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2 years ago  ::  Nov 20, 2011 - 9:38AM #401
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Aug 4, 2010 -- 1:25PM, Stardove wrote:


This is a song I wrote years ago in three chords, and Hank changed the music to what you'll hear.  You will see a transformation in my husband from years ago to today in the slide show.  Enjoy!





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2 years ago  ::  Nov 20, 2011 - 10:45AM #402
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Hi everyone,

Just chillin.  We had the first snow last night sometime.  The chickens are walking around in it right now, they don't mind. 

I learned how to make jam this year.  It's not as easy as you think.   For every batch I made there is another dud batch not good enough to sell on the pantry shelf that I'll eat on my oatmeal in the morning.  Probably take me two years.  But I found out about compotes.  Compotes are jams with nuts added, the remedy for a batch not up to par.

Now yesterday I attended the famous "Secret Santa Group" in our small town, and there were about 25 women attending, 1 man.  He came with his daughter and granddaughter who was about 1+ and looked like a little china doll all dressed up beautiful.  I wonder how granddaddy felt, for if I was in a group of 25 men and me, it would feel awkward.  But maybe not.

When we were done making Christmas cards to hang on the Christmas tree at the post office, we had eggnog with brandy or whisky, your choice. It IS cold outside and a little nip is great.  On the back of the card is the name of a present and people who come in to get their mail will pick a card, those who want to, and then they go out and buy that gift.  There were 52 children requesting gifts this year, same as last year.
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1 year ago  ::  Nov 23, 2011 - 11:09PM #403
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Thanks Christine for the chillin' post.  Too many times here at the Hot Topic Zone there is not enough chillin'.  Wink


IMO, of course.


Happy Thanksgiving to those in the USA which celebrate the day. 


Happy tomorrow for those who don't.

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1 year ago  ::  Nov 23, 2011 - 11:29PM #404
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Echoing Stardove...


Happy Thanksgiving...or... Happy Thursday Cool


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1 year ago  ::  Nov 24, 2011 - 9:06AM #405
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Thanks Stardove and Ken,

I am not doing anything today...I'm just a retired orphan!  Should have made Thanksgiving dinner for all the orphans in the neighborhood...I could do that next year.  Since I worked as a medical transcriber for so many years, Thanksgiving is just another day because hospitals don't stop for holidays.  Had to work Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years.  We did get to trade off on who got to take the holiday completely off of work, so I got at least 1 out of 3 work-free holidays a year.

IMO, Thanksgiving is for family or friends to get together and I don't really care what kind of food we eat.  It's a big commercial enterprise in the U.S. anymore--they probably grow turkeys all year long and freeze them all year long too.  Think of the millions and millions of turkeys, WOW.

Anyway, I'm a bit too cynical that we have a designated day for families to get together, and a VERY short holiday, only 4 days.  In California, the kids don't get out of school on the day previous to travel to where you are going, so accidents happen rushing to get where people are going in time to eat.  Weird, so I am a bit cynical.  Hope you don't mind.  Stardove, you just told me I was chillin nicely and then I come up with this complaint.  S-o-r-r-y !  But I do love Thanksgiving better than Christmas or New Years, if I had to choose.
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1 year ago  ::  Nov 28, 2011 - 2:24PM #406
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We spent Thanksgiving day with some of the family at my brother and sister-in-laws'. 


Then had the children from down south were in for the week-end.  Moon (my grand-mother name) and Pop (hubby's grand-father name) got to spend a lot of time with our two year old grand-son, Parker while his mom and dad shopped and visited friends here.  They are my children who lost their home, cabin, workshop, truck and just about everything they owned in the Bastrop Complex Fire back in September including five acres of forest on their seven acre plot of land. 


We are thankful they got out when they did, even if they didn't take much with them.  No time to gather up stuff, when you smell and see smoke and live in a forest.



Picture taken on the kid's land.....

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1 year ago  ::  Jan 20, 2012 - 2:00PM #407
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Any stamp collectors around here? I have a lot of stamps for trade.

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1 year ago  ::  Jan 20, 2012 - 2:13PM #408
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The Eagle has landed in our backyard.  Hubby Hank is in picture who did lots of work clearing the space for cover.  Three weeks after buying the Jayco 330RLTS we got her home.  The cover was built and outbuilding wired before parking her. 


Have travel trailer will travel.  Star   Laughing


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1 year ago  ::  Jan 20, 2012 - 11:27PM #409
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Jan 20, 2012 -- 2:13PM, Stardove wrote:

The Eagle has landed in our backyard.  Hubby Hank is in picture who did lots of work clearing the space for cover.  Three weeks after buying the Jayco 330RLTS we got her home.  The cover was built and outbuilding wired before parking her.


We have families around here living in trailers like that.


I get my big toy next week; a 1952 Ford 8N tractor. It's going to take me sevearl years, and about $3000, to restore it and then I can sell it for $2000. I'll just have to have $1000 of fun fixing it. Cool

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1 year ago  ::  Jan 21, 2012 - 4:23PM #410
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Jan 20, 2012 -- 11:27PM, mountain_man wrote:


Jan 20, 2012 -- 2:13PM, Stardove wrote:

The Eagle has landed in our backyard.  Hubby Hank is in picture who did lots of work clearing the space for cover.  Three weeks after buying the Jayco 330RLTS we got her home.  The cover was built and outbuilding wired before parking her.


We have families around here living in trailers like that.


I get my big toy next week; a 1952 Ford 8N tractor. It's going to take me sevearl years, and about $3000, to restore it and then I can sell it for $2000. I'll just have to have $1000 of fun fixing it. Cool




 


Dave, your idea of fun is...er...odd????... LOL Laughing


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