A little "hair switch" history. . . A 1913 ad for a wavy hair switch, and a shampoo in the new reclining chair. As promised, I've done some more research, and I've found out a lot of interesting hair switch history. Since I have a Newspapers.com account, I was able to search the term "hair …
Taking "Big Girl" To the next level By now, if you're one of our regular readers, Panda and Foster have already "broken the news" to you about my having been diagnosed with breast cancer and going to chemotherapy once a week. At that time, I had promised to address the topic in a post directed …
Some things never change! So Mom was reading through some of her older blog posts and she came across my very first post, "Life with Foster", from way back in 2016. Since then, I've become a regular contributor to our blog, and Foster and I have had all kinds of adventures together. But some of …
So little time! Well, that's not completely true. Since I'm retired, and I only volunteer three days a week at the Christian school library, I actually have plenty of time to write blog posts. I have several drafts waiting in progress, and even more blog post ideas that are currently folders on my laptop with …
If you have ever inherited the task of dismantling your childhood home, you can relate to this. You can also relate if you were a child in the 1960s. Tinker Toys: the Legos of the 1960s. That’s because if you were a child in the 60s, it’s likely that your parents were born in the …
Reflecting on the Past Seven Years April 13 is upon us again, and reflection is in order. Today is the seven-year anniversary of my husband Mark's passing, and none of us know how we got here this fast. April 25, 2016 This photo is from the Monday after the funeral. I was sitting on the …
So Mom was having a crisis. . . And, as I'm sure Daddy would have said, "When Mom has a crisis, we all have a crisis!" It all started when Mom decided to downgrade her WordPress plan for the blog. For several years she'd had the "Business" plan, because she was going to try to …
So. . .if you're reading this on an actual computer or laptop... . . .most likely you can see this photo of a slightly disgruntled cat, who is wondering why our blog seems to be a bit messed up. If you're reading on a mobile device, you are probably seeing a little square where this …
Would Be Influencer, Part 2 As an “up-and-coming” social media influencer, I thought it was time to share some “life hacks” with my faithful followers. And anyone else who has the (mis)fortune of stumbling across this blog unawares. First, we will talk about coffee. As you may be aware, kitchen “coffee stations”, or “coffee bars” …
Who does this? If you were a kid in the 1960s, you surely knew about Creepy Crawlers. Either you had a "Thingmaker" set or you knew someone who did. Here is what the box looked like. That's my cousin picking out some Creepy Crawlers from my family's collection, for the nostalgia of it all. For …
Nana's Whimsical World 