So my son was engaged, in October of 15. He proposed to her at the local pizza place, he had them spell out "will you marry me?" in green peppers! The ring was placed in a box, on top of the tray of garlic bread... She was all happy, showing one and all her ring. October of 2016 my son was married to her. Just her step-dad and 2 sisters on her side, me, my older sister, and my oldest niece attended the wedding. Beca...
Wow! Time sure has run away from me this past year, or three or four. I'm older, fatter, and perhaps no wiser. Hindsight is always great, too bad it's name is so appropriate! We had a stunningly beautiful autumn here in October, surely the loveliest I've ever been lucky to see. I got out on my power scooter and took numerous photos to remember it by. I still have my little Yorky/Poodle mix, ...
Well....a place to get water, unless it runs dry. That's how it is with writing. Been trying to write a book, it's so much more difficult than I had ever had imagined. Movies make it look easy, just find a nice country house and take a break from life. Another day, and as my older sister likes to say, "life is what happens while you're busy making plans". Ain't it the truth.. I've lived in this apartment for ...
The BAD list The GOOD list ~~~~~~~~~~ &nbs...
It was a very good day for small town women that lived upstairs....with curls now in their hair....without any cares... Yep a good day indeed. I was blessed with the gift of yet another day to do with as I see fit. I greeted the morning with a smile and a Bluejay sang a song for me while he was perched on the telephone pole. I had the first perm in my hair today that I've had since 1993, a long time baby, to go with straight hair! Oh my it looks better. My ...
Here's part of an old post, I imagine it got posted here as well as my other blog. It seemed fitting for this time of year. These last few days have brought frequent thoughts of my first husband and our time together back in the sixties. There's been flashes of memories, images of us lying together in bed and comparing our tans, working together in the field on a hot July morning, riding side by side through a field or forest, just looking over at each other an...
After a couple of days of feeling blue, tonight I'm more in the pink I'm inheriting my son's "clunker" as he bought himself a much newer, prettier, classier car. He's sooooooooooo happy with his new toy and I'm happy to be getting wheels. It might not look like much, however it'll get me to points A and B, just enough to get out of the house, and perhaps by spring I'll trade it in for something a tad newer myself.. I'm not...
I cut out an advertisement, out of a magazine, a few weeks back. It shows a girl ofabout 8 or 9 years, standing on what appears to be a beach with sanddunes and grass around her, she's draped a curtain or piece of fabric around herself and is poised as if ready for flight. She has a look of serenity and confidence usually not seen in one so very young and tender. She's not fat, however she appears to be a child with a large frame. Of c...
It's a peaceful day here, no sirens, no traffic, temperatures in the 70's with only a whispering breeze stirring the fallen leaves. Chanel is camped out in the window sill, after having slept in my lap for 1 1/2 hours....and is listening to the birds that occasionally sing. The bed is made, dishes washed, trash out, and all that remains is... Closets to be straightened and cleaned, the filin...
There have been emails making the rounds here as well as in our mailboxes and I realize that somewhere, someone had to think up the questions that are routinely asked. There's a couple of them, that are the same, on JU that have been posted by more than one blogger and many of us reply to the second and third go round. It's fun to communicate to others our likes and dislikes, ect. I got to thinking this past week about doing one myself, ...
I was treated to the company of my number 2 child yesterday, and also Saturday, so I wasn't around to blog about things that have been on my mind lately. I had planned on blogged about the good things in life, the things I take for granted, the things I love, and why I have to keep kicking myself to try to be humble when I'm so happy. Then tonight, the city broke a water main and we have no water now until tomorrow...so i was going to blog about life's ...
OK, just some information from "back in the day" when I took a temp. cooking job at the Eau Claire County jail, year was 1969. I think I've blogged about this before, at least stated that I had cooked there. Maybe I didn't write about the meals... Breakfast was basic, oatmeal, toast with butter and jam on the side. Milk, juice, and coffe. Fruit. On the weekend I'd make pancakes and fry sausage and bacon, with eggs. ...
My son and I have been playing "Pool" and another game that's like Scrabble, called "Literati" I think. We play them online and this concept is totally new to me! Being tech challenged I lost almost every single game until just this week, then one night, shortly after my blog about inmates and their meals, somehow I managed to win 7 or 8 games in a row! Gosh dang it, he was "letting me win"! Don't ya just hate it when someone "lets you ...
Things are going along swimmingly well here, no new outbreaks of serious diseases, no landlord just walking into my apt. when he feels like it, no shortage of food, and man oh man there's lots of heat in MN.! Just when it finally cooled down to a comfy 74 degrees, the weather did an about face, again. That's the mid-west for ya. Well there's a cool front on the way, should get here next Monday or so.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
Fair warning here, if ya don't like "boring trite blog enteries" then do piddle along to the next blog... Thank you. Now, it's been a strange day here, I don't quite know what to make of it. People are so damn strange, so wonderful, and so, so.....well just plain confusing. One lady that lives here has been so nice to me! She gave a caftan that is satin in fabric, and the colors are rich and vibrant. Colors I'd never choo...