One of my favorite summertime childhood memories involves my parents holding a big crab feast at the cabin. They had a large stone barbecue fireplace that they would fire up and cook the crabs in a HUGE kettle. Then they spread newspapers over the cabin’s rustic dining table and put out potato chips, soda, and all of the boiled crabs you could eat! I never ate a lot of crabs, but I enjoyed the festive feeling of everyone else pounding and cracking the shells. Me, I loaded up on potato chips and soda and I was happy that my parents didn’t pay much attention to how much I wasn’t eating.
Draperies
by Mary Anne
Zebra stripe upholstery fabric
Post card from Tiffany
by Mary AnneTiffany has always led a charmed life. We were really good friends when we went to school together, and even though she moved to the west coast she keeps in touch and sends me post cards from her fabulous travels around the world. If I didn’t keep reminding myself that I’m really not the adventurous type I would probably be extremely envious of her great life.
So in today’s mail is a post card from Tiffany, coming from Le Village Arc 1950 in France. The photograph shows a charming Les Arcs Accommodation; it looks like a wonderful skiing vacation village. Much like the village I stayed in many years ago when I went skiing in New England. Janene writes that the Apartments in Les Arc have great amenities and that she can ski right from their front door.
Brings back fond memories of my youth. Thank you Tiffany.
Worn out clothes – the modern day
by Mary AnneNowadays it appears that many kids are too lazy to “earn” worn out clothes the old fashioned way by buying new clothes and then wearing them long enough and hard enough to get the “worn out” look the honest and old fashioned way. They want to go to the stores and buy clothes that look like they have already been worn out by someone who had class, who then donated the clothes to the homeless shelter, and when the homeless person died the clothes were then sent to a high priced retail store to be sold for $50- $80 to some rich spoiled kids who want to look like they had done something more than sit on their butts and spend their parent’s hard earned money on clothes that should be in the rag pile. You can buy clothes that look exactly like that at the Goodwill store for $2 or less!
I think that if parents allow their kids to spend their money in that way, they should be ashamed of themselves. What a waste of money, and what a terrible message to send to the kids – you don’t have to work hard to make it look like you worked hard. I think it is a form of “cheating” and I don’t like cheaters!