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Life Lessons

What experiences in life helped you grow the most?

I was raised by parents who held me responsible for my actions. It was often unpleasant, since I was a rowdy kid. I learned early I was but a small cog in a machine. My behaviors had consequences, good or bad. Things went better if I behaved as expected. Being happy and having fun were not the greatest priority. Though I did not appreciate it at the time, I learned there is satisfaction and great value in learning to work. I am grateful for my parents for teaching me lessons that have helped me so much in life.

Fate

Do you believe in fate/destiny?

I believe our fate is the way we work with the hand we are dealt.

Interior Painting

I haven’t been able to post much the last few days, nor will I for a few more. I have no place to work, uninterrupted. We are in the midst of having the interior of our house painted. The curtains are down, furniture is out of place. I can’t keep the floors clean. Everything is out of place. I’ve heard painting should be redone every couple of years. I wouldn’t have the fortitude to face this mess again any time soon. I know I will be delighted with a fresh, clean house, but the interim is hard to live with. The painters are doing a wonderful job.

Wilson, Keppel, and Betty

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Someone Else

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?

I wouldn’t want to try to be someone else for a day. I have spent seventy-four years learning I can only be myself. I haven’t becoome the person I should be yet.

Stone Patio

Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on.

I built this flagstone patio several years ago. Bud installed the fire ring and helped me move and position the larger stones but I did the manageable ones on my own. The area was mostly level so that made things simpler. I laid the stones ln sand I moved from another area a wheelbarrow at a tme. We really enjoy this shady area.

The Delightful Mischief of a Toddler Next Door

We lived nextdoor to a charming toddler for a while. I believe she got the personality quotient intended for the entire family. Abby and her parents came over for coffee with us one morning. I opened my pot and pan cabinet and gave the tiny girl full access, much to her delight. Armed with a sippy cup of milk, a bowl of vanilla wafers, and a couple of wooden spoons, she set to, making a mess of the cookies and milk stirred into the pots. Her tidy mom was appalled at the mess but we hadn’t had a baby playing on our kitchen flooring a long time, so we enjoyed it.

Abby banged the pots and made a destroyed the snacks. When satisfied with her work, she took a long, hard look at the wooden spoons in her possession. With renewed purpose, she examined the larger spoon, toddled over to her mother and shook the spoon in Mom’s face.

Giving her mom a hard look, Abby gritted her teeth, shook the spoon at Mom, and pronounced sternly,” I’m SICK!” Immediately, she stepped up her aggression, “I meat it!” (I mean it!)

Her mother was mortified at Abby’s mimicry. We didn’t even try to explain away our laughing at the toddler’s behavior. We let her take the spoon home with her, figuring it might even the odds.

Unnecessary Crudeness

If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?

I abhor the f—- word I hear bandied around so casually. It grates on my ears like fingernails on a chalkboard. I was in a restaurant for lunch yesterday when a man at a nearby table dropped the f-bomb for the edification of all in hearing range. Charming!