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[…]
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….[…]
      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[…]
      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 ! ! ![…]
  “New Year Resolutions” and the word “failure” go hand in hand and should always be in the same sentence. And in this magical Christmas Miracle” time of year, my Facebook timeline is overrun by everyone asking what our new resolutions are? Hog wash! I am old enough now to realize it is all nonsense, Read more about #75…”ME” Resolutions 2019[…]
    All was going well. I had just spray painted all those metal patio accessories last Monday, when Russ invited the whole Bible Study group to come to our house for a cookout. I don’t think he noticed that everything from the inside of our camper was all over the house waiting to be repacked Read more about #69…Chaos in the Cactus of my Mind, Part 3….Rethinking all that Work![…]
