Today is payday, which means more fabric for my cosmetic campers mods. At Keepsake Quilting I found a medly of fabrics called Rose Hill Lane. The palette is perfect. I ordered s set of 2.5 inch by 40 inch strips and a set of precut 10 inch squares. That is all I am saying for…
I stopped by the Verizon store yesterday to buy a new screen protector for my smart phone. Two twenty something men helped me and we all started yakking about nothing much. One of them used the term buttload. I joked with him about his language, but he informed me that butt is a real unit…
I learn in the pop-up camper forums and blogs that changes made to campers are called mods, short for modifications. And this week, I pulled together the things I have been collecting for my own camper mods, which are mostly cosmetic. I photographed everything I have so far then placed the supplies into a large…
If all goes according to plan I will take a 6-week sabbatical this summer. I have a sabbatical writing project (complete new confirmation curriculum) and will live/travel in the camper as I do the my project.I leave the day before my 60th birthday in July 2014. Need I say that I am excited beyond belief?…
I missed the poodle skirt era. We had plaid skirts and knee socks. I still remember a brown and blue plaid skirt and matching knee socks that I wore in Junior High School. This photo is remarkable similar: Shortly after that era, young women started wearing pants to school. Knee socks were less visible but…
Last year I confessed about my love of instant mashed potatoes (recipe here). I don’t eat them all the time, but they are a camping favorite. I feel over-whelmed with the confessional urge again, so I am putting this out for all the world to see: I love that yellow-orange processed American Cheese (2% version). And…
Everyone proclaims that spring is coming! Store ads, billboards, and blogs are infectiously optimistic. Ten seed catalogs sit on my coffee table. However, when I look around I see that the sun is still lower on the horizon, creating long shadows when I take photos. The nights are long and cold and the days punctuated…
Every January I think about money and budgeting: how much I need for travel, books, and camping goodies. How much can I save? Of course there is never enough money for everything. No matter what a person earns, there is never enough. Having some makes us want more. Having lots makes us want lots more.…
Here are my favorite words from recent weeks. wamble WOM-buhl, or WAM-buhl, verb 1. to move unsteadily. 2. to feel nausea. 3. (of the stomach) to rumble; growl. An example that comes to mind quickly: The groom wambled down the aisle the day after his wild bachelor party delitescent del-i-TES-uhnt, adjective: 1. concealed; hidden; latent. This word sounds so…
I wonder if my life is more humorous than others? Some people plod along without incident or mishap but I find mayhem and laughter wherever I go, from a simple walk around the block to a long trip. For example, my luggage ends up in Pittsburgh when I fly to California. And if an incident…