So many mistakes I’ve made this year gardening. So much I have learned. SO much to replant this fall…OMG! Some people plant and enjoy. I plant the most beautiful things in the wrong place, the wrong size, the wrong sun exposure. I’m a slow learner, BUT I am a learner….not a quitter. Last year I Read more about #109…Hard Day’s Night…Gardening 101[…]
It’s a road trip to my mailbox. Walking down would take a while. Walking back, uphill could be dangerous in the heat if the vultures saw me take a break. So we leave in the morning for breakfast, a doctor’s appointment and grocery shopping. The girls were all facing us. Of course they are so Read more about #96…Girls Just Out Havin’ Fun![…]
This was a simpler fixer upper. Only 5 days of Russ having to live in chaos, not asking questions, and sometimes having to make the bed because I did not have time to even consider it. So the first pic shows our white room with magenta panels hung in the corners to match the one Read more about #95…Wrapping 2019 Decor Around a 1970’s VELVETEEN Loveseat![…]
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![…]
Alright, the garage sales start any day now, but I couldn’t stand it another moment. #1 daughter Connie came up to spend the day Monday and we hit almost every antique mall in Joetown. There was one left, but the stores were already closing and the car was packed..we had to unload and repack twice….”we” Read more about #88…Let the SHOPPING Begin![…]
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[…]
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)[…]
