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Gypsy – One of My Favs

Donna — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:18:50 +0000

I have always been a fan of Stevie Nicks and her music. She has made some awesome videos, too.

I love just about every song that she has done on her own, and I love the songs by Fleetwood Mac. I know I have at least three of their albums in my music collection.

I would be thrilled to meet her some day.

Pro Plants

Donna — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:09:11 +0000

The center pieces that I ordered from http://www.proplants.com/ were a bit hit at yesterday’s Christmas dinner. My mother is a very difficult person to please, she seems to always find something to find fault with each and every time I host an event at my house. Last year she was very unhappy with the decorative turkeys that I used for centerpieces at Thanksgiving, she didn’t like the fact that she had to look at a turkey butt during the whole meal! This year she was most pleased with my selection from ProPlants.

Got Herself A Raleigh Accountant

Donna — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:43:37 +0000

Just got started settling in after the big Christmas dinner when the house phone rang with an old school friend on the other end calling to wish me a Merry Christmas. This was just so totally out of the blue since we don’t really communicate with each other all that much, but it was really cool hearing from her. She just recently married a nice looking raleigh accountant and moved south to live out the rest of her years in the warmer weather than she has been dealing with in Vermont for the past 25 years or so.

That was a nice Christmas surprise hearing from her, a nice way to end the day of Christmas 2011.

Stand By Me

Donna — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:18:12 +0000

One of my favorite songs from long ago is “Stand By Me.” I just love the idea of having someone in your life so loyal to you that they would be by your side – no matter what.

Then a movie came out with that title. It was a really good movie – very well written and totally believable dialogue and story line. Haven’t seen that movie in a very long time, so I thought it would be fun to pop it in the DVD player and watch it while doing laundry and some general housework.

Lodge Furniture

Donna — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:16:43 +0000

Was looking through some old photos with my daughter today that I found in a box in my closet while stashing some Christmas gifts away where the kids can’t get their paws on them. These particular pictures were of my parents summer home on the water, back when they still had the log cabin on the property. I loved that old log cabin with all of it’s lodge furniture in it and the screened in porch that wrapped all the way around 3 sides of it. My father had us all convinced that Daniel Boone had built that log cabin. I remember how my heart was broken when I later learned that he had just made that up.

Hoodies

Donna — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:06:05 +0000

Now that there is a chill in the air, I have to dig out the sweatshirts and jackets. I have a variety of sweatshirts from events and places visited. My favorite was a dark green sweatshirt from the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago. It was stolen off of me – wrapped around my waist – as I crossed a busy street in New Orleans during Mardi Gras several years ago,. That was freaky – to have your clothes ripped right off of your body in broad daylight.

I just realized that I don’t have a single hoodie. All of my sweatshirts are regular crew neck shirts. Not that it was by design. I guess I’ve never been interested in hoodies.

Stereo Demo in 1961

Donna — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:05:37 +0000

Back in the 60′s, the development of stereo was big news for the music industry. This song was one of the great demonstrations of how cool stereo can sound. It was also a song that my father loved and he taught my two sisters and I how to sing it for that year’s family Christmas party.

Boom Boom

Donna — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:47:16 +0000

This is one of my all time favorite songs, written and performed by the great, late John Lee Hooker.

This song is performed by John Lee in the Blues Brothers movie and there are other clips on YouTube. But this one from a 1966 TV show is my favorite.

I saw John Lee in concert at Wolftrap when he was in his 80′s and could not stand up to play any longer. He sat in a folding chair and gave a great show – full set – and he rocked the house.

Crayons

Donna — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:50:16 +0000

How many adults have a box of crayons in their homes?

I do – I have a small box of 8 of the fat crayons for preschoolers and a big box of the regular crayons in 64 different colors. We break them out of the crafts box when kids come over for a visit.

I can teach young ones how to draw several different flowers with stems and leaves, a duck and a rabbit. My grandmother taught me how to draw a pansy – they were her favorite flowers- when I was just a little kid.

We keep an assortment of coloring books on hand, but to me the biggest challenge about coloring is facing a blank sheet of paper and thinking up something to draw.

I hope some day in the future a grown kid will think of me and the flowers and animals I taught him or her how to draw.

Today’s Skin Care Products

Donna — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:35:20 +0000

Something that I really have not been taking seriously is the Skin Care Products that I used to rely on back in my younger days when I was so totally into myself and my appearance. All the time and money that was used on various Acne Products just blows my mind when I think of it, good thing that there are new and improved Skin Care Products on the market these days that I need to start looking into for me now. Funny how when you get to my age there are so many other things that take over our lives that we tend to put our own needs and wants on the back burner.

One thing that worries me is the thought of getting those dreaded Age Spots that so many women, many in my own immediate family, have to deal with. So I am going to start looking into what Skin Care Products are out there just for Age Spots and get a jump on the whole deal in an effort to be Age Spots free when my time comes to start dealing with those issues. I’ll keep you posted on how it all pans out!