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Are you this happy about birthdays? Well, maybe you would be if you got a purple cake to match your purple dress. 🙂 But most of us grow up to find our own ways of having fun on our birthdays. Thanks to those of you who shared your happy birthday fun when you entered my annual Birthday Giveaway. Still a …
There are days in our lives that we will never forget. The day Pearl Harbor was bombed for those living then. The day President Kennedy was shot. And the 11th day of September 2001. Those past childhood on that day remember exactly where we were when we first heard about the planes flying into the Twin Towers. Some of us were watching …
The birthday craze continues with my annual birthday giveaway. An extra plus is that I get to poke through my pictures to find some cute birthday cakes. My daughter-in-law is very inventive with the kids’ cakes and when this granddaughter asked for a dog cake a few years ago, she created a cake with a doghouse, a dog, and dog …
Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter. ~Satchel Paige These kids don’t mind birthdays at all. They love them. Getting older is exciting. But as the years pile on, we start wanting to drag our feet a little about that getting older stuff. I still love birthdays. I just have a problem …
Birthday. If you were to let your mind run free what is the first thing you think about when you say birthday? Cake? Candles? Getting older? Parties? Family time? When I was a kid, I’m sure it was cake and the hope for presents. I had a wonderful aunt who made us cakes and brought us gifts. I don’t remember …
And so my August Sunday giveaways come to an end. Can you believe that next Sunday is September? Time is speeding by, at least for me, as another birthday is coming my way in September. But I’m blessed to be looking forward to that day. That doesn’t mean I have to start counting up the years! Some math is just …
If you’re old enough, you might remember when people used to say you couldn’t get anything for a nickel anymore? But now it’s more like you can’t get much for a dollar these days. When I was a kid you could actually get a candy bar for a nickel and a piece of bubblegum or a sucker for a penny. …
Have you ever been to a State Fair? In Kentucky, it’s a place where you can find almost anything. Music, rides, horse shows, cattle judging, rabbits and hens in cages, a rooster crowing contest, honey bees, shepherd dogs herding sheep, and more. Lots more. And tomorrow afternoon , you might find my husband and me at the at the Pride …
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. (John Updike) Here in Kentucky we’ve been blessed with abundant rain this summer. Every day kind of rain. Steamy like the air has moisture you can almost wring out of it even when the sun is shining and the clouds are holding …
Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. (Nathaniel Hawthorne) August is a great time for butterflies. I chased one all around the hayfield the other day when I was walking to try to get a picture. I think butterflies are born teasers when they …