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Ben's Crew
Posted Wednesday, April 10, at 7:46 PM I have a little friend that I would like to introduce to you. His name is Ben. He is two and one-half years old now. He has curly hair and soulful eyes. He is the youngest in his family. I first saw Ben before he was born. I was able to see his first ultrasound picture. His folks were so very excited that he was going to joining their family. His mom, dad, big sister and grandma got to see the photos first. His mom shared with her co-workers (one would be me.)...
Soap Opera Glasses It has been old home week on ABC's General Hospital. The show is celebrating its 50th anniversary. They have brought back many of the actors and actresses who had been on the show in previous years. While I haven't been a lifelong fan, I am more recently back to the party thanks to my DVR. I have been enough of a sudsy fan (my term for being an soap opera fan ) over the years that I have kept up with the various story lines...
I Have Turned Into My Dad It is official. I have turned into my father. He would have thought this was quite comical and he would have chuckled about it and shook his head at the same time. When I was growing up, my dad seemed to visit with everybody wherever we went. Now, it probably wasn't that bad but sometime it seemed like it. ...
Ice Is Possible Our current vehicle is a Chevy. There are some features that I love. I suppose I could write a fan letter to the engineers who designed the features, the execs who okayed the features and the assembly line workers that built the car. That would require too much work. Next best thing is to blog about it...
Lunch by Train Now that Little Miss is almost two, going out to eat means we have to go to the kid-centered eating establishments some of the time. We had some fun this past Sunday at lunch. The kids suggested going to Fritz's. Son-in-law mentioned trains so we figured we would give it a go...
Contemplating the Content What to write about? Numerous times in the past several weeks I have plopped down with the laptop and typed. Then I would delete. Then I would type and I would delete. I decided I should make a list of potential topics and see if that would spark anything...
What Is In A Name? Betsy is a nickname bestowed upon me early in my life. My parental units did not want me to be called Liz or Lizzie -- no offense to those folks with those names -- since my given name is Elizabeth. They chose Betsy and that is what I was called from the time I was little. Growing up, there was a girl a grade ahead of me whose name was Bitzy. For most of each fall, my 'new' teachers would call me Bitzy. Usually by Christmas time, I was Betsy again...
Curling Irons Over the last few decades, I have purchased my fair share of curling irons. I don't have to have the fancy dance irons that crinkle or flatten hair. A nice, dependable iron that works more than three days when taken it out of the package would be helpful...
Pumpkin Jacket I had a memorable little encounter this past weekend. We were going into a store and there was father and daughter sitting on a bench. I figured they were waiting for mom. The Hubby and I were the only ones walking into the entry way at the time...
Sno-Cone Cups The running joke in my family is that I will buy 'sale' items in bulk. Now some of that is true but recently my 'bulk' purchase was not entirely my fault. I get a call from Hubby. He needs sno-cone cups for the energy class to make anemometers. Could I go pick some up when I get off work, he inquires. I asked how many he needed. He thought thirty or forty...
Ring... Ring.... Ring... Ring......Ring... Pollster: Hello, I am with the all mighty-political-pollster-group. Do you have five minutes to answer some questions about the upcoming Senate race? Me: Yeah, go ahead. Pollster: Are you a registered voter in Nebraska...
Purple Heaven 1985. That is the last time Hubby and I went on a vacation that was just the two of us or didn't involve staying with relatives. No disrespect to either the kids or the relatives but I figured it was about time. I had to wait to see how the surgery recovery went but after it was determined it was going well, I arranged for PTO (paid time off) from work...
May I Offer You A Seat? This past week I had to go to the courthouse to renew my driver's license. Yippee skippy, another great way to spend a morning. I got there and there was already a line waiting. Oh goody, I thought. For a split second I thought I about leaving and then coming back. I thought better of it. I just needed to suck it up and wait in line. I had to get a number for the little number machine and fill out the paperwork...
Replacing the Wheels Not much going on at homestead lately, except that Hubby surgery last week. Oh, nothing, major except he had both his knees replaced. If you are thinking 'ouch', that is probably an understatement. Here is the deal. We have known for the since his last knee scope a few years back that he would eventually have to have his knees replaced. ...
Goodbye Pamida I have observed the slow demise of our local Pamida store in the last couple of months. The chain was sold to Shopko and our local store will reopen as a Shopko Hometown store. Thinking about it, I shopped at Pamida stores in various locations and states over the last four decades. ...
Pomp and Circumstance Recently, our younger daughter graduated from the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Our family from different states and both sides of the state of Nebraska travelled to Kearney to attend the festivities. The ceremony was held in the Health and Sports center which is the largest venue on campus. ...
Decorate and Enjoy I spent a bit of time during our recent jaunt to the Panhandle doing some work on my hubby's genealogy to add to the family tree information. We stopped at Rosehill Cemetery near Broadwater, Nebraska to take photos of some of the family gravestones. ...
DNA and Sarcasm Recently the opportunity presented itself to have my DNA tested to trace parental heritage. I went with the paternal side. The swab kit arrived. I sent in the swabs. Then I waited and waited and waited. Finally, the results were available. There weren't any great surprises at all. The percentages played out like I figured. Seventy-six percent was British Isles (English/Irish), twenty-one percent was central European and the remainder was three percent " other."...
Purse Smurse I am a purse designer or purse maker's absolute worst nightmare. I don't care about purses. It almost took an act of Congress to ever get me to carry one. I swear I was the very last girl in my class in school back in the Stone Age to even want to carry a purse...
Baby Things I Forgot I Knew I was able to spend a day all by myself with my granddaughter recently. I had the most flexibility in my work schedule at the time, so I went to help out since their daycare provider was ill. Now, it has been a day or two since I had a little one to look after. I am pretty much used to taking care of myself and it has been a couple of decades since I had been around little ones...
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