Tag Archives: Amusing anecdotes

Grandma Peachy’s Stuffed Toy Hospital

Posted on January 9, 2017 by

I was going to write a totally different “Monday Morning Musings” piece today but I just wasn’t into it, so to speak. While standing outside with my daughter my hand found a puff ball in my coat pocket. I determined … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Rhubarb – a Culinary Slam-Dunk

Posted on October 14, 2016 by

I’ve had this excess of frozen rhubarb in my freezer for a year now. The last two years my neighbor kept bringing me rhubarb from his garden. He isn’t there now and this year I didn’t get any more because … Continue reading →

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Truck-nic Date

Posted on April 25, 2016 by

The Winters family lexicon incorporated a new term from the Irwin family recently. A truck-nic is when you go through a fast food drive up or a drive in with a car hop to get food and eat in your … Continue reading →

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Men and Their Power Tools

Posted on April 18, 2016 by

Last week my daughter and son-in-law purchased some diatomaceous earth for the annual ant dance around our house. We’ve never used it before but have heard some awesome things about how effective it is on all crawling insects. We discovered … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found

Posted on December 21, 2015 by

When I moved into this house and set up my sewing room I could not find the operations manual for my Brother sewing machine. Well, I couldn’t find the English version. It has been a year and a half. I’ve … Continue reading →

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The Perils of Copy Paste

Posted on September 28, 2015 by

Ever sent and email that never arrived? I did that just the other day and it wasn’t the first time. I had asked for someone’s email address and they gave it to me. I did a simple ‘copy and paste’ … Continue reading →

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