I was remembering when I was a child and how Saturday was a big day for us. On Saturdays we took the extra eggs and cream that Mom had skimmed from the milk and headed to town. It was a big place LOL.
There was a Pentecost Church , beauty Shop and the general store combined with the post office.
The store carried everything you could think of sort of the Wal-Mart of today. A one stop shopping place.
With the money we got from eggs and cream mom got sugar, flour and things we needed and we usually got a bottle of pop and bag of salted peanuts which came to a dime.Of course we dumped the peanuts in the pop . Yum!
There was a pot bellied stove in the back of the store near the post office and benches and chairs around where the men sat and talked ( gossiped). Some played checkers.
We got permanents at the beauty shop once with this machine with long cords that were put in our hair.
Today the buildings are still there but the beauty shop is empty, a friend lives in the store/post office and some one lives in the church. A new church was built on the highway a few years ago. The post office closed and everyone was given a new address and our mail comes from the next county away.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Untamed by Lisa Harper
I read this book and will review it here.
It is a book about God and how strong and awsome He is. I found it interesting and thought provoking as far as some questions she asked between the chapters.
However I will not reccomend it because of her trinitarian remarks as far as "Her God".
It does not match my beliefs as I have 1 God.
It is a book about God and how strong and awsome He is. I found it interesting and thought provoking as far as some questions she asked between the chapters.
However I will not reccomend it because of her trinitarian remarks as far as "Her God".
It does not match my beliefs as I have 1 God.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
I remember.......
Last night after I went to bed I was thinking about my childhood and I was remembering when I was 3 or 4 I loved to go to school.
Most days my Mom would walk to the mailbox which was a couple miles or more from our house. The school was about half way. It was of course a 1 room school with grades 1-8 there. My Mom would stop to rest and get drink from the well and walk on to the mailbox. I always begged to stay there while she went one and usually she would let me.Sometimes I got to stay the rest of the day and walk home with my sister.
I remember one day Mom was doing our laundry out in the yard in a big iron pot and I asked her if I could go to school. She told me no, because my dress was dirty and she did not have time to clean me up and take me.
I went inside and changed my dress and sneaked out. I decided I'd take the wagon path because it was low with high sides and she would not see me. When I reached the far corner there she stood waiting with a switch as she missed me and came "Catty Corner" and beat me there.
Yes, she whipped me because I wanted to go to school and I teased her about it for years but I really knew she whipped me because I disobeyed.
Most days my Mom would walk to the mailbox which was a couple miles or more from our house. The school was about half way. It was of course a 1 room school with grades 1-8 there. My Mom would stop to rest and get drink from the well and walk on to the mailbox. I always begged to stay there while she went one and usually she would let me.Sometimes I got to stay the rest of the day and walk home with my sister.
I remember one day Mom was doing our laundry out in the yard in a big iron pot and I asked her if I could go to school. She told me no, because my dress was dirty and she did not have time to clean me up and take me.
I went inside and changed my dress and sneaked out. I decided I'd take the wagon path because it was low with high sides and she would not see me. When I reached the far corner there she stood waiting with a switch as she missed me and came "Catty Corner" and beat me there.
Yes, she whipped me because I wanted to go to school and I teased her about it for years but I really knew she whipped me because I disobeyed.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
My Dad
Yes, it is Father's Day weekend and I couldn't resist writing about my Dad. He has been gone for over 16 years and I miss him and Momma so much.
My Dad was a quiet man. I can't remember ever hearing him say anything bad about anyone. I do remember one man he did not like but my sister and I never knew why but he would not do business with him.
I remember my dad carrying me on his shoulders down the wagon trail to our house when I was small.
I do not think he ever whipped me and if he did I don't remember it. He expected Momma to do that because my sister and I were girls.
Once I had taken my glasses off and given them to him and he placed them in his shirt pocket and forgot about it and went to barn to take care of the animals. When he went to draw water from the well my glasses fell in.He borrowed a pump the next day from his boss and pumped the well dry to get my glasses out.
My Dad was a soft touch and would give anyone anything he had if they needed it. He loved his kids and grandkids.
He loved to hunt and fish and ginseng hunted until a few years before he died. He fell one day and broke his ankle and rescue people had to go find him. He never hunted after that.
He took us to Church for years and went faithfully until his death.
