We’re going to Hermann Missouri this weekend for the Wurstfest and I’m hoping it will be the best Wurstfest ever! For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Wurstfest, it’s all about the wurst, or sausage. Hermann, which is an old German town, sponsors the event every year. Droves of eager wurst makers […]
We had a discussion at work today about jewelry, especially rings. I don’t wear rings. I have several, they live in my jewelry box, but I seldom take them out. Since I frequently work with my hands and treat them badly, they usually look awful! I sure as heck don’t want to draw attention to […]
The kids are all home for the Easter weekend! Yay! Tonight we all went out to supper at a Mexican restaurant called “Las Amigos”, which my mother consistently mispronounces “Lost Amigos” Of course, she also calls hors’ dourves, “horse doovers”, though she knows perfectly well how to pronounce the word. Mangling words […]
My computer is getting old, there’s no denying it, all the signs are there; the slowness, the memory lapses, the dull surface and tiny dry lines…
So I recently purchased a brand new computer, a bright shiny new model with all sorts and bells and whistles my old computer doesn’t have. I could hardly wait […]
I’m excited! We’re going to Peoria in a couple of weeks for one of my husband’s nursing home association meetings. I always enjoy them, (I’m easy to please) we get to eat out for a couple of days and stay in a hotel and there are some really good antique shops in the area where […]
Well, it appears I will be staying on at the nursing home. The gal I was filling in for has decided to take another, less strenuous job and everyone at the nursing home seems agreeable to having me as activity director permanently. I was both worried and pleased when I heard; worried because it’s so […]
I hit a local antique store today and to my surprise and joy, I found a large–well over a foot tall–Roseville Peony vase. The vase was damaged, with a rather large crack and a several smaller dings, but it was also being sold for eighteen dollars! I snapped it up. I seldom have much money […]
My husband and I are just too busy. We seem to be rushing all the time–it’s gotten so that we actually feel guilty about spending an evening just vegging out and maybe watching some TV. So this morning I suggested we start getting up a few minutes earlier each day, then right before we leave […]
I keep talking to people, especially younger people, who have some rather strange expectations of life. They fully expect to have at least two expensive cars in their three car garage–the extra room will be needed for the boat and top of the line riding lawnmower. They figure on at least one vacation to some […]
I bought an interesting doll today. It’s a composition Horsman Baby Sunshine doll. She’s completely adorable with fat little bent legs and chubby cheeks! She’s also still in her original box and nearly perfect, with just a few tiny rust spots on her body where the wires securing her limbs have stained the […]
