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Writer's Block: What is your name?
My family had started a tradition of combining grandmothers names to name a new grand daughter. So my great grandmother ended up as Donie Belle (I don't even know the two names that came from). Her daughter was saddled with LouSue for Louise and Susan her grandmothers. She disliked the name enough to go by her middle name Clyde! Then she turned ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
When I was growing up I used to bake a lot of cookies for my family. I couldn't hear the oven timer ring if I was upstairs so somehow the word "IT" shouted loudly came to mean the timer had rung to signal the cookies were done. To this day if someone in my now (greatly enlarged and scattered) family shouts "IT", we all know that means the oven ( Read more... ) -
16 things Meme
I decided to take Arie up on her challenge. Why so slow? See #6
1. I have lived my entire life in Marin County California where I was born.
2. I love to travel and have done quite a bit, but I really don't like being away from home.
3. I am the third of six siblings who are all taller than me. My six nieces and nephews are also now all ( Read more... ) -
Nature
I was driving home from work Tuesday night about 7:15PM and about a block from my home a coyote crossed the street in front of my car! He/She then trotted up the sidewalk a bit, crossed back across the street and went down the side street. Now I live up a hill right next to a very large open area. It used to be the Golden Gate National ( Read more... ) -
Update to Santa Visit
Ariel's little brother Ash, who threw up all over the floor as we were waiting to visit Santa last Sunday was really sick, poor kid. He ended up having his appendix removed on Monday night! He's home now and doing okay but won't be going back to school until after the Christmas holidays.
The Santa we were waiting to see is actually played by my ( Read more... )