I was blessed to have such a wonderful earthly Father.
My Dad was a quiet man. I can't remember ever hearing him say anything bad about anyone. I do remember one man he did not like but my sister and I never knew why but he would not do business with him.
I remember my dad carrying me on his shoulders down the wagon trail to our house when I was small.
I do not think he ever whipped me and if he did I don't remember it. He expected Momma to do that because my sister and I were girls.
Once I had taken my glasses off and given them to him and he placed them in his shirt pocket and forgot about it and went to barn to take care of the animals. When he went to draw water from the well my glasses fell in.He borrowed a pump the next day from his boss and pumped the well dry to get my glasses out.
My Dad was a soft touch and would give anyone anything he had if they needed it. He loved his kids and grandkids.
He loved to hunt and fish and ginseng hunted until a few years before he died. He fell one day and broke his ankle and rescue people had to go find him. He never hunted after that.
He took us to Church for years and went faithfully until his death.
I was blessed to have such a wonderful earthly Father.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Grandkids and falling in love
My 19 year old granddaughter has a boyfriend. She lives here in Illinois and he works in the Dakotas on the oil rigs. He is gone a couple months and back here 10 days and repeat. so they have lots of time apart and my granddaughter really misses him when he is gone.
She said her mom says she goes from excitement to being grouchy the nearer it comes to his time home. She worries that if she cares for him something will go wrong.
As I mentioned yesterday my heart son Robert is in Ok. with his wife as she has the day to spend with him tomorrow after graduating today. Then he will return back here and leave her for 10 more weeks.
Young love is hard!
She said her mom says she goes from excitement to being grouchy the nearer it comes to his time home. She worries that if she cares for him something will go wrong.
As I mentioned yesterday my heart son Robert is in Ok. with his wife as she has the day to spend with him tomorrow after graduating today. Then he will return back here and leave her for 10 more weeks.
Young love is hard!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Sweethearts
My heart son Robert posted on face book today that he was happy for the first time in a long time. I know he is referring to the first part of April when his bride of 6 weeks, Amanda left for the military. Today he got to see her. It seems to have been more important to him than his first ride in a plane to Ok.
I know when he has to leave this week end and come home it will be rough for him as he knows it will be 10 more weeks before he gets to see her again. Then he is concerned as to where she will be sent after these 10 weeks and if it will be somewhere he can go along with her.
Amanda calls him quite frequently and hearing her voice helps some but it just don't replace getting a hug and kiss.
My hubby and I have been married 50 years this year and still don't like to be away from him and I'm sure it is much harder on the young ones.
I know when he has to leave this week end and come home it will be rough for him as he knows it will be 10 more weeks before he gets to see her again. Then he is concerned as to where she will be sent after these 10 weeks and if it will be somewhere he can go along with her.
Amanda calls him quite frequently and hearing her voice helps some but it just don't replace getting a hug and kiss.
My hubby and I have been married 50 years this year and still don't like to be away from him and I'm sure it is much harder on the young ones.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
parents/children
I keep hearing ideas to encourage parents to do things with their children and got to thinking of how different it is today than when I was a child.
When I was a child we did everything with our parents whether it was plowing and planting a garden, fishing, camping or going to neighbours for a visit. We did not have camping equipment such as sleeping bags, coolers, tents etc. We camped beside the stream at Belle Smith ( a recreation area here in Shawnee Natl. Forest) and slept on blankets and looked at the stars. Dad and his cousin would fish the next day while "the kids" waded and swam in the little water hole by where we camped.We repeated this several times a year.
It seems now that some parents don't want to spend time with their children and are busy planning things for them do so they won't be bothered with them. As soon as school is out they start sending their children to all sorts of camps so they will be gone all summer.
When I was a child we did everything with our parents whether it was plowing and planting a garden, fishing, camping or going to neighbours for a visit. We did not have camping equipment such as sleeping bags, coolers, tents etc. We camped beside the stream at Belle Smith ( a recreation area here in Shawnee Natl. Forest) and slept on blankets and looked at the stars. Dad and his cousin would fish the next day while "the kids" waded and swam in the little water hole by where we camped.We repeated this several times a year.
It seems now that some parents don't want to spend time with their children and are busy planning things for them do so they won't be bothered with them. As soon as school is out they start sending their children to all sorts of camps so they will be gone all summer.
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