Are these really my hands?

Okay, am I classy or what?  A post about sitting in the bathroom and starring at my hands.  Hey, it was the sixties.
Well, not really, it was just last night but I can see where you might wonder.  However, I was merely tired and the lighting in the bathroom is very strange. 
I have lost around [...]

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Fa, la, la, la, la — La, la, la, la

‘Tis the season for holiday shopping, and just what do you give those who have “it” all and also money?  Check out, Wacky Gifts for the Holidays for some great ideas, including a personal hovercraft.  I WANT ONE!
But, what if you have to give to one of those irritating people who pick up the wrapped Christmas gift [...]

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We have gone from global war to recreations!

This picture is “Waiting for Grandad.”  Left to right we have, EMT, JCountry and Gaffer.  Pardon my over-crowded house.
Four men in the house and anytime that we can get all four in one room, a game happens.  The latest “greatest” game is 1942, Axis and Allies.  The challenge is getting them all in one room.
The first [...]

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My mother is a poet! I am not!

Mom loves the sound of words and putting words together to rhyme. Me, I love the flow of words and how they can touch your soul.  Mom never forces her words to rhyme.  She is a very good rhyming poet,Padairvanvleck’s Weblog in my humble and unbiased opinion.  But, frankly,  I think that words rhyming is a bit [...]

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We have been “smited” again.

One of my all time favorite blogs is Crazy Aunt Purl. Her new book is in the hands of her editor and all is well in her world; other than her roof has a waterfall coming through it.   I cannot wait to read her new book and, I promise, I will buy my own copy this time and [...]

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The side affect of eating better!

I am convinced that everything is addicting:  sugar, fat, caffeine, frosting.  It is all addictive.
And, there is no substitute for frosting!
Occasionally, I dream about eating cake, with frosting of course.

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Families: Morgue vs Mayhem

 XUP’s post *XUP* brought up another side of the large family debate.  To recap, there was dad, mom, brother(10 years older) and me in our house.  Quiet does not even begin to describe our house.  If television had never been invented, we could have lived in a morgue.
I loved going to my sister’s house (she [...]

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Must Have Family

I was watching “Must Have Dog” and thinking about how neat the protagonists’ large family was.  Ah, blog idea, I thought and began this post, then let it sit and stew for a few days and sure enough, *XUP*, blogs about having a large family.  Great minds or what?
There is a huge difference in people who grow [...]

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Etiquette for ladies – assuming there are theater tickets involved

Mom was raised to be a lady.  You know, ladies don’t sweat, they don’t show their feet (Do not even ask!), they dress up for the doctor (Once, mom crawled up the basement stairs, washed and put on lipstick before calling the ambulance for a broken foot.)  and they never arrive, for a visit, empty [...]

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When your childhood becomes someone elses

Letter to my daughter:
I want you to know that your childhood has now become my childhood.  It is not my fault. I did not steal your childhood, even though it was far more exciting than mine was. 
When grandma tells you the story of her taking me to the beach, as a baby, and not realizing [...]

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