Memories Posts

23Jan
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Companian Arbor With Bridgehampton Swing

Getting my hands dirty has always been good therapy for me. I can’t wait for Spring to finally arrive so that I can get busy with all of the things that need to get done outside, and there are a lot of things that need tending to that will certainly get my hands dirty. I have always wanted a nice arbor in the yard so I have been looking around at some nice wooden arbors that are available online. Was I surprised at how many arbors there are out there these days and all of the different materials that are being used for today’s garden arbors.

What I wouldn’t give to be able to order one of these wonderful Companian Arbors with a Bridgehampton Swing. You would never see me inside the house at all if we had one of these babies out back. My grandparents had a swing simular to this that all of the grandchildren adored playing on every chance that they could when we went over for our visits with them. I wonder what happened to that wonderful swing.

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20Jan
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Memories of fun

Every time I go into my bathroom I see a little Tinker Belle dangler and a Mickey Mouse dangler hanging in the upper two corners of my vanity mirror. I love those two little disney gifts that my hubby gave me as little souvenirs from our last trip to DisneyWorld. When I see the Tinker Belle dangler I always wish that I had bought several of them because I would love to convert them into some fun and funky jewelry to wear.

Posted by Monica in Around the House, Crafts, Family, Fun, Life, Memories, Shopping, Travel and tagged with , , , , , ,
29Dec
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Enclume Potracks for Christmas

Christmas is all over and done with folks. I managed to have a decent holiday dinner at my sister’s house and then had to head back to the house where it was back to business. Everyone seemed to enjoy the gifts that I managed to purchase for them and get to them. My sister is very pleased with the nice enclume pot racks that I got for her online. She has been wanting one of these enclume potracks for some time now but she didn’t buy one for herself, knowing that it would be a good gift idea to give to someone to use for a Christmas present. It is an enclume pot rack and she found the perfect spot in her kitchen for it to go.

Our mother always had a couple of pot racks around the place but as she got older she narrowed it down to just the one that I still to this day, use on occasion when I feel the urge to cook something, which isn’t all that often these days. It’s more like toasted cheese or a tuna sandwich at this point.

Posted by Monica in Around the House, Family, Home Improvement, Memories, Opinion, Shopping
26Dec
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Table Talk

My family has never been known to have those normal everyday conversations during meal time, especially during large family festivities like we experienced yesterday on Christmas. We always have three tables full of people during the holidays and I really enjoyed floating around from table to table getting to hear what or who is being talked about for a few moments and moving on to the next one when the urge hits. So the conversation never gets me bored and I get the chance to sit and enjoy the company of various folks throughout, it just seems to works well with me.

I got to hear about how my one second cousin busy gathering financial aid information for next year’s college experience and how there are scholarships for left handed students, much like himself. Which I found very hard to digest, which prompted me to mosey over to the next table where Aunt Kitty was describing her latest of numerous medical tests, sigh….

The next table was the best and where I spent most of the time at listening to my brother Larry’s escapades who works as a D.J. at the local gentlemen’s club and always has the best stories to tell that usually keep the table that he is seated at the most crowded one!

Posted by Monica in Around the House, Business, Family, Memories, Technology
23Dec
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Their blessed lives

One of the biggest flaws in my character is envy. I try really hard to NOT envy other people, but it can be really hard when so many of my friends and relatives have had such blessed lives and my life has been so full of struggles. I’m saying this because I just got my annual Christmas letter from my good friend Janine, who just returned home from the barbados wedding of her daughter. Of course she posted a lot of photos of the event on Facebook, and the wedding was lovely. I am so happy for her and her family! Now to count my OWN blessings!

Posted by Monica in Family, Life, Memories, Opinion, Travel
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