's cover or first impressions. A boy in my Sunday School class today was misbehaving, talking, fidgety- I was sure he wasn't paying much attention at all- We made soup can pencil holder stone wells & when his mom picked him up I asked him to tell her the verse (which everyone had written on their wells, except him), fully expecting silence,...to which he eloquently replied "Drink My life's water and you will never thirst again!"

  Feb 13, 2011 9:02 pm
  by Shellthebell

• Is anyone out there? I'd like to take a vote regarding the poem ending you liked best today. 1,2 or the third ending.... I liked #2. how about you? Addie liked #2 because "it rhymes the best".

  Feb 18, 2011 9:03 pm
  by Shellthebell

• I’ve decided that I’m starting a document of the words and phrases I love in this book. Every time I read a section I find phrases I’m keen on and want to remember. Here are two from this past week. 1.) choice conundrums 2.)spasms of bravery
  
  Shellie—you had mentioned sharing words we didn’t know and looked up. Here is one I recently had to fine the meaning of: doggerel— is a derogatory term for verse considered of little literary value. The word probably derived from dog, suggesting either ugliness, or unpalatability (as in food fit only for dogs).[1] There are popular forms which are in themselves essentially prescriptions for doggerel, including the limerick, double dactyl and sonnet. [I’m sure Grandma Jan will have something to say about that definition. Just remember, I looked it up and didn’t make it up!]

  Feb 21, 2011 11:00 am
  by UtahHAL

• As far as voting on the poem...are you talking about the poem from a long time ago? I don’t recall what section that’s in. Will you remind us so we can look back without searching all of the sections?

  Feb 21, 2011 11:00 am
  by UtahHAL

• It was from that dates' posting. Now I'm dreaming about cake soaps. I think I'll hit the bathtub! Good night Ladies!

  Feb 21, 2011 9:03 pm
  by Shellthebell

• Oh Drat. Holly informed me I was supposed to only be reading on weekdays. Did anyone else neglect this instruction? I'll have to see if I can change setting & wait for you people to catch up. Or I could keep going and keep track of where u all are (supposed to be!). In that case Ad & i will TRY to not spoil the end...

  Feb 22, 2011 8:45 pm
  by Shellthebell

• ALL I KNOW IS I READ WHEN I CAN, WEEKENDS I WORK AND POOR LITTLE REBECCA HAS GOTTEN STRENGTH FROM MR COBBS WISDOM LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOE

  Feb 23, 2011 12:46 pm
  by schnauzer

• Sorry you slackers but when you get to installment 38 you will realize that Aunt Holly is just like Rebecca! Taking a new phrase or word and putting it into action in real life. Aunt Hol bursts with pride when she successfully does this- just like Rebecca!!! :)

  Feb 23, 2011 9:21 pm
  by Shellthebell

• DID YOU EVER FEEL SHELL, LIKE THE REST OF OUR FORUM FELL OFF A CLIFF

  Feb 24, 2011 2:31 pm
  by schnauzer

• Everyone needs a Mr. Cobb! Mine is my friend Sue C.—he has often saved me from foolishness and error!
  
  Hey, Grandma Jan-- I may have teetered on the edge of the cliff now and again, but I have posted almost as much as Aunt Shell! Get after those grandchildren, and that other daughter of yours who doesn't like poor Rebecca. Who doesn't like Rebecca--it's unthinkable!

  Feb 25, 2011 7:40 pm
  by UtahHAL

• YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING, YOU CAN LEAD THE HORSE TO THE WATER------ I AM ENJOYIN REBECCA, SHE IS A SURVIVOR WHAT SAY THE REST OF YOU

  Feb 28, 2011 3:26 pm
  by schnauzer

• I'm starting to think that while Rebecca is simply wonderful, she's also bumping into some wonderful people along the way that improve her life. Addie wants to know why Aunt Chea doesn't like Rebecca. She said, "I guess some people don't like old fashioned stuff ya know." So is this the case Aunt Chea? You were the big Shirley Temple fan in the beginning. Catch up already!

  Feb 28, 2011 9:59 pm
  by Shellthebell

• Really nice post, thanks for sharing, keep them coming!!..

  Mar 1, 2011 6:03 am
  by alexsmth114

• ADDIE I THINK YOU BETTER GIVE UP ON AUNT CHEA, LETS TRY TO FIQURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO EVERYONE ELSE I LOVE REBECCA

  Mar 1, 2011 2:18 pm
  by schnauzer

• Maybe we should tell Aunt Chea about all the recent bible verses and praying. It could sway her to give Rebecca a second chance! What do you say Aunt Chea? "Jesus shall reign where'er the sun."

  Mar 25, 2011 10:59 am
  by UtahHAL

• HELLO OUT THERE IS ANYONE STILL READING HELLO?????????

  Apr 8, 2011 3:18 pm
  by schnauzer

• Poor Rebecca has lost her family of bloggers, or so it seems. Perhaps Miss Maxwell and Adam Ladd can come up with a fairy godmother for the Family Forum. I know Grandma Jan, Aunt Shellie and Addie love Rebecca too much to give up,so, maybe a little fairy dust will help. Okay, it's really sand from the beach in Cabo--consider yourselves sprinkled...
  
  I been reading about Kate Douglas Wiggin (Rebecca's author) who led a fascinating life. She was the founder of the first public kindergarten west of the Rocky Mountains, and worked tirelessly for many years to promote the movement to establish public kindergartens. My kinda gal!

  Apr 22, 2011 11:38 am
  by UtahHAL

• I JUST STOPPED REPLYING, FELT LIKE NO ONE WAS FOLLOWING SO WHY BROTHER WHAT SAY YOU, ANYONE OUT THERE?

  Apr 22, 2011 12:15 pm
  by schnauzer

• Ok, Ad and I were so ahead that we actually fell off the readin' wagon a while back. Spring break I think it was. We're thinking of having a read-in/sit-in this Monday. We already have the last installment in my inbox. I'm trying not to read it first! How many days do the rest of you have? Maybe we could finish on the same day...? Happy Good Friday Mr.Cobb! And to you wonderful family members! Xoxo S&A

  Apr 22, 2011 9:02 pm
  by Shellthebell

• Today was 71 of 89 for me. Remember that I only get emails Mon-Fri. I should be reading my last section on May 19th.
  
  Can you imagine not being able to access the library of fiction? It makes me sad to think of it! But I’m cheered when I think of all you...MY roses of joy!

  Apr 25, 2011 1:57 pm
  by UtahHAL

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