Allthesilver

This question causes more puzzlement than my favorite question, “Do you walk to work or carry your lunch?” Did I mention I work in a pool store? I have already lost count of how many customers have asked me, “Do the bubbles go up or down?” If you have a pool you may already know [...]

As I have said before, I’m not much for text messaging.  Typing on the phone keys is so much slower and more labor-intense!  The only text messages I have gotten lately were pictures from Dana in the middle of the night.  So, as I was sitting, making beads and watching Babylon 5, I didn’t immediately [...]

Anyone who knows me, knows I have been a horse person since birth.  I started trying to get on any horse that would hold still since about the time I could walk.  When I was little, my mother took care of a handicapped woman who had a mule and a donkey.  I had to climb [...]

Sort of???  How do you sort of have a dog? Well. Somewhere about the begining of December 2006, I was pulling out of my driveway on the way to work.  There once was a garden at the end of the driveway, with daylilies and wild roses.  Now it is overgrown with hickory trees and a [...]

The other night while baking some garlic bread for supper, the smoke alarm went off.  It is a really annoying one, in the hallway, not even near the stove and it goes off for no apparent reason at all.  Frequently! There was no smoke.  I grabbed a kitchen towel and waved at the smoke detector [...]

Dana’s room at Pensacola I guess the Marine Corps hasn’t learned that particular parenting skill.  I was browsing my computer for pictures of something else and I came across these pictures Dana had sent me not too long after he arrived at Pensacola.  At the time, he had the room to himself and was struggling [...]

Derek is my older son.  It’s not easy to get photos of him, he is a bit camera shy.  He looks really sharp in a tux, but, unless there’s a big wedding, he’ll probably never wear one again! He’s 22 now and is working for Magnetic Seal in Rhode Island.  They make parts for airplanes [...]

Dana managed to get home for four days vacation around the fourth.  Finding flights took him a bit of maneuvering as he wasn’t notified that his leave was officially approved until the last minute and the majority of available flights did not fit his schedule.  Finally, he got the flights online.  One from Pensacola to [...]

I think someone is having WAY too much fun in the Marine Corps!  I was briefly awakened again last night by my phone beeping a text message.  My bleary eyes couldn’t make out the picture that came with the text, but I knew the source.  Dana was working the night shift again. That’s Dana, on [...]