In the county where I live, it is legal to sell and shoot fireworks. There are fireworks stands at almost every intersection along the highway that I drive to and from my home. Now, this isn’t a major interstate; it’s just a state highway.
Most of the stands offer four free fireworks with the purchase of [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Economic Indicator
Posted in holidays, tagged celebration, economy, holidays on June 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A Message from the Purple Sweater
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Knitting on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I’m not a complete sweater yet. But Charlotte did attach one of my sleeves. I’m still missing the other one and my sides are gaping open. Hopefully she’ll soon close me up.
She did take me shopping this week. Her guests like to shop, especially at crafts type stores so we [...]
Is This A Suburb of You-Know-Where?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged weather on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It is so hot here it’s almost unbearable. It is so hot that I’ve begun to wonder if I’ve moved to a suburb of that well-known hot spot we all want to avoid in eternity.
To add to my discomfort, I have house guests this week. They arrived today. We have various outdoor activities planned and [...]
Where Spam Comes From
Posted in Ponderings, Uncategorized, tagged Ponderings on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have a spamblocker program on my computer which protects me from having to deal with a huge amount of spam. Some, though, ends up in a segregated folder as “suspect” mail and I can view it to determine if it truly is spam.
I’ve noticed a rather interesting thing about the messages which end up [...]
Knitters’ Guild Potluck Lunch
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, Knitting on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the annual potluck lunch of the Knitters Guild. At first it didn’t look like very many people would be there. But eventually probably 100 folks had come. As usual at such events, we had a wealth of food to eat.
This year the lunch was held at the Ethical Society. For some reason, we [...]
Shoe Memories
Posted in Uncategorized on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The other day, Vicki (http://knitorious.typepad.com/knitorious) mentioned she really didn’t have a thing for shoes like Imelda Marcos had. But she could see that she would like/could have a closet full of one particular brand of shoes. Her comments brought back some memories for me.
When I graduated from high school, I got a job working as a [...]
Purple Sweater is Annoying Me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Knitting on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This little purple sweater must be for a boy … it’s getting on my nerves just like a hyperactive two-year-old boy!
I knit both fronts and was relatively pleased with them. Then I set about to seam the shoulders and knit the neckband. I discovered anew that multiple yarn ends — because of changing [...]
Would a baby boy wear purple?
Posted in Knitting, Uncategorized on June 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A week or ten days ago, maybe two weeks now that I think about it, I started a new knit project. It’s a baby sweater in a 12-month size and will go in my gift closet until the stork brings a new baby. Ideally, I like to have a girl and a boy sweater in [...]
One Scarey Drive
Posted in weather on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, as is my custom, I went to Bible Study at church. This month the pastor is teaching a series on Biblical prophecy which is proving to be very interesting. During the service, he mentioned someone had told him there were tornado warnings out. Maybe that accounted for the smaller attendance.
I hadn’t heard about [...]
A Recipe Variation
Posted in family, food on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When I was a girl, my mom sometimes made breaded pork steaks for supper. She would dip the pork steak in beaten egg and then in flour. It was then fried. These crusty pork steaks came out tender and delicious.
The other day I saw a similar recipe for baked chicken. This recipe had you use [...]
