In my last post, I made a few references to a certain contractor who had done a bang-up job on our then-new kitchen, and a little bit down, noted that I needed to look into laminate flooring for our renovated porch. What I didn’t say was that the same contractor is doing the porch job, [...]
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Oh. My. Word.
Posted in domestic domovaya, home on August 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Mimi’s Meme
Posted in Music, My Life in Christ, Needlework, Orthodox Christianity, Personal, domestic domovaya, family, home on July 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Can…not…resist…Must…do…Resistance…Is…Futile…
5 things I was doing five years ago:
Trying to get used to the idea that my son had moved away from home
Working on an analoy cover for church
Trying to get used to the idea that I was actually a grandmother
Anticipating a new daughter-in-law (the less said about that, the better)
Having my kitchen redone, which was [...]
More about Laundry
Posted in Personal, domestic domovaya, home on May 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I got as much a charge out of reading everyone’s “clothesline” comments as I did out of the original post! Philippa made a comment about “laundry trees,” so I thought I’d elaborate a bit more on that topic.
I use a “laundry tree” all winter long. (I love this term, by the way, since it actually [...]
More About Clotheslines
Posted in Autobiography, Places, domestic domovaya, home on May 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve done enough ranting about clotheslines that a good friend sent me this via e-mail. I have her permission to post it here.
Another friend to whom I sent this, who grew up some ten miles away from me (but Brooklyn is like a foreign country, if you’re from Queens) wrote back and said, “This [...]
Thanks to all for Happy Anniversary wishes. I just thought you’d all get a kick out of knowing how we actually spent the day.
After church we headed out to the coast of Maine. Some years ago — both kids were still living at home — we had lunch at a very nice restaurant right on [...]
I DON’T BELIEVE IT
Posted in People, Personal, family, home on May 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Forty years.
We hear about the people of Israel wandering in the desert for forty years and think, “Holy cow, how did they ever stand it?!” Think about it — a baby born at the beginning of that journey would be middle-aged (by today’s standards!) by the time it was over.
For that matter, think about how [...]
From the Simple Woman’s Daybook
Posted in Autobiography, Personal, domestic domovaya, home on February 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I really like this thing, and had been wondering why I didn’t see anything this past Monday. I guess because none of my blog pals posted it until today! This time the “reminder” came from Mimi (thanks, Mimi!). I guess I’ll have to add the Daybook to my Bloglines so I remember to access it [...]
From “The Simple Woman’s Daybook”
Posted in Needlework, Personal, domestic domovaya, family, home on January 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I got this idea from Philippa, and have been wanting to do it for some time. So!
From The Simple Woman’s Daybook:
FOR TODAY, January 26, 2009…
Outside my window… It’s pitch black, not unreasonable for 4:45 am on a January morning. (I couldn’t sleep.) Over the past two weeks there was a lot of snow, and the [...]
Empty Nest
Posted in People, family, home on October 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I had hoped to post, on October 9, that my daughter and her husband were celebrating their ninth wedding anniversary. The wedding was as unconventional and individual as both Daughter and her husband (on her blog, she refers to him as “Rain Man,” but has no nickname for herself — I hate to be cutesy [...]
The WHAT Initiative?!?!
Posted in domestic domovaya, home on September 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
For some 30 years now, I’ve been mail-ordering from a little gem called the Vermont Country Store. They sell things it’s hard to find anywhere else, like nightshirts and aprons and shirtwaist dresses and clotheslines.
The most recent issue of their catalogue began with a note from the store owner, Lyman Ortman (fifth-generation Vermonter) about something [...]
