Category Archives: Family

Rocking the farm

April 24, 2021crafts, Family, fun, gardeningsusanmanzke

Rebecca has a thing for farm rocks. She uses them as a base for her copper trees and she also uses them to decorate her yard.

When she had a day off of work, daughter Rebecca came to the farm and used her energy to collect rocks.

I lifted a few rocks, but mostly I kept a lookout for rocks worth choosing.

Rebecca finds a few choice field rocks

Unloading the cart is also work

I only mashed my fingers once.

The video below is different and I don’t know what I did to get the special effects.

This was an ‘oops’ and I’d love to do it again some time. If you know how, email me at sunnybook@aol.com

Spring showers, the snowy kind

April 21, 2021Columns, Family, Weathersusanmanzke

This could be repeated this week as snow is popping up all over.

This column from 1987 tells of another spring when winter returned when flowers were blooming.

This backslide of winter weather can cause a lot of frustration.

What to give Daddy for his birthday?

April 20, 2021Bob, Columns, Family, funsusanmanzke

This column tells about one of Bob’s birthdays and what our young children decided to give him in 1989.

The gifts that Robby, Becky, Russell, and Rachel gave their Dad that year tell a lot about each of them. Just listen and see what I mean.

Today, gift giving also shows my children’s personality. After all these years, they haven’t changed too much, well, maybe Rob has.

A fishy gift

April 18, 2021Family, fun, nature, Susansusanmanzke

If you listen to this video you’ll soon find out what I bought for myself.

It only cost $7 so don’t think diamonds, for that matter, don’t ever think diamonds when it comes to me.

So now you know how I’ll spend part of my summer.

I expect to have fun with grandchildren. It’s about time we all get together again.

Wishing you a fishy gift, too.

A cold doesn’t stop this mom for long

April 15, 2021Columns, Family, Susansusanmanzke

I rarely caught a cold. Even after tending to a sick family, I stayed healthy. I had to.

This column talks about one of the rare times I was under the weather. I asked everyone to let me sleep. Of course, all the kids came knocking on my bedroom door.

Listen to this column to hear the odd but funny end.

I guess laughter chased my cold away.

I should have tried it sooner, but not exactly the way that happened this day in 1989.

Susan Manzke

Writer, Speaker, All-Around Good Person