Becky and Lee ... and a dog named Bella

Saturday Nap

Lee — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:43:22 +0000

What better to do on a chilly Saturday afternoon than take a nap?

Nothing Goes To Waste In My Sewing Room!

Becky — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:51:49 +0000

I don’t usually share in this blog. However, I must share a cute story with you. If you know me, you know that I sew every day! A friend of mine brought me a big plastic storage container of material that included curtains, tablecloths, etc. I loved it! I sometimes keep material for a year or longer. Then one day, “Wha La”, I need it. One of my sewing customers called and needed a brown tie in kind of a hurry. I remembered that there was some “lovely brown” curtains in my plastic box. So, I hurriedly made him the tie. He loved it! Then, he came back and wanted to know if I could make also make him a vest from the “lovely brown” material. He loved that also; I didn’t have the heart to tell him he was wearing curtains! Then, another customer wanted a table runner for fall. Again, I went to the box and pulled out the “lovely brown” material and embroideried on it! She loved it! I also made my brother a valance for his bedroom with some of the other material. Nothing goes to waste in my sewing room. Thank you Shelley for my wonderful plastic container full of goodies!

I Can’t Be THAT Old

Lee — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:22:50 +0000

Tonight as I was driving home in the car with my wife and my grandson, Jordan, he asked me to guess what his mother had bought his sister for Christmas. I already knew the answer, but asked him if I could have three guesses. My first guess of a can of Campbell’s Soup proved to be wrong. For my second guess, I asked him if it was a Furby. My grandson, being 21 years of age, had no clue what a Furby is. Wasn’t it just last year that was the craze?

Oh, I can’t tell you what the real answer was. It would spoil the surprise on Christmas Day for his sister!

My Hang-Up With Cookies

Lee — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:47:44 +0000

My wife knows what white cookies mean to me during the holidays. My grandmother always made them for me and you can read about them in my post from last month. Being the wonderful woman my wife is, she made white cookies for me this year and hung them in my study using her creativity. Just like Christmases of old … well, almost.

On A Warm And Sunny November Afternoon

Lee — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:56:31 +0000

Thirty years ago today on warm and sunny November afternoon at 3:00 p.m. I married the woman who I wanted to share the remainder of my life with. Looking at the photograph, I do not believe we have aged at … Continue reading →

Drug Problem

Lee — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:07:51 +0000

A friend of mine on Facebook posted a copy of this newspaper clipping. How true it is.

Time Change Blues

Lee — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:35:49 +0000

Spam

Lee — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:42:07 +0000

Tradition

Lee — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:04:16 +0000

Today I noticed that retail stores have begun playing Christmas music. The older I get the more I realize perhaps the first of November is a tad early to focus on Christmas, but regardless, I love the holiday. While strolling down the aisles and quietly singing along with a fine rendition of “Frosty The Snowman”, I began thinking of Christmas traditions.

One of the oldest memories I have of Christmas is the Christmas Tree Cookies. My grandmother would make “white cookies” and before baking would take one of her many cookie cutters and cut bears, stars, trees and gingerbread men from the cookie dough. Then toward the top of each cookie she would place a hole. After baking, frosting, and sprinking those red and green sprinkly things on top (which tasted so good eaten straight from the sprinkly stuff container when no one was watching), a string was inserted in the hole to suspend each individual cookie from one of the Chistmas tree boughs. Over the course of the holiday, each time I would visit, I would break off and eat an appendage from the gingerbread man or bear shaped cookies. It wasn’t unusual to find a bear or a gingerbread man with just its head dangling on the tree from its string.

I would love to have you post below your favorite holiday memories and traditions.

A Long Day For Anastasia

Lee — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:25:28 +0000