My Life a Bit South of Normal

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• Chapter 33
  on Apr 19, 2014 in Chapter 33 Girl Scout merit badges new book wedding
  From Chapter  3 - "I Never Got the Merit Badge"(This is the latter part of  Chapter 33 from my new book on weddings - telling of some of the trials and tribulations of planning my daughter's wedding.)~~~~~~~~~       I ne...
• My List Next Time
  on Apr 18, 2014 in household marriage and relationships
  I keep a running list of things I am going to insist on next time I get married, not that I see a need for that. There is nothing wrong with this marriage. However, my Daddy (and Mrs. Hewitt, my Girl Scout leader) told me to always be prepared. If no...
• Chapter 20
  on Apr 16, 2014 in Chapter 20 guests lists new book wedding wedding invitations
  From Chapter  20 - "The Uber List"(This is the latter part of  Chapter 20 from my new book on weddings - telling of my earlier experience assisting a Mother of the bride put together her guest list which was extensive - to say the least.)~~...
• Noah - A Movie Review
  on Apr 16, 2014 in Darren Aronofsky Emma Watson Movie Review Noah Russell Crowe the Bible
  I am not a Biblical Scholar but I was paying close attention to Mrs. Roberts in Sunday school at church at age twelve when she taught us the story of Noah. She read to us from the King James version of the Bible. Darren Aronofsky takes liberties with...
• A Circuitous Route to Happy Orchids
  on Apr 15, 2014 in greenhouse orchids plants
  For eight years now I have been raising, or I should say trying to raise, orchids in two small greenhouses. I started in the kitchen as a "Window Sill Grower" and soon my DH bought me greenhouses for fear we would no longer have room in the kitchen t...
• A Trembling of Finches or a Herd of Fairies
  on Apr 14, 2014 in animals birds Finches house keeping fairy household Mother's Day Ringling Circus Museum
  We were in a pet shop, not an unusual place for us to be, and I made the mistake of lingering too long in front of the cage of finches. Next thing I knew my DH was looking at bird cages to go in the den. We have already been around this mulberry bush...
• A "Southern Bell"
  on Apr 12, 2014 in Daddy it only happens in the south Mama sorority
  Women love to talk, that is no surprise . And I'll admit I'll guilty as much as anyone else. The telephone just makes it worse. Come to think of it I am award winning in this category. (Or I should say was, now talking on the phone is something I rea...
• Chapter 2
  on Apr 11, 2014 in Chapter 2 new book
  Just an excerpt from the new book on weddings. This is from  Chapter 2- "It's a Girl", and comes from the end of the chapter:~~~~~~~~~~~~~Every time I brought someone home, if she {Mama} liked him, no doubt in her mind, she was sizing him up for...
• Memories, Like the Fragrances of My Life
  on Apr 10, 2014 in Aunt J'nelle Aunty cologne Daddy Drug Store Granny Hoyt's Cologne perfume
  And while we are on the subject of fragrances, I still reminiscence about my Daddy, Aunty, and Hoyt's Cologne.  Those two had a running joke every Christmas - one of them was going to give the other a bottle of it.  I was much too young to...
• Jungle Gardenia and the French Revolution
  on Apr 9, 2014 in childhood Daddy Drug Store growing up Jungle Gardenia Mama perfume
  It is time for spring, well at least the calendar says so. I found some lovely gardenia bushes for sale yesterday. Next to magnolias I'm not sure if gardenias are not my favorite southern plant. Little can be compared to the thick scent of a gardenia...

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