Did your Mom read to you? Do you remember the favorites? I've been reading to the grands since they were born- even if they didn't sit still. I love children's books. The three little kittens was a tough read for me when I was very little - I cried every time the sitter read it! I just felt so bad for those "kattins"

Old Roses are the Best

We had a very nice Sunday

Our Sundays here usually include worship with friends, a meal in the middle and family if we can find them. Now that they are getting bigger - they often have plans that conflict with our "un-schedule". But this Sunday was adorably different - because I woke up face to face not with my husband of 41 years - but with one of our grand daughters the 3 year old Miss Grace. It was her first "sleep over". The youngest of the family has graduated to sleepover status and that marks where we are now. Soon there will be no emergency diapers, or searching for her mom to get her to fall asleep. She's a big toddler now. When I awoke to her little face I also heard murmurs in the background. These from Kim and Mike. When they sleep over - usually with brother Joe - we have an 8:15 rule for "Gamma". Do not wake Gamma before 8:15 am. PLEASE. Now since Poppa was also in bed with Grace and Gamma - the rules flew away!    But this made it one of the sweetest Sundays we have had in a long time. God blesses us all the time - we just need to slow down a little to see it! We do so love our grands and treasure every moment of them- and we love the LORD.Worship today was very full and good. Our study in John continued and it was eye-opening for us! God has set us here for a time~ we are enjoying it much.

the roomba

I just noticed the ad at the bottom of my blog page here is for a roomba- or the cousin scuuba - any way - I have had a roomba and any one of you that wants to buy me a new one - you just go right out and get it for me - this thing is fantastic!

Thursday is here

I do like Thursdays and on this one I have gotten many things done -
Helped our daughter finish off a huge polar fleece blanket for an over night camp out - her oldest son will be sleeping out over night in the NE Ohio cold next week end - o BURRRRRRRRRRRRR
I sewed , cleaned a bit, laundry of course, and now I will go off and snap. Snapping the snaps onto a hundred or so sleepers - to get them ready to go to the area agencies my charity supplies! Hope to get those done for tomorrows relay for delivery before Valentine's Day.
Later - I'm thinking I will bake.... something crunchy and chocolate....hmmmmmmm

Wednesdays

I think Wednesdays are over rated but then here it is a Wednesday. On This Wed. I have run around trying to cancel a sale on Ebay - with success, answered phone calls maybe 10 - wow - this is a lot for us, made an appointment to get our taxes done - Yippee! spoken to two separate  reps from a new affiliate I joined - they are so nice, and talked with our daughter for a long time.Waiting right now for a friend to come over and pick up a special order sewing project I finished. This is becoming a busy day here -I would love a nap!

Now it's Friday - everyone is gearing up for football

Super Bowls? OK I know a lot of people watch these games and I also know that Moms are concerned with the foods that will abound this weekend so here's a recipe they might like -

It's a Broccoli Salad
1. Wash peel and chop a couple bunches of broccoli, blanch for 2-3 minutes and chill it ~ yes - some children and teens will eat this especially if they are interested in the game and it is placed in front of them.
2. Chop up a few green onions- those long ones
3.Cut up some fresh clean mushrooms
put those together and cover - set them in the fridge
4 chop a couple nice tomatoes but keep them separate until you are serving the salad
5. you need 1/2 - 3/4 cup slivered almonds to be put on top of the salad before serving

 You can add raisins, sunflower seeds or about anything else you'd like, just consider how long this will be on hold before serving.
The salad dressing- I made some from a recipe I haven't tried - you can use some bottled variety your family prefers. Basic salad dressing has some oil - use a good one, some vinegar - experiment - and a bit of water - and a variety of seasonings S+P TT. I love writing that S+P TT - for those of you baffled as I was - S+P TT means salt and pepper to taste - your taste!
When they load up on football junk - I refuse to name them - eating some of this will at least keep them healthy enough not to cause too much damage!

Thursdays

I like Thursdays - I usually can find something very interesting to do. Today I'll be sewing

Recipes usually remind us of "Mom"

Soon to be posted - recipes from "Moms" . I was thinking of some good ones I have - join me and post a few

What is your Mom like?

My mom is gone now - so I was wondering if any of you would like to add something about your Mother here?

about me KMunro or "Karen"as I'm best known

I think this blog will be a nice way to think about my mom. How fun it is to remember my parents. Mom had favorite things and as I find them I will add them. It is getting easier not to think about them and just cry ~ I've begun to be happy thinking of the fun we all had.
I'm Karen and I come from a long line of early Americans - five family names can be traced back to the Mayflower - and yes - I mean the BIG boat. Mom loved genealogy and Dad loved history so I have a lot to think about.
KMunro