A sad day today. Kentucky Derby Day. I did wear my hat for breakfast……in the kitchen. Always that anticipation leading up to 5:30 PM….”MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME”, the song for today…..all the traditions every bit as important as those exciting 2 minutes….mint juleps….. The Woodford Reserve is waiting on the counter….little water, tsp of powdered Read more about #147…Yet Another Cancellation[…]
. We are getting so many projects done during this pandemic. Came home from Lowe’s yesterday with our patio plants on a most perfect sunny NO WIND day..a rarity on this tornado hill! For once, I did not have to tie myself to a tree to plant my flowers. So we spent 7 hours in Read more about #144…Date Night on the Fly…[…]
Our date night was this morning. A rendezvous to Cosentino’s Price Chopper. Of course we dressed for the occasion in our finest vinyl disposable gloves. Unfortunately I had to wake hub side kick at 6:30 after reading that we would have freezing rain by 9 AM. Grumbles got up and we left. A short time Read more about #142…Home Bound, Iced In, 3 Ways to Prepare Fresh Beets[…]
Life flies by sooo fast. Sometimes I lose a day in one week. Every few months I seem to have a 3 week month and am in confusion that whole time. Then it seems like the older I get, the whole year flies by and it’s Jan 1 again and the next day it’s time Read more about #139…2020…Cancelled, Closed……..[…]
How hard can this be? I set up a “kitchen rug” list on Amazon…..YESTERDAY I shopped online, checked my list of preferences, maybe 45 mins. I clicked on 2 buttons…2 seconds YESTERDAY. A few minutes ago they were delivered at our door from S. Carolina by UPS. Did I mention I ordered YESTERDAY? NEVER have Read more about #138…Easy DYI…Ordering Kitchen Rugs[…]
Twenty five years old holding my 3rd child. Today, my grandchildren are holding their babies, though those great grandbabies will be approaching their pre-teen years within 3+ years. Wow! So much to do…but it is so funny, I find the older I get, the more I have to do. There doesn’t seem anyway to simplify Read more about #122…Where Have the Years Gone To?[…]
‘Twas the night before dawn…And quiet through the house…The news was blasting, the coffee was on…..Hub side-kick was tucked, asleep in the bed…The morning was mine, a delight to be had… When outside the window, came a horrible crash. A cow mooed. First light showed, no cow had strayed…Mr. got up, to the basement he Read more about #119…’Twas The Night Before…[…]
This is a hard one. We’ve had a tuff year with Russ getting sick. Was out on a trip to Grand Island Neb in April and the doctor’s office called and said he had pneumonia and to get medicine. He did not know he was ill, but complained of his lungs hurting, but could it Read more about #118…The Lying Grip of Fear.[…]
I’m minding my own business and changing into this cool one size fits all “cape” for my annual exam at Mosaic Health Care Plaza 1 Mammogram Dept. Would I mind if it would be a teaching event with an instructor and students? Well…..sure…. why not? Had this experience before in the hospital after a surgery Read more about #115…I’ll Bring the Wine…Partying at the Mammogram![…]
“Stef, come here NOW! QUICK!” Hub side kick NEVER shows excitement, ever…… but when I saw his eyeballs about to pop, I flew off the recliner with unbelievable speed. OMG! That feeder was put together by Russ, and if you notice, we are talking a huge dining room chandelier! That Cooper Hawk was stunning, beautiful Read more about #111…Fill the Feeders and THEY will Come![…]
