Category Archives: fun

Brotherly love

November 18, 2020Columns, Family, funsusanmanzke

Did you have to share a room with your sibling? Did you always agree?

My sister and I often divided the room in half. This side of the bedroom is yours, that is mine. Our arrangement was difficult to keep as we shared a double bed and the door was on one side of the room.

As children, Rob and Russ shared a room. This column is an account of actions and reactions when big brother Rob found little brother Russell’s dirty socks on his bed.

I know windows rattled whenever issues like this occurred between any of the siblings.

What I really love is the ending and how the problem disappeared. You’ll have to listen to get the whole picture of brotherly love.

It’s a cat vlog

November 17, 2020Car-E, cats, funsusanmanzke

This is a blog with a vlog embedded.

Just a short talk about my monster cat.

Car-E knows how to get my attention. He attacks my feet in the morning as I get out of bed. For him it’s PLAYTIME!

This attack comes after of hours sleeping peacefully by me in bed–though if I do happen to touch him at night Car-E immediately goes into play mode.

Such is life with my young cat.

A kitchen upgrade

November 14, 2020Columns, Family, funsusanmanzke

My family still remembers this event. It was only the six of us working in the kitchen and it had nothing to do with food.

Good thing I wrote about it in my column. I was wondering when this happened and now my memory has been refreshed.

Russell’s a pumpkin, Becky a princess, Rob is the headless horseman and Rachel is the scarecrow

I wanted to show a photo of the wallpaper but I couldn’t find one of the kitchen except for this Halloween photo from 1982. It was 1984 when we pulled down all that wallpaper and revealed the yellow-painted walls underneath.

A little fun with Car-E

November 13, 2020Car-E, cats, funsusanmanzke

Yesterday, Car-E spent the morning knocking stuff off the table.

All my pens and pencils ended up on the floor, as did the cap of an empty medicine bottle. The bottle soon followed.

This crazy cat kept looking for anything he could knock to the floor. If he didn’t play with it himself, he sent things down for Sunny–that way he can get the dog in trouble. Sunny never takes things off the table our counter.

I trust Sunny.

I do not trust Car-E.

+Creativity questions

November 12, 2020Columns, creativity, funsusanmanzke

A lot of the times, I went wild with crafts. After spending money on supplies I would lose interest.

I still admire what my friends accomplish and yearn to do as well. That feeling often gets me into trouble.

These days most of my creativity stays focused on writing.

I have been cutting fabric for a project but I haven’t sewn anything yet. Will have to wait to see how that all works out.

Susan Manzke

Writer, Speaker, All-Around Good Person