Hairspray- The Second “Universal Solvent”

Most adults know that hairspray is an excellent way to get rid of ink stains.  I don’t know what chemical reaction happens to cause the ink to dissolve and run off with a good shot of hairspray but man, it happens everytime.  I do remember, however, when I learned of the miracle cleanser that also [...]

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Christy~

She wasn’t really a cousin but she seemed like one.  Her mother and my aunt Susan were sisters.  She was John&Gloria’s granddaughter.  She just seemed, well, cousinly.
Her dad, Joe, was a kind man.  Somehow, I always think of Bill Pullman when I remember Joe.  Her mom, Sandy, worked at Newberry’s where I often shopped on [...]

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Wheaties- Breakfast of Livestock?

We went camping once when we lived in either Fillmore or Moorpark.  Mom, Dad, Bear, my cousin David and possibly Julie, and I.  I don’t remember a lot of that trip except that David was very out of his element.  I remember camp fires, and I think Bear and David did some hunting.  I dont’ [...]

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Ingenuity: Or How Julie & I Got in Trouble This Time~

We raced around the house playing all kinds of exciting games.  We dug in the garden, “rode” on my fathers motorcycle, played with my toys and then something changed.  Any time children get antsy, they’re liable to do something odd and we did.  A game of hide and seek turned into an odd game of [...]

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Perspective~

Overheard by my mother when Julie and I were around 3 or 4.
Julie:  (Tauntingly) Your ears stick out!  You have stickey out ears!!!
Me:  (Apparently tired of whaterver was going on)  Well at least I doing have itty bitty tiny ones like YOU!
 Julie:  AAAAAUNTTT CAAAAROOOLLEEE…. Chautona’s makin’ fun of meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
 Who knew?  

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Colorado or Bust

The summer I turned eight was one of the most exciting summers of my life.  Aunt Susan drove up to our Arizona ranch style home in her station wagon.  Mom and I loaded our suitcases and took off on an adventure.  In the back of the station wagon, Johnny, Michael, Scott, and I spread out our [...]

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Johnny, Michael, and Scott~

That’s how we always mentioned them.  They were a trio, much like the Three Muskateers.  All for one… and one for self… er all.  It wasn’t exactly like “John&Gloria” where we never mentioned them separately but whe we talked about them in general, it was, Johnny,  Michael, and Scott.
I spent a lot of time with [...]

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