Welcome.....

To my world of the weird, the strange, the unexplained......... no, I'm just kidding, this is a happy place......OK, maybe I am just a little weird.

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Three generations of silly ladies

 It's TBT once again...three generations of silly ladies...I think we were going to a wedding?


 

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Happy Fall Ya'll

 Happy Fall Ya'll! (Well, officially not until tonight, but still....it's finally here!)


 

Monday, September 21, 2026

Pears galore

 I have been making pear sauce everyday for over a week. Bill's brother gave us a huge box of Keifer pears from their pear tree. They are known to be very hard, even when ripe and yes, they are, hard as a brick! They make great sauce though, no sugar needed, as they are very sweet, I only used cinnamon. Also, it's been so hot, didn't want to heat the house up, so just put them in the crockpot on low for 6 hours, cooled and into the freezer. That is why it took me so long, one batch a day.I think we are set for fresh tasting fruit until next summer. A shout out to the inventors of food processors, crockpots and immersion blenders! I couldn't have done it without you! (Well, I could have, but I am too lazy for that!


 

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Throw Back Thursday

 It's Throw Back Thursday...my mom was such a good sport. I always helped her find a costume for our Red Hat Halloween party and I jokingly told her I had bought a bat hat, she said bring it on...what a fun party! The tornado sirens were going off, the wind was a-blowin'..good times though! I miss my sweet mama so much..


 

Truth..

 




Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Steak and shake is shaking thing up

Had supper at Steak'n Shake at Effingham, now that they have decided to be old school and use grass-fed waygu beef, fries cooked in beef tallow and cane sugar sodas...it was delicious. We had a date afternoon, looking at kitchen tiles and stainless steel sinks and picking up items we won in an on-line auction waaay out in the creek bottoms...home by 6:30...now that's what we old people call a good time.Bill...I don't know what to do with this goofball...



 

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Rainbow

 We had a little rain cloud come by and gave us a rainbow...I didn't enhance these photos at all, it wasn't very bright, but I was still pretty.

 




Saturday, September 12, 2026

World Color annual reunion

 Tonight was our annual World Color Press/Salem Gravure reunion. The plant closed in 2000, so it's been quite a while, many have passed on, so we are grateful to still be able to get together and reconnect once a year. Many had already left when we decided to take this picture. What a great time we had! It's always a potluck, so there was lots of good food too