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Grandmother’s Lemonade
The hot days of Summer call for a cool drink, shade, and a lazy breeze through the apple trees. If my taste memory serves, this is Grandmother’s Lemonade. 3/4 c. sugar 1 c. lemon juice 2 qt. minus 1 c. … Continue reading
Harvest Punch
We typically host Christmas Day dinner at our house, after my brother-in-law and his wife host the Feast of the Seven Fishes at his. Christmas Day is a more subdued affair, with fewer guests, and more flexibility in the menu. … Continue reading
Replacing the Oxygen Sensor on a 2002 Honda CR-V
In order to pass the New York State vehicle inspection, all emissions control components must work. For example, if the oxygen sensors fail, they must be replaced. If you ever need to do replace an oxygen sensor, these instructions from … Continue reading
Grandmother’s Creamed Tomatoes
From my younger sister, Grandmother Cox’s recipe for Creamed Tomatoes 1 pint whole tomatoes pinch of baking soda 1/3 cup flour 1/3 cup milk salt pepper 3 Tbsp butter Empty tomatoes into saucepan and crush them. Add pinch of baking … Continue reading
Cucumbers
D and the children planted a nice garden this year in Gram’s front yard: tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, corn, watermelon, butternut squash, zucchini, and cucumber. We took our first batch of zucchini and cucumber off the vines the weekend of July … Continue reading
Sangria
We had family and friends over tonight for the 1st Annual Firefly Catching Contest. It was a blast; we’ll certainly have the 2nd Annual one next year. This was all D’s idea. She made some appetizers, and invited the other … Continue reading
A Rainy Day
Rain falling from the sky Slowly sliding off the roof Dripping down the window panes Glittering on the spider webs Gently slipping down the leaves Making puddles on the ground The sun shows its royal presence It pushes the clouds … Continue reading
Selected Spelling Sentences
The Little Sister is in the second grade this year. One of their weekly assignments is to write sentences using the words they are learning to spell. She has quite a way with them. I don’t really go in the … Continue reading
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Procrastination has its Virtues
I’m presently working on remodeling the upstairs bathroom, and have been for some time. In order to do this on the cheap, I planned to replace the doors and trim on the existing cabinets. However, the cabinets were not symmetrical. … Continue reading
Gee, Thanks, Miley
The girls heard from a friend today who told them, Hannah Montana takes her clothes off and lets people take pictures of her.. They were distraught. The Little Sister gasped, She’d never do that! Would she, Mom? Thank you, Miley … Continue reading
WALL-E
After we left the theater, we discussed what they liked best about the movie. The Little Sister said of WALL-E (Wikipedia), I’m glad they learned to walk and could leave the hospital.
Christmas Card Preview
Most of the folks on our Christmas card list are off-line. Boy will they be surprised when they see this!
Caring
My daughters got into an interesting discussion on the way back from their religious education classes. The Little Sister was upset that one of her friends does not care about the President. The Big Sister suggested that maybe the friend … Continue reading
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Names
My daughters, Beavis and Butthead, summed up the objections to Bob Barr for President quite succinctly. His name is Bob Barf. Heh heh. Heh heh. Heh. Little do they know what is in store for them.
Proverbs 15:27
The Big Brother and I were watching Madame Blueberry yesterday, and the moral of the story is, The greedy man troubles his own house.
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Navel Gazing
For one of her classes last year, D. wrote a paper which analyzes an effect of the self-absorption of the media, in response to one of the unfounded assertions in the class’s text, that the rise of the Internet and … Continue reading
Complex Sentences
Today I learned that my daughter’s 3rd grade class takes their clipboards to the school garden, and then writes something about what they observe. On Friday, they wrote one of each type of sentence. The Big Sister showed us where … Continue reading
Big Woman
While in Virginia for Camp Binky, I read a bunch of papers that my sister had found in Grandmother’s collection of family histories. It turns out that my father’s great-grandfather‘s mother weighed 575 pounds. My aunt has her chair. It’s … Continue reading
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Beautiful Day
It’s a beautiful day out today. The wind chases fluffy white clouds across the sky. Leaves whisper in the breeze, counterpoint to the bullfrog’s basso. I can hear the sounds of baseball from the park. The girls are out playing … Continue reading
