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Most of my friends have one kind of Dad, I have another type of Dad. Although my type of Dad may be more rare, he does exist. There are other people who have written about their fathers and even sung songs about their fathers and I can totally relate to them. My song for my […]
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010Planted trees
Lee and I planted trees in the backyard today. One in honor of my Dad. Lee is a gift from God and I couldn’t be more grateful!
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Buried
My Dad was buried today. I’ll visit soon and plant some flowers. My Dad liked remembering my brother with flowers.
Friday, April 30th, 2010Funeral Parlors
I hate funerals and even more funeral parlors. Dead bodies don’t bother me. But the flowers, priests garbs hanging on the walls and pictures were bothersome. Even more bothersome was that my father’s cold body laid in a coffin and hardly anything about him was recognizable. He was recognizable in the hospital over the past […]
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010RIP Dad – April 28th 2010
The Greatest Man I Never Knew (hear it here) by: Richard Leigh – performed by: Reba McEntire The greatest man I never knewLived just down the hallAnd everyday we said helloBut never touched at allHe was in his paperI was in my roomHow was I to know he thought I hung the moonThe greatest man I never […]
Monday, April 26th, 2010Knowing
I spoke to the male nurse taking care of my father. He had sad news for me. Expected, but sad.
Monday, April 5th, 2010Blessings which extend too long
We had our first Easter dinner in our home. We ate great food and the house was filled with laughter. One of our friends said grace and she thanked God for our house and then was saying some sweet words over our home. She ended it with, “Lord, may Marlene & Leon have 100 more wonderful […]
Saturday, March 20th, 2010Happy Earth Day!
– I recycle: glass, plastic, cardboard and paper. NYC has a good program and they pick up once a week. – We use our own bags at the store. They are stronger, prettier and hold a lot. I bought these bags by RuMe for Lee or Christmas two years ago (he’s really into recycling). RuMe […]
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Etsy: Gathering Damask Items
We are creating a damask laundry room. We got a great deal on a super Samsung washer and dryer set. Although we planned to purchase a colored set, the white set was 1/2 price with warranties and delivery because we are members of Best Buy. We brought the special note to Best Buy and even […]
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Etsy Spotlight:
Great Laptop Bag: Mable’s Bags Etsy of Buffalo, NY has a fantastic etsy shop for original, gorgeous laptop cases! And my cute Digital Camera Case from MadeAtNanasHouse
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010Find Anyone Online Free
Find Anyone Online For Free! Don’t you hate that there are so many sites online that say that they will allow you to find someone online for free, but aren’t really free? Yeah, me too. I am always able to locate anyone I am searching for using these free people search sites: So here are […]
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Lucky in 2009 ~ Keep it going in Oh Ten ~
Gotta get ready to ring in the new year, but I wanted to make a quick post. I’ve had the best year of my life! I bought my dream home in Brooklyn, I was Teacher of the Year and I just found out that I won $500.00! Thank God for a great year. I am […]
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