I’m feeling chipper today, not sure why. Well, maybe I do know why. I’ve managed to clean the kitchen cupboards, counter, walls, the outsides of the appliances, the windows, and mop the floor. It looks so much better in there, I’ll never cook again. Well, maybe I will. Finished vacuuming the bedroom, stairs, living room, … Read more
Not sure how it got to be Friday, I don’t remember anything about the previous days. Well….maybe I do. Monday, we arrived home about 2 p.m. I ate, packed a couple of days clothes, and did a bunch of book work for the genealogy Society. Then I drove to Kalamazoo to help D2. She and … Read more
I’ve got a ton of wash, and a ton to do. We got our van back last night, S-in-L used it a few days while trying to clear up a few things. There are so many things after a death. I took step-dad to the eye doctor yesterday and myself to the dentist. No problems, … Read more
I’ve been missing from the blogs for a few days. Sally, a wonderful daughter, sister, mother and grandmother left us last Friday. I knew her as S-in-L’s mother and my younger grandchildren’s Grammie; she was good at both. GS3 and GD1 were understandably upset, but I hope the good memories will out last the pain … Read more
Papa’s mother is a wonderful lady who grew up in depression era, rural Michigan. She is frugal, but like all of us, knows what she wants and likes. M-in-L is legend for living a lifestyle that today’s recyclers should envy. Reduce, recycle and reuse are hallmarks of her philosophy. That brings us to the (what-a-nice-dish) dish. … Read more
Last night after football practice, D1 took GS2 to get his driver’s license. He was home about 10 minutes when he headed out to go to a drive through. He told me he’d told his mom that was the first thing he was going to do…. I talked to D2 last night, and she told … Read more
To have a garage sale, you need a cleaned out garage, at least that’s what I thought. So, I started Monday night on the garage. There was a partly filled bag of “lawn waste”. Around here leaves, small sticks, or whatever you have from your yard that you can’t use or compost goes into paper … Read more
Where has Granny been? I’ve been right here at home, with visiting GS3 and GD’s 1&2, at M-in-L’s for a Labor Day holiday, and back home to get ready for a garage sale. Garage sale? Well, D3 has items to unload, so I’m going to do the same. Not to sure how this will go, … Read more
After a couple of weeks neglect, I finally got to the garden over the weekend. Saturday D3 and I pulled a bunch of weeds. Papa and I took down the fence, then we mowed the neglected yard. Of all the crazy things, yesterday I picked 7 buckets of tomatoes. Seven five-gallon buckets. I hauled them from the … Read more
According to my complete, 30 second, quick and dirty, Internet search an album with the title, Some Things I Want to Sing About, by the Osborne Brothers came out on Sugar Hill in 1984. That song was later recorded by THE Grascals on their album, The Grascals in 2005. Bobby Osborne guested on that effort, giving it, at least for … Read more