Candid Karina is hosting fun Monday. This week’s assignment: The items we cannot leave home without. What weighs down our purses and pockets. I would list 6 items that I would always carry in my purse. 1. kleenex- for sad songs, weddings, funerals, and other non-sappy emergencies 2. gum- for fresh breath, boredom, or keeping … [Read more…]
Ewell F. Andrews first trained as an accountant, Vietnam war veteran for 2 tours on an aircraft carrier, later trained himself in computers and will finish his working years helping others get their computers set up and fixed up. He had a couple of lapses in employment, but for the most part was the breadwinner … [Read more…]
Please note that I ONLY listed books that I read and re-read as a kid/pre-teen/teen/adult and loved every time. Maybe you’ll find a new favorite to read to your kids here too. I might add I just found out I have a young person lurking here too, so feel free to grab a title and … [Read more…]
Edgar Allan Poe– The Premature Burial– The Fall of the House of Usher– The Raven Shakespeare– Romeo and Juliet Chaucer– Canturbury Tales John Steinbeck– Of Mice and Men– Tortilla Flat Margaret Atwood– The Handmaid’s Tale George Orwell– 1984 Anita Diamant– The Red Tent Things I don’t like…– The Grapes of Wrath- Steinbeck– Richard the III … [Read more…]
Harriet May O’Neal Andrews. Stay at home mom for many years. Stay at home didn’t mean lay on the couch. She only took time to watch “Days of our Lives” on television around noon. She ate and folded laundry or did something else productive while she watched. Lil Mouse remembers the OLD tv that had … [Read more…]
Lil Mouse is born June 2, 1979. She was an early riser. On the anniverary of her birth every year after she leaves the nest, her mother will call her at the time of her birth. Lil Mouse will not always be awake, but she will be expecting the call. Her mother will sing her … [Read more…]
This post was inspired by Katie the Pencil… thanks! I’m not a poetry nut, but every once in a while I hear something and it just pulls me in. These are a couple that have stayed with me for many years. They speak of beginnings and life moving on, and also of choices we make, … [Read more…]
This week’s Fun Monday is being hosted by WT, he wants to see some clothing art. That’s tee shirts, baseball caps, hoodies, sports uniforms or any bit of clothing that you or your kids own that has interesting, funny or artistic graphics. Note: Please click on the link to WT and see the other participants! … [Read more…]
Notice that I stuck the corn in the round part of the fence so it would stay–at least for a little while. They HAVE figured out how to run away with it. But we do have approximately a metric butt ton (that IS a real number) of corn, so if they “squirrel” it away, it’s … [Read more…]
Okay, I bought these from a vending machine, keep in mind they you actually have to #1 have money, #2 be able to reach the slots to insert the money, and #3 be able to punch in the keys in order to be able to get these. I would correlate that to being able to … [Read more…]