#171…Crocus, Spray Paint and Next Project

Another spring is here. The crocus is up and the daffodils and tulips and non-stop work for the next 6 months. That is why I love winter so much, though I never got my blizzard this year…..but I can do nothing but read IF I want, and piddle with my projects AS I want. But Read more about #171…Crocus, Spray Paint and Next Project[…]

#164…A New Dog…ALL Things NEW

My new Granddog coming home to Florida from being rescued in North Carolina. I am already sooo in love with this 20 month old newfie….only because the owner became ill and went for a covid test…only because she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer instead, this puppykins is beginning a new life. Reflecting back to Read more about #164…A New Dog…ALL Things NEW[…]

#162…An Old Gal, OLD GLORY and a New Day!

God has so many surprises for us! Who would have thunk the older I get, the more new roads open up before me and then in the middle of Mom in law going into hospice….Merry Christmas happens! I was born into an unwanting family to two young people who could not work things out. My Read more about #162…An Old Gal, OLD GLORY and a New Day![…]

#125…Drop Kick a New Color Palette (1)

Got ‘er done! We started with brick wallboard down in our basement….looked on Pinterest for color combinations using light brown furniture and decided the latest color is grey. But oh so many shades of grey, not to mention endless possibilities with browns. Out came the magazines and I started matching the browns, greens, tans….the carpet, Read more about #125…Drop Kick a New Color Palette (1)[…]

#124…Saying Goodbye to a 10 Year Run…

I HATE CHANGE! Today, a few moments ago, I shut down my eBay store, tt SECOND GO ROUND by teptithings13. It was a great ride! There were  times in my singlehood when I made $2000 extra a month selling used jeans……on top of my regular daytime job.  And it gave me something to do. I’d Read more about #124…Saying Goodbye to a 10 Year Run…[…]

#91…We Interrupt this Wedding to Watch THE RUN FOR THE ROSES!

Nothing is normal in my life. Everything adds up to NUMBERS! So this cowboy, I won’t mention names, invites me out to dinner on our first dating week, BUT first we must watch tv for 2 minutes because the Kentucky Derby is about to RUN FOR THE ROSES. Alright, different people have other interests……..it was Read more about #91…We Interrupt this Wedding to Watch THE RUN FOR THE ROSES![…]

#82…On the Road To Becoming a Daughter Of The American Revolution (DAR)

       This is a difficult, overwhelming road to travel, putting together facts PROVING who my family is/was to qualify to become a Daughter of the American Revolution. Already we have found 5 Patriots in our family and it is so exciting to realize how many women that I am mother and grandmother to, ok, great-grandmother Read more about #82…On the Road To Becoming a Daughter Of The American Revolution (DAR)[…]

#62…There’s NO Place Like Home……in the Morning!

  Those who know me, know I am an EARLY morning person. Have been like that since giving birth to 5 children. The ONLY time of day when no one asked anything of me! MY TIME ! ! ! So this 4 AM habit has been with me all my life. I especially love it Read more about #62…There’s NO Place Like Home……in the Morning![…]

#59…Every Dog Has it’s Day

    After the 10th anniversary of my 29th birthday a revelation came to me that I was no longer bullet proof. I was going to die someday…me. It seemed everything always happened to everyone else and I was untouched. One day my son died, another day there was a most terrible divorce and then my Read more about #59…Every Dog Has it’s Day[…]

#58…Warm Fuzzies and Cold Pricklies…….

    There was a time in the early 70’s that our English language got pregnant and Webster’s Dictionary started bulging, methinks with quadruplets, as new words and definitions came alive, new sayings abounded and everything changed. What used to mean one thing now meant something else. Now I became ok and you were ok…..as we Read more about #58…Warm Fuzzies and Cold Pricklies…….[…]