There's a garage sale sign, hang on.....
It is so difficult to put brokeness on paper, to express one’s thoughts amidst today’s changing times, to survive a lineage of people seeking their own answers and never finding peace and happiness. To be brought into a world where I was not wanted. I have to believe God looked down on me and said, Read more about #87…Dogs…Surviving in a Dysfunctional World[…]
The best description of being a Supervisory Election Judge is called a “30 hour day”. Now I love getting up at 4 AM as I did this morning, but when we HAVE TO set the alarm to intentionally get up at that time it’s a horse of another color……that’s not a cat……but I’m getting to Read more about #86…Look What the Cat Drug in[…]
I have to live to be 135 to get all my projects done! How did I ever get anything done when I worked, I who never worked full time, rather ALWAYS overtime! It had to be my tremendous youthful energy…Now, remove the “youth” out of the statement and add “push” to do more and more. Read more about #85…Irresponsible On Purpose, On Paper[…]
You all know how I love to have fun with everything, but it’s been such a struggle this morning to laugh in my heart with all the flooding going on around us. Joetown is ok last I heard last night, but they are sandbagging on the south end and expecting the worst . Though there Read more about #84…ah…..Spring! Welcome to Floods, Flowers and Weather Alerts![…]
It’s not fun getting older. I work longer days and get less done only to accumulate more projects! Working this fall and winter sweeping the house of every project, every loose thread, everything undone and unfinished for years! ! ! Working on photo albums, researching family genealogy for my DAR application…..cleaning out every closet and Read more about #83……..Wrapping Up Winter Projects….[…]
      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)[…]
    Russ HATES to paint. There is no worse thing to ask him…”Honey………….could you just cut out the ceiling atop the ladder because it’s too tall for me to reach??? Honey?” The man is GONE! He will gladly spend 4 hours removing the baseboards and taping off all the woodwork he has not removed, but Read more about #81……When hell Freezes Over and Hairlips Every Cat in the County….[…]
      Judging by my Facebook gang, I’m probably the only person who truly loves winter and does not want it to end….. yet. OK, so I was raised in Cleveland Ohio and had to walk uphill both ways to school, YES during lake effect weather! How did I survive! But for every obstacle, every cloud, Read more about #80……Revisiting a Midwest Winter[…]
4 AM is a good time to take pics and post on St Joseph Swapaholic. Amazingly, it is surprising how many people are awake and posting or shopping! But I had to get around early to leave for a one hour drive to Kansas City to my daughter Connie, #1, and partake in a cup Read more about #79……Swapaholic, Shopaholic……Shazam ! ! ![…]
      Four things I know for certain, in concrete….We have to pay taxes, and then we die, mail is delivered come rain or shine………… AND pigs don’t fly! The foundation of my beliefs has crumbled, pigs DO fly, so out comes the Dyson Pet Vacuum (Beds, Bath, & Beyond ON SALE of course, AND THEN Read more about #78… My Foundation Has Crumbled….PIGS DO FLY ! ! ![…]
