Tennessee Memories – Spring In the Mountains

 

These were taken back my family’s Tennessee days. :-)

Just for Fun - Ten Words That Don’t Exist But Should

 

[Photo of my mom and a friend having a good laugh circa 1950.]

I don’t know who the author is of these clever words, but they tickled me. :-)

1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus) adj.
Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toe.

2. CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun) n.
The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.

3. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v.
To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow remove all the germs.

4. ELBONICS (el bon' iks) n.
The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a stadium.

5. FRUST (frust) n.
The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.

6. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n.
Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the "illegal" side.

7. PEDIGEOTITE (ped' i' geo' tite') n.
The small rocks that you get in your shoe when there's no place to sit down and remove it.

8. PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n.
The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.

9. PUPGUNK (pup' gunk) n.
The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.

10. TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n.
The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you're only six inches away.

Hard Questions– Who Rules Over You?

 

This is an article that I wrote years ago before I got married.  I went over it again recently and am sharing it here with you today.  Please give it some thought.  An introduction from my dad precedes the actual article.

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There are a good many preachers and scholars lording it over the Lord's church these days.  From the Charismatic wild men to seminary professors to pastors of "fundamental" and King James Bible believing Baptist churches. Why?  

Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

People love it.  People would rather be ruled over by men than by a holy God…

Continue Reading.

Evening Song- Face to Face

1 John 3:2-3  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Sew Happy Friday- Tube Quilting Technique Tutorials

Here are two tutorials from the Missouri Star Quilt Company for making quilt blocks by sewing strips into a tube and then cutting it into triangles.  The results are pretty neat and take the tedium out of making the blocks with lots of small piecing.  The first set also offers a variety of pattern arrangements.

These are early videos by MSQC and are not of the highest quality.  I still like their methods and Jennie’s clear way of teaching.  Natalie does not go into as much detail in the second video, so I recommend watching the first one first to get a better idea of what is going on.



This second video shows how to make the tubes to make the quilt pattern “Summer In the Park”.

Tennessee Memories – One Spring Day…

 

Update On Monthly Challenges

 

I have mentioned a few of the things that I’ve done in fulfilling the monthly challenges, but I thought it might encourage others to hear a little more.

I did not do both the challenges each month within that specific month, but I did manage to eventually get all of them done – some just late.  Among other things, I made ganache for friends and family one day, wrote snail mail to my great-aunt in Pennsylvania, and sent off a small package to my husband’s grandmother.  I also sent the text messages in January, as mentioned. 

The March challenge was more focused on our own space, so I’ll give a bit more detail.  I cleaned up a yucky mess on the bathroom floor where the shower door drips and leaves mineral deposits and where my hairspray tends to accumulate.  It was nasty.  I used straight white vinegar and paper towels to soak sections and then cleaned them up.  The stuff came up easily after soaking.  I cleaned up other dirty spots on that floor as well and mopped the whole thing while I was at it.  (No pictures.  It was too embarrassing.)  I also cleaned up some of the mineral deposits around the bottom of the shower door since I was working there anyway.

I got rid of 5+ things in March as well.  Some of them came from the medicine cabinet and had ridiculously old expiration dates on them!  Some I hadn’t used in ages, or they were purchased by mistake (wrong product).  The artificial maple flavoring needed to go because I bought some real maple flavoring.  Since I don’t use flavorings that often there was no reason to keep the fake stuff.  My husband lost one old, holey work shirt from a previous job, and I donated the artificial pine tree that went with my north woods décor that was in my sewing room/guest room in my parents’ old house.

Actually, I’ve found the challenges inspiring, and I’ve done more than the “required” number of some of them.  I wrote a number of snail mails and also sent a package to family in Australia.  I got rid of a lot more than five things in March as well.

April is running fast away, however, and I have not gotten even one of the challenges done yet.  I hope I’ll get to, but I’m running out of time and I can’t just take off and go by myself, so I’m more dependent on other(s) to get this month’s done. :-)

As far as what other readers have done I don’t know much.  I know that one package was sent to a grandmother/great-grandmother who needed cheering, and I’m sure it was a great blessing to her.  Also, that pretty flowery letter that I received from Australia was partly a result of my challenge. :-)  The lady had already been thinking of writing to me, and that prompted her to go ahead and do so.  It was sweet to feel the results so personally on that one.  (Of course, that wasn’t my aim, but it was an added blessing.) :-)

So, have you been participating?
Does anyone want to share with us what you’ve accomplished?

A few have shared in their comments what they intended to do.  It would be an encouragement to hear some of the things that are going on out there. :-)