Tupperware

Tomorrow, I'm having a Tupperware Party!

I had a Tupperware Party once...when I was in high school, nearly 30 years ago. A lot has changed in Tupperware: microwave products and colors, yet one thing is still consistent. Tupperware is reliable and most items have a lifetime guarantee.

Here is my perky Tupperware consultant's website. Contact Tania if you want to host a party.

www.mytupperware.com/tdrown

An Apple a Day

An apple a day's supposed to keep doctors away,
yet on my desk still sits an apple
...waiting...waiting...
until I sink my hard teeth into its crispness
so health is delivered.

Many apples I have eaten in my lifetime,
yet still to the doctor's office I go
...wishing...wishing...
that optimal health will be mine
with the next apple!

POLITICIANS

WHICH GROUP OF GOOD-OLE-BOYS DO YOU PREFER?

IN THEIR DAY THEY REPRESENTED BOTH GOOD AND BAD,

MOST HAVE PASSED: SOME AMERICANS HAPPY, SOME SAD.

POLITICS IS A TRICKY TOPIC-MAKES AN ENEMY OR FRIEND.

LAWS AND REGULATIONS SOMETIMES MADE TO FOLLOW OR BEND.

SINCE COLONIAL TIMES, MEN HAVE BOMBARDED THE ROLES.

IN MODERN DAY, WOMEN POLITICIANS ON THEIR SHOES WEAR OUT THEIR SOLES.

THERE IS NO RIGHT, NO WRONG, YET MANY A COMPROMISE.

IN THE WORLD OF POLITICS TAXPAYERS DESERVE A PRIZE.

TIME MARCHES ON AND SOON THERE WILL BE:

A PAINTING OF LADY POLITICIANS SITTING HERE TO SEE.

SO HUNGRY

I got home from work today and I was SO hungry, I couldn't help myself...I climbed into the fridge and began pigging out!

Help me! I'm eating and I can't stop!

Where are my Weight Watcher friends when I need them?

AMISH COUNTRY VACATION

What a wonderful time my husband and I had on our vacation!

We have done many things including: hanging out in Intercourse, Pennsylvania and watching buggies go by, traveling slowly down country lanes to view unlimited Amish and Mennonite farms, buildings and animals out on the land, and horses and mules pulling non-mechanized farm equipment. Went for a horse and buggy ride with a Mennonite man.

Went to Strausburg and took a train ride through farmland. Went to Gettysburg, where we were humbled and aware of the great sacrifice made by soldiers in the Civil War, and just how devastating that era was.

Today we went to the family dining restaurant named 'Good and Plenty'...it was good and there was plenty of food. We sat beside some folks from Sweden and on the other side a couple from South Carolina, Carol & Wayne. Had a good talk with the S.Carolina folks and made new friends, with an invite to come on down and stay with them sometime. They are our age, but have only been married one year. They have many children between them, several grandchildren, and one son lives in Vermont (next state over from us).

Back to Intercourse today, where Ray sat on the bench on the front porch of The Old Country Store and watched buggies go by. Inside, I gazed at the thousand bolts of colorful material. I chose three designs to get for table clothes. Since I'm not adept at sewing, I won't be making a quilt anytime soon. However, I went up to the Quilt Museum and snapped some photos of the intricately sewn heirlooms. Absolutely worth the $700 bucks they cost.

(Note: okay, I will use the faux quilt design on one of my fabrics to try my hand/patience at quilting. No idea how it will come out, but I've now got the urge to do so!)
Photos to follow...

Quilts in the Wind

Traveling fast or traveling slow-

it matters not the pace we go,

For our reward soon shall be-

relaxing in Amish Country.

Autumn gold brings winter's cold-

Sabbath service - sing songs of old,

Simple people in a complex world-

innocent ways gently unfurled.

Traveling fast or traveling slow-

it matters not the pace we go,

Time blows like quilts in the wind-

as Amish into their world rescind.

HALLOWEEN INTERVIEW

"RUFF! I LOVE HALLOWEEN,"the pooch said as he sat on the beige checkered couch. When the interviewer smiled at his enthusiasm, the pooch's lips curved up.

The seasoned interviewer from Pet World Magazine nodded. "YOU LOVE THE CANDY?"

"CANDY IS GREAT," the doe-eyed doggy sighed. "BUT IT'S THE COSTUMES I REALLY LOVE."

"I SEE YOU'RE A BEAR WITH A MICROPHONE."

"WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR MY HOWL?"

The interviewer curled up her paws on the recliner and readjusted her tail. "MEOW! I LOVE A PERFORMING POOCH!

...HAPPY HALLOWEEN...

All Eyes are Upon You

You go about your life, minding your own business, carefree and oblivious, and then something happens to zoom in all the attention on you.

All eyes are on YOU! One misstep and you may be laughed at...or worse. There are vultures out there waiting to swoop down and clench you in the claws of...

Holy smokes! This is getting scary.

All I meant to say was: Do you ever go about minding your own business and suddenly realize everyone else is minding your business, too?

When all eyes are upon you, step very carefully...

San Antonio Blogger

I follow the blog of a woman in San Antonio, Texas. I feel a bit of a connection with her because when I was in the Air Force, I, too, lived in San Antonio. (I love it when she mentions running into HEB 'grocery store' for something now and again. That's were I bought my food!)

Anyway, I've been reading her x-rated blog...peering into her life...for six months. To get on to her blog you have to click on the button that says, 'Yes, I want to continue and I understand there is questionable material.'

This thirty-something woman is a police dispatcher. She is divorced, childless, and constantly rendezvous with various men to fulfill her desires. Though she writes like she is street-wise and tough, she seems a bit insecure. She wrote that her mother is ill and she worries about her daughter, which is now making this blogging woman step back and question her situation in life.

She wants love. She wants to feel again. Here is the comment I left on her blog entry:

Wow! Heavy stuff!

I suggest patience with yourself...be your own best friend. Don't be looking for love...go about your life, having fun, and it may bite you in the butt. Get involved with a group where you are around the type of people you strive to be, or put yourself with those who share your views, religious beliefs, or pastimes (other than work). Perhaps get away from the normal things you do and explore other pastimes.

You appear to be hard-core and self-fulfilled, like your mom said, but if you were a bit more soft and strove to please others, you might attract a different type guy. I know you are your own woman and I like you...this is just a suggestion from someone who's been near where you are, and came out of the dark tunnel with a happy marriage of 16 years.
Lisa in NH

(Note: I appear to be the only one leaving comments on her blog. She has to screen the comments and decide if she wants to post them for others to read. She posts my comments. She must not hate them.)

THE AMISH IGNORE POLITICS

WHEN WILL IT END?? WHO'S LYING??

WHEN WILL THE COMMERCIALS SHUT UP??

MY ABSENTEE BALLOT WILL BE CAST AND THEN I WILL BE OFF ON VACATION WITH THE AMISH PEOPLE.

DO THE AMISH VOTE?

DO THEY CLOSE THEIR EARS AND IGNORE?

I WANT TO BE AN AMISH PERSON...