senior moment

Senior moment: every morning I have iced coffee and tomato juice. 

Recently I put dill weed, lemon pepper, and celery salt in a glass
then poured in coffee instead of the tomato juice. 

I don't recommend it!

things i will miss

I just finished reading Nora Ephron's book

I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections 

At the close of the book she wrote a list of things she won't and will miss.  It has inspired me to thoughtfully make my own list. I won't bore you with mine but I encourage you to think about what your list would look like.

Her is Nora's list . . .
What I Won't Miss

Dry skin
Bad dinners like the one we went to last night
E-mail
Technology in general
My closet
Washing my hair
Bras
Funerals
Illness everywhere
Polls that show that 32 percent of the American people believe in creationism
Polls
Fox TV
The collapse of the dollar
Bar mitzvahs
Mammograms
Dead flowers
The sound of the vacuum cleaner
Bills
E-mail. I know I already said it, but I want to emphasize it.
Small print
Panels on Women in Film
Taking off makeup every night

What I Will Miss

My kids
Nick
Spring
Fall
Waffles
The concept of waffles
Bacon
A walk in the park
The idea of a walk in the park
The park
Shakespeare in the Park
The bed
Reading in bed
Fireworks
Laughs
The view out the window
Twinkle lights
Butter
Dinner at home just the two of us
Dinner with friends
Dinner with friends in cities where none of us lives
Paris
Next year in Istanbul
Pride and Prejudice
The Christmas tree
Thanksgiving dinner
One for the table
The dogwood
Taking a bath
Coming over the bridge to Manhattan
Pie

The great Nora Ephron passed away on June 26th of 2012, aged 71, following a battle with leukemia that began in 2006. She had many strings to her bow, but most notably wrote the screenplays to some of the best loved films ever to grace the big screen, many of which she also directed and produced.

Julie & Julia 

You've Got Mail 

Sleepless in Seattle 

When Harry Met Sally

Mixed Nuts 

This Is My Life 

Heartburn

Silkwood

Hanging Up

Michael 

skeletons

There are skeletons in our neighbor's yard . . . 

one rides a tricycle

one dressed up for the bike ride

one is adorned with jewels

one fancies denim overhauls

one walks the dog

and the family is roasting marshmallows

why are you looking a me

Acquiring things is what I do . . . 

{story of our lives}

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footprints in the sand

Leaving your mark on a sandy beach.

Wouldn't it be fun to try and make a pair of these?

Or perhaps you'd rather just buy a pair 

from Flip Side Flip Flops {etsy}

imparting wisdom

Sometimes African Proverbs are so true . . . 

{story of our lives}

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did I tell you ...

For my friends who kindly tolerate the 

"repetition" of my stories . . .

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patty playpal costumes

Just plain spooky don't you think?

Happy Halloween!

dreaming

For my husband who tolerates the 

"processing" of my dreams each morning . . .

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high fiber

The oatmeal I always buy is Wegmans "high fiber" maple and brown sugar.

This week my son-in-law noticed that there are trivia questions on each package.

Two more samples:

Who was President Eisenhower’s Vice president?

Who directed the 1938 film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town?

Do you think there is a target age group here?!

pomme

Overheard during lunch . . . 

"Grandma Mary, how do you say farted in Kuh-mai?"

I guess the answer is "pomme". 

{Two years old and traveling between two languages}

A comment from one of my friends . . . 

"There is a lot of beautiful mischief in those eyes!" (RD)

Also overheard . . .

@ 5:30am - Phnom Penh 99 / Brockport 56

While letting the cat in a sweet little two year old voice says:

“Ooooo Grandma Mary, America is so cold”

Cedar: “Can I try on your ring Grandma Mary?”

GM “It’s stuck I can’t get it off”

C: “Just suck it like this 

{putting his knuckle in his mouth}. 

That’s what Papa does.”

Cedar: {Looking at a pizza in the oven} “Grandma Mary what is that?”

GM: “What does it look like?”

Cedar” “It looks good”

Cedar {talking to Blaine's dog}: 
"Cooper do you want to race?
. . . . He says no"

hot stuff

While doing my morning crossword . . .



Pickles Comic Strip
{story of our lives}

jelly beans

Just the other day Jim was sad because the jelly beans
I bought (Starburst) had no black ones.



Pickles Comic Strip
{story of our lives}

wide right

Those of you who are Buffalo Bills fans,
sadly, need no explanation for the title of this blog.



Jim and I are looking for a church to attend while in Florida.
Today we went to a Presbyterian Church and
the serman was "Faith and Football: Wide Right".
I know it must be an omen but would you say . . .
stay here or try another church?!



The message: forgive yourself.

Non Bills fans can read about "wide right" here.

downsizing

We live in a five bedroom Victorian house {built in 1865} where we raised four children. Those children are all grown and gone now so it is a dream of mine to downsize.



There is a two bedroom ranch in our neighborhood for sale.
They had an estate sale last week so we went, not to buy anything but to look at the house. We decided that it really is too small for us but we did buy . . .

two swivel glider rockers for our bedroom



and on the way out we bought two hearth and plow rockers for our kitchen.



Somehow this doesn't seem like downsizing!?

sign of the times

While visiting this museum



we saw this funny sign in the elevator



then off to lunch here . . .

I hope you a Larkburger near you.

detour

Our little village has had our Main Street torn up for most of the summer.
It is quite a challenge to navigate around town getting here and there.



One convenient short cut that helps out is right thought this poor church's parking lot. Something I'm sure they are not thrilled about.



They put up this great sign up the other day.
I'd call this making lemonade out of lemons wouldn't you?

Christ Community Church

fishing

father's day wishes



How is it our friend always catches the biggest fish?

worrying

For my children who know {?} that I worry too much . . .


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wine-on-wednesday

I found this Playmobil Wine Bar while searching for Playmobil images.
I was excited about it until my son told me it is just an April Fool's hoax.



If they made it I would buy it