…I’d drive into Livingston for some “comfort food.”

I’m pushing myself to get lots of things done while we have nice weather. Another cold, rainy, week predicted. Today I raked leaves, swept patio and carport, and hosed patio and carport. Always “shifting” items to the yard sale area. There are two areas with lots of free items

Happy Birthday to very special family members!!

…I’d drive into Livingston for some “comfort food.”       Hours in the yard wore me out!!

<<< A few days ago, it looked like this.

“Inch by inch, it’s a cinch.”

The numerous plants received a gift of love: A nutritious serving of plant food. The Azalea bushes show promise (albeit “tiny” promise) of prolific blooms. My primary intent: Luscious growth on plants, in planters, so they look attractive to potential buyers.

Truthfully, I don’t have a rose-bush in my garden; this is not an Azalea bloom. “Love” covers a multitude of (editor) mistakes?

Have you heard that old saying? When our electricity was off for an hour, I started cutting cardboard for signs, and printing descriptions of future yard sale items. Yes, I “save” Kleenex boxes for cardboard and, occasionally, for the pretty print on front. Some prices may seem high but I can always drop the price after a week or two. Yes, I plan to continue the sale over a period of weeks. Honestly, even if price seems “high,” the potential buyer could not create same for less. Example: Bluebird house cost $80.00, “baffle” cost $35.00, planter cost $65.00. There’s a large cement base supporting the metal unit. The fountain-birdbath sells for more than $100.00 at Lowe’s and the “bird” ornament cost $50.00. For several years, I displayed an attractive “yarden.”  My pleasure, my joy, and eventually, my loss!!

Today, I’ve been glued to the computer (and reached sixteen thousand names). One of those searches that I could not walk away from. Furthermore, I was (am) so sad for several cousins. Actually third cousins, two-times removed, but, none-the-less, some of my “Frantz family.” Honesty, my information is limited  regarding one girl, in 1920 Federal Census, living in “Chicago Orphan Asylum” while her mother in “Alton State (mental) Hospital“ (Madison Illinois). Fruitless searches for her brother and sister. The father appears as a “roomer” in 1920 Census in a private home with non-family. I’ve searched hoping to find the children in the home of aunts or uncles, or grandparents. “No.”  This is so strange because my Old German Baptist Brethren families are so “close-knit” and take care of family. ~~ Today’s “obsessive-compulsive” research by Lorraine. Two days ago, different research and this story. (A story for genealogy publication titled Mennonite Family History.) Oops! The “this story”  link isn’t working so another project for me.

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Praise the Lord, the furnace is working fine!! Quite possibly, another day when I won’t venture outdoors (even to walk to the mailbox).

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On a COLD day, with no intention of venturing outdoors, I am beginning to delete some of, more than, ten thousand emails in my Inbox. I receive too too many… and don’t take time to delete unwanted…. I prefer to prepare blog messages, search clip art, work in the yard, and/or “climb the family tree.”

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“Feels like twenty-five, twenty-seven degrees”  per Houston TV meteorologist at six-eighteen. “The old lady”  is COLD and remorseful because planters were prematurely uncovered. True, the planters are destined for departure but I’ve hoped they would display healthy, attractive plants.