If you wonder what I do besides blogging, this video is for you.
A big pile of leaves was blown around the house and landed by my backdoor. This is how I got rid of them. I used my Mother’s Day gift.
So much easier than raking. But I had to stop blowing at the end of the fence as the wind had changed direction and started blowing the leaves back at me.
Yes, yard work takes up some of my time, too, and gives me another subject to blog about.
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Well, I wasn’t exactly an actress. I was an extra. I found out that the biggest part of a movie extra’s life is sitting and waiting, and waiting, and waiting some more.
That was the first of two days. The second, I took my children out of school so they could be in the movie Meet the Applegates, too.
Take them out of school?! Yes, I believe there are times that students learn more from rare experiences than working in school.
Here’s my account of being an extra.
If you watch Meet the Applegates and look for us, we are barely visible when the stars enter the back of the auditorium. At least I think one or two of my brood are visible. I’m seated, holding a sleeping Rachel, so not visible. It was a very long day.
I’m still glad my late friend, Colleen Sutherland suggested this experience all those years ago. Colleen was always one for a new adventure.
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This account was from fall 1982. Bob installed a doorbell because if someone knocked on the porch door we’d never hear them. A few visitors then walked away.
Of course, family didn’t need the bell. They just walked in.
Russell was almost three when he figured out how to reach the button for the bell. He loved that when he pushed it Mommy would show up and give him what he wanted.
This recording is what I wrote in my column all those years ago.
Today, there’s a doorbell on my backdoor, but no one uses it. People knock and expect me to hear their rapping. I don’t.
My real doorbell is my dog Sunny. If he notices knocking he goes toward the door.
If Sunny is sleeping deeply, he doesn’t hear anything, which is too bad for a passing salesman, but good for me.
So if you come knocking, remember there’s a bell. It really gets my attention. I usually jump a foot when it is buzzed.
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We are coming close to Halloween, yet there are Christmas decorations on display in some stores. This account talks about holiday decorations coming too early.
Christmas decorations that pop up at the end of summer robs Earlybird shoppers of the good feeling of getting a jump on their gift buying.
I always felt better when I was stashing special gifts for our children early. Often it was difficult not gifting the toys to them early. But somehow I managed.
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Those are the current me. Now I’m just perusing old photos to see some of my past hair styles.
When I came home with my perm, my family laughed.
Enough already. I’m really starting to feel old.
I will continue to think about my future hair cut. I’m trying to picture myself with a completely different style and wondering how adventurous I might be.
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