From Sarah :Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I pray that you are busy spending time with your family and friends and not online like I am. LOL. I used to go HELP out at the park every Thanksgiving. Being lazy this year. Danny has late field so we were able to sleep in a bit. I…
Category: Memories
Making Our Home A Haven (Or Trying To)/Our Neck Of The Woods By Sarah
From Sarah:This post was written on a Saturday.Hopefully, most of you are off work and home with the family. or exploring somewhere with your loved ones. Making Your Home A Haven takes advantage of weekends off and family times together.Did any of you sleep in? How about a special family breakfast. I know it’s freezing…
In heaven you fly — The Journey of My Left Foot (whilst remembering my son)
Friday 15th November . You’re with me still Always close by Even though I know In heaven you fly . Remembering you Thinking of you Missing you Loving you . Precious Angel son xxxxx An empty Porthmeor Beach at low tide Fast moving clouds overhead Heavy showers rolling in A gloomy harbour Looking across to […]…
Dear Danny; What Happened To Us? I am Beginning To Write About What Has Been going on this year. WHY THE ANGER! UPDATED November 2, 2019
From Sarah: UPDATED November 2nd, I keep adding updates to this LETTER TO DANNY. Not really a letter anymore with all of the UPDATES. I still haven’t written on WHAT happened to us (REALLY ME) in FEBRUARY and WHY I have been very angry and bitter. Betrayal is a nightmare. What’s worse is when the…
Early Days With Danny: Before And After Moving To Florida (Part 2)
These are the rest of the pictures and comments from the original post. https://ourneckofthewoodsblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/early-days-with-danny-in-florida-august-16-2015/ One of my favorite pics of Danny. Another favorite photo. Feeding the fish at Bok Tower. Opening the bottle of wine we got at Epcot. Our first visit to Hooters together. Our first date. Animal Kingdom Cinderella Castle at Disney World….
Dreaming Of Bobby And An Update
I Slept From 9 PM Wednesday Night Till 4 PM Thursday Afternoon. I was so tired last night. Oh so tired. I remember walking into the kitchen to tell Danny I was going to bed. He just looked at me and then at the clock. I fell asleep right away. I seldom do that. I…
I Will Always Remember The 21ST. Of December 1975.
I Will Always Remember The 21ST. Of December 1975. It was a beautiful Sunday morning in the country. Crisp and chilly but not too cold. Dad had the fires going throughout the house so it was warm when Donna and I got up to go to church. I was 17 years old and I was teaching…
Drives, Road Trips And Memories – The Great River Road (Illinois) Grafton and Alton. Part 1
What do the words “Road Trips” mean to you? I can’t stop thinking of road trips. I miss those carefree days when I was young and our family went on vacations. Scenic vacations. I will write a post on Route 66. It was a huge part of my childhood and teen years My took many…
From Coming Home : Keeping our loved ones present
Originally posted on Coming Home:
I read a post written by a lovely lady (Cathy Lynn Brooks) who keeps a blog devoted to her daughter, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and lost her life in an accident about a year ago. Truly a tragic story! Her story had me thinking about my situation surrounding…
Special Mom and Son Moments Together: Memories # 1
“Mom, You are going to marry that man and I will give you away”.
Emotional Triggers And Happy Memories : Friday, August 14, 2015
We all have certain songs that remind us of a special person or an event you like to remember. I have lot’s of them. One thing my son and I shared was a love for music. Bobby and his momma. He was a year and a half here. 1981 It was amazing how much of…
Christy Jordan’s Southern Plate : Easy And Decadent Caramel Tiramisu (And a Simpler Life Inside My Kitchen)
http://www.southernplate.com/2015/06/easy-decadent-caramel-tiramisu-and-a-simpler-life-inside-my-kitchen.html/comment-page-1#comment-6792725 http://www.southernplate.com/ From Sarah: I love Tiramisu but seldom allow myself to have it. I would have looked at the recipe but it was the second part of Christy’s title that I was looking for . (And A Simpler Life Inside My Kitchen) I have been following Christy for a long time and I always…
My Brain. Spelling Mistakes.
My Brain. Spelling Mistakes. A Long Week. A Long Month. A Not So Good Year. Lupus and Fibro . Once again, I saw it. Long after I posted. I misspelled Odyssey, Not once but a number of times. Even looking at the PAGE with the Correct SPELLING I misspelled it. Yes, I can and will…
I messed Up- NASCAR IS ON NOW. – No Food FOR IT. ….My Mood Swings
I like NASCAR. I really do. Yet, for me, the fun is the food and excitement of the crowd. I like sitting with Danny and cheering them on. Danny just sits there. He will comment occasionally. On the technical stuff. I get excited. He doesn’t. Boring. I love him to death but he drives me…
Reposting: Something From Nothing: The Art and Privilege of Camp Cooking
Something From Nothing: The Art and Privilege of Camp Cooking. This is an the first paragraph of this wonderful post:” It may be noted, at least from time to time, that we do like to get away from it all here at this blog. To pack up a modicum of supplies, and strike off for…
Our Neck Of The Woods
This is from my Our Neck Of The Woods Facebook Pagehttp://www.facebook.com/sarahsneckofthewoods. Our Life. Lake Kissimmee State Park, Rolling Meadows Ranch and Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park, Lake Wales, Florida. Where we work, live, play, cry and most of all Love each other.. Come and sit a spell. Danny and I share so…
Re-posted From :For The Soul. Small
Small. From Sarah: Read this if you have ever felt small. If you lost the ability to dream big.
Re-posting : remembering an old friend by Miriam @Writing For Myself
Originally posted on Writing for Myself:
So out of the blue tonight I looked up an old friend on Facebook. I don’t know why. It’s not something I normally do. I’ve lost touch with nearly everyone from my childhood and young adult years, and I only have two Facebook friends that I knew when I…
Re-posting :Persistence Prevails When All Else Fails—Being an Outlasterby Kristen Lamb
Persistence Prevails When All Else Fails—Being an Outlhttp://webmaila.juno.com/webmail/new/5?session_redirect=true&userinfo=fb736b89c5cd271b70343517b203a075&count=1430608363&type=no%2Dmagic&session_redirect=true&userinfo=fb736b89c5cd271b70343517b203a075&count=1422913690&cf=SP2&randid=1013773394aster. From Sarah: Kristen’s Blog is a new one for me. I have only been following it and her for a few weeks now. I have struggled for years writing because I can’t write the way I use to…The way I want to. It’s all garbled sometimes. Words…
Reblogged From Blogger: Home Joys Hog Maw Casserole and Making Hog Maw
http://sarah-kasch.blogspot.com/2015/04/hog-maw-casserole-and-making-hog-maw-by.html http://homejoys.blogspot.com/2015/04/hog-maw-casserole.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FsCrHg+%28Home+Joys%29 http://homejoys.blogspot.com/2014/01/makin-hog-maw.html From Sarah:My Great German Grandma lived on a small farm in Wisconsin, My great grandparents had 9 kids. A Huge white farmhouse. They had an outhouse. Grandpa fetched water with a YOKE. One summer when I was visiting, my great grandma taught me to make hog maw. When we started butchering on…
