Recent content by Duster

Turkey breast, gravy, cornbread and regular stuffing, creamed potatoes, turnip greens, cherry strudel, garlic rolls and whatever my son brings {which can be exotic, now that he's an amateur chef}. This is the first Thanksgiving that I won't be doing any of the cooking in 45 years. The men can...

Way less $. We won't be going anywhere this holiday season {fewer gift exchanges, less travel expenses, and less money spent on dinners} . We'll give what we can to my son and his spouse, but won't be able to be as generous as usual, due to medical bills. I feel bad about it, because things...

We still use some stainless steel pots given to us for our wedding. When we dissolved the in-law's estate, we divided the Wearever cooking pots three ways and use our share everyday. Good stuff that lasts.

I'm hopeful for a better future. I consider myself an optimist now. That hasn't always been the case. I used to be plagued with chronic depression. After taking an honest examination of the toxic person who caused me a lifetime of misery, I've excluded this person from my life and couldn't be...

I want a successful surgery and a clean bill of health.

Both holidays are going to be quiet this year. Since I'm immunity compromised, I need to stay away from other people. Christmas plans depend on when I get surgery and at what stage of recovery I'll be in when Christmas eve and Christmas day come. We will have dinners with my son and his...

Since it was unanimous and all of you are so wise, I took your advice and told my husband about the matter today. He also thought the man was acting oddly, considering we haven't seen or spoken to him in more than 40 years. I also took Jules advice to try and look up information about the...

After 30 years, my retired brother and wife picked up and moved from Panama City, FL to the Tennessee mountains. They were hit by a nasty hurricane a couple of years ago and said, "Never again". They did evacuate the storm and their house only sustained minor damage. The whole thing gave my...

I've been getting calls everyday from someone who hangs up after hearing me say, "Hello?". At first I thought it was a blocked telemarketer who got the phone to ring anyway. The caller I.D. usually doesn't know who's calling, just a local number. One day I looked at the I.D. before the caller...

Sounds to me like Sir John Vanbrugh is excusing his own and his fellow men's infidelity. Some men and women can and do stay faithful to the ones they are committed to. Something I've noticed about fidelity~ men who have fathers and grandfathers who don't stray outside of marriage seem more...

My Dad was into model railroading, as long as he was able. My brothers always set their Lionel trains up around the Christmas tree. When the boys left home they left the trains behind. My Dad got them out and built his hobby on what was already there. I always wanted to play with them, too...

I'm planning some getaways when I'm up to it. Maybe 6 months from now. We have a tentative RV trip planned for then. I can't wait to be up to riding my bike again. I miss it more than I thought I would. The state park campground we want to stay in has wonderful bike trails.

There were some Jehovah Witnesses that came to the door one Christmas which pissed me off. Our son was little and we were having our own Christmas morning celebration when they intruded. I wondered if they wanted a peek at what all the fuss was about or if they thought, everybody is home...

I have a lot of antique things more than 100 years old, since I used to be an antique dealer. I have furniture that dates back to the turn of the last century. My oldest items are probably Victorian {1861-1889} jewelry. I used to collect colored gemstone jewelry and loved both Victorian and...

We've been married twice to each other after a 2 year divorce between the two weddings. We married young 18 and 20 the first time June 8, 1974. Family members interfered with our marriage from that day on. We split December 29, 1998. The divorce didn't work out and we spent a lot of time...