Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Fishducky's Here Today!!!

This is such an exciting day!!! Fishducky won my competition last week so she wrote a post for me and today I share it all with you! Another exciting thing about today is that I found this gem in my inbox this morning: 
HOW AWESOME IS THAT!?! You will see it around at some of my other favorite blogs but I feel so happy that I get to be a Ducky! Fishducky is so much fun and adds such joy to the blog world. She's not a blogger but she's one of the best commenters out there! I do have to admit that I made it a personal goal to get Fishducky as a follower. I didn't want to do obvious things and ask her to take a look at my site or anything but I wanted her to see my comments left on our similar blog reads and have her decide if she liked me or not. Branden even got into my goal so when Fishducky became a follower a few months ago, we were both overjoyed! 

So without further ado, here is the brilliant Fishducky!

NO HAMSTERS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF THIS POST

Thank you, Maggie, for giving me this opportunity to brag tell you about my daughter, Nancy.  I can do that without fear of editing hurting your feelings since you haven’t yet started your own family.  Nancy almost had her own career in show biz, like her mother.  She was a month or two old when she was selected to portray a baby (type casting) in “Bonanza” but she was too young to be covered by their insurance.  In the 1935 movie “Carnival” I was the adorable baby that Lucille Ball (in the uncredited role of a nurse) held in her arms while everybody went “AAWWW!”  That was my entire career.  I believe Lucille Ball went further.

First, I should tell you what (I believe) made Nancy the genius that she is today.  When she was a few months old, I accidently dropped her on her head.  (TRUE)  I believe this shook her brains into proper alignment.  She is at MENSA level, & do you know, she hasn’t thanked me to this day!  She began talking VERY early--& hasn’t stopped yet.  When she was 13 months old, my husband took her to a family Thanksgiving dinner while I stayed home sick in bed.  I was watching a TV show about children learning to talk & I started making a list of all the words Nancy knew.  I got to 100 when I realized I could probably double that.  True, she couldn’t pronounce all of them correctly—chicken noodle soup was “hickey noonoo hoop”—but she was quite verbal.

Words were like toys to her—she loved them.  We had this routine—I would ask her these questions & she’d answer.  When she was 2, we went to the pediatrician & did our routine for the nurse:  “What do you call a doctor who takes care of children?”  “Pediatrician.”  “Who’s the doctor that takes care of animals?”  “Veterinarian.”  “Who’s the scientist who knows all about fish?”  “Ichthyologist.”  When the doctor came in, the nurse asked Nancy the questions so he could hear her answers.  He grabbed her up & ran out of the room.  When he returned I asked him where he had taken her--& why.  He told me that his friend—another pediatrician—was waiting in his office to go to lunch with him.  He took Nancy through her routine & then said to the other doctor, “See what MY patients can do!!”

One more quick story about our pediatrician:  When he was checking our second child, right after his birth, he was looking at his fingers & toes & I heard him counting softly—1,2,3,4,5—1,2,3,4,5, etc.  I asked him why he was doing that.  He said that a few months before he was checking another newborn & counted 1,2,3,4,5—1,2,3,4,5—1,2,3,4,5—1,2,3,4,5,6!  He counted again—no mistake.  The child had 6 toes on his left foot.  He hesitantly told the mother, who laughed & said, “Isn’t that cute—just like his daddy!” 

14 comments:

  1. I've seen Fishducky's name cropping up all over the blogosphere, she's one of the best commenters out there.

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  2. Ahh, Fishducky. I've heard about her from Elisa and Melynda. I once dated a guy that had 6 toes. Well, he DID have six toes. They cut off one of them, so he had a little nub on one side of his foot. Apparently it ran in the family. His dad and sister both had 6 toes. How creepy is that?!?!

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  3. "I believe Lucille Ball went further". Hahaha!

    And really with the 6 toes? This is a common thing? Odd.

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  4. Fishducky is a friend of mine and she has been my husband's friend for over 30 years. By now a whole lot of bloggers know about her sense of humor and some know that she is a very good artist, so let me add that fishducky also is about the kindest, most caring person I know. When my computer broke down last summer, she printed out tons of the jokes she usually forwards in emails and mailed them to me. When she thought I needed to be cheered up, she sent me just the right kind of books, and when she couldn't stand to not be in online communication with me any longer, she bought herself a new computer and gave me her old one. And the fact that both she and her husband are brilliant, may have something to do with Nancy's impressive brain power. But it's fishducky's big heart that makes me so happy to be her friend.

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  5. Dear Maggie-I wouldn't have become a follower (or awarded you my prestigious "fishducky approved" button) if I didn't love you--& your blog. No one can make me do anything I don't want to--with the posible exception of my daughter, Nancy.

    Thank you for posting my story today & thank you, Inger, for your kind comments!

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  6. Fishducky is a prize! I got a button too! Yahoo! Pretty excited about it. Now I know why she keeps calling me Lucille Ball. If you're reading this Fishducky I'm NOT going to swaddle you like a baby no matter how much you whine. :)

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  7. Great post, although I have a question - if Fishducky and her husband are really so smart, then what's the explanation for their two sons? Not only are those two guys not the sharpest knives in the drawer, they're barely qualified to be in the junk drawer below the silverware drawer. And I know that for a fact because one of them is my brother and the other is, well, uhh ...

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  8. Fishducky certainly tells a great story. And since Elisa vouches for her, that's good enough for me. Great tale!

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  9. Awwwwww!!!! I just read Inger's comment and it kinda melted my heart a little.

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  10. I LOVE “Carnival.” That is sooo neat!

    P. S. Nancy sounds wonderful :0)

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  11. Those words from Fishducky were very interesting. I enjoyed reading them. Six toes! Wow. If they were six fingers he/she would make a great pianist... - Dave

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  12. hmm..I'm guessing Nancy is so smart because her mother is obviously one, smart cookie herself! And hilarious to boot...:)We love our Fishducky!

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  13. Dear Fishducky and Padded Cell Princess,
    I keep learning new things about you Fishducky. I once called you a marvel. Now I think I must modify that and say that "you are a marvelous marvel to the nth degree."

    Peace.

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  14. I must be so jealous, but I won't confirm anything. That said, I'm off again, Padded Cell Princess, riding that horse to the finish line. Careful now, horse... don't you be steppin' on no Fishducky! (He's so jealous, you see?)

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