I continue to receive emails from a booster program that prepares young mind to navigate into the real world. I created a post for it 10 years ago and notice that some of my links are now obsolete. Our time spent at JA City (here) took place approximately six months before our move to Oregon. Thus not only do I live in another state than the said activities but my child is now 20 years old. I finally hit the unsubscribe button. Hopefully it worked.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Sending out my prayers
We passed a horrific accident returning home from the ward luncheon. I don’t know how many people were involved or how many hurt. I saw a stretcher out by a car in the ditch. Ahead was a van all smashed up. It had to have been going pretty fast to have been that smashed up – or perhaps it had been the other car that hit on the way to the ditch (I guess I don’t even know what direction the ditch car was facing)
We had to slow down as we
passed. Tears formed in my eyes. I don’t know what happened. I would guess it could have been
prevented. I feel bad for the
victims. I hope things will be resolved
and health will be restored.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
20 Things Party Lines
Doris Day and Rock Hudson made a few movies together including “Send Me No Flowers” which I had mentioned in my last post and “Pillow Talk” which is the segue into the topic of this post. 20 Things From The 1960s, Kids Today Will Never Understand! #16 mentions the party line which is not something that took place in our home but I did know of neighbors who had party lines. I don’t know why some neighbors had them and some didn’t. “Pillow Talk” gave me the impression that it was more common than not and yet I really didn’t know that many people who had them.
In “Pillow Talk” the solution worked out
by the characters was to make or accept phone calls within a half hour
time. One could take the hour until half
past while the other used the phone half past until the hour. I don’t know that either of our neighbors had
worked out anything. I know my neighbors
from across the street knew who they shared the party line with but the others
did not. They actually did not live that
far apart and Peggy’s boys had paper routes in which their party line would
receive newspapers.
From what I understand Carlton’s (I
don’t remember their actual names) would call to make complaints for whatever
reason and Bird’s line was always busy – it was busy because they shared a
party line. Birds knew that was why the
line was always busy. I don’t know if
Carlton’s ever figured that out.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Milk Men, Bottles & Boxes
Dave Willock played the part of a milk man in 1964’s “Send Me No Flowers”. I’d forgotten the now obsolete profession. I don’t remember the milk man but I do remember the milk box that lived outside our door for years.
Once
a week it was magically filled with four quarts of milk that we would take from
box to fridge. I remember having pulled
out the heavy glass bottles and placing them in our fridge. I think it had been delivered by Winder Dairy.
When
we finished our milk we would return the empty milk drop container and they
would be picked up when the next delivery was made. I don’t know how old I was when we started
picking up plastic jugs of milk because the four quarts were no longer
enough. Eventually the delivery stopped
and the milk man was gone.
You
can read more history at this site.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
20 things number 5
In the 20 Things From The 1960s, Kids Today Will Never
Understand! YouTube video there was mention of a record player
and the speeds features for various record players. I remember the different speeds mentioned and
the record sizes. I also remember a 16
speed (not mentioned) but never saw a record for that speed. I barely remember the 78,
33 and 78 records had holes in the middle to fit
over the piece in the middle of the turn table. But the 45 speed or singles had
a larger hole which required an adapter.
I remember having red plastic
circles but did not use myself as someone had brilliantly invented an entire
tube to fit over the stem and so the hold would fit in place over the tube.
I had created this post in 2015 and thought there
was another that gave indication to my first phonograph and stereo. Must have been a page I had created for a
memory scrapbook. Perhaps an entry for another post?
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
20 Things Digitally Deleted
I remember green stamps. I remember having watched them dissolve – not
that I was ever attached to them. I was
a kid. I didn’t care about their existence
or what could be purchased with them.
Though I have done “remembrance” and “evolution”
posts before, I thought it would be fun to reminisce once more and reflect on
some of the items mentioned in this and other videos. I will start with #13 carbon paper.
I remember using carbon paper and typewriter ribbon (#15) both equally messy leaving stains on the fingers and paper. Carbon paper was often NOT a great quality for duplication as it was never as dark as the original - at least mine weren't. Today's "copy" is a zillion times easier.
Digitalizing documents wiping out our past. I watched two more videos that focused on products of the 19th turned to early 20th century. Many I remember from historic sites but of course not from personal experience. As I watched those I wondered if children from this century view the things I grew up with in the same way that I view the turn of the century described above. I never thought of myself as seeing a "turn of the century" as I'm so focused at 19 becoming 20 but I have seen a "turn of the century" from 20th to 21st. Retro to digital everything.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
One More and Five More
I have only one dose left of the nasty mouth wash I will swish around after my next meal. I have five pills left from what I told was a day’s worth of what I thought to be pain killers. They are actually “knock-me-into-a-coma-so-I-forget-the-pain” pills. I found that out one evening when I took the one pill at 5:00 p.m. instead of my usual 8:00 when I am ready to retire to bed anyway.
I bet I could cut the remaining 5
pills in half and they would still be as effective. I wish they were memory pills.
Friday, April 12, 2024
Hard Sleep Between 4:00 and 5:30 a.m.
I fell asleep early. I got up at 2:00 quite warm and
decided
to take a shower. I did not return to
bed as I had
had
six hours of sleep. I took my kindle into another room to
pass
the time. If I had thought about it I
would have cleaned the
carpet
in Richard’s office. Of course I did not
think
about it. I returned to bed at
4:00. Sometime between
4:00
a.m. and 5:30 I had a really hard sleep.
I know that I was
sleeping
hard as I had another really bizarre dream with no
connections
to anything.
I was driving down a road that
leads to downtown Myrtle
Creek. A deer zoomed in front of me. I think I stopped hard to
let
it pass. And then I saw a woman slowly moseying
down
the
middle of the road. She was wearing a
coat and scarf – all in
loud
colors. As the deer passed the woman, I
slowed down and
called
out her name (turns out it was someone that I have
worked
with at the library) and asked her if she would like a ride.
Her
destination turned out to be a lot closer than either one of us
had
expected (downtown Myrtle Creek is NOT that big. EVERYTHING is
within
walking distance)
I parked next door to the bank
(which is not in the same
location
that it was in the dream) in an area I have never seen in real life.
It
was called Moon something. I think it
was a bar or night club or
something. I don’t even know why I parked. I don’t even remember leaving
the
car – and yet I found myself in another elaborate building – huge – like Las
Vegas
huge. NOTHING like that exists in Myrtle
Creek. Highly doubtful in all
of
Douglas county. Yet in the dream there it
was.
Jaime took me on a tour of the facility. She was an actress
performing
in one of the rooms. I recognized the
background from photos she
had
posted (not in real life but as part of the dream) . I suddenly remembered the
woman
I had dropped off at the bank – which magically connected to the
building
I was in. But
she was
gone. Well, yeah – I had been
there
much longer than anticipated. I forgot
about my car. Oh oh.
I returned to the place I had parked
to find a large sign on
the
back of my car (or some kind of car – much bigger than the one I was
initially
driving) and all the tires had been
removed. I was devastated. How
in
the heck was I going to explain that to Richard?
I am leaving out so much detail.
It was 5:45 when I returned to the
front room scribbling down my
thoughts. The notes don’t make any sense. But
neither did
the dream.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
What is Up with That?
In
my last post I mentioned a nasty mouthwash that the dentist gave me to rinse my
mouth three times a day – I guess until it’s gone. I am supposed to swish for 45 seconds and not
eat or drink for 20-30 minutes after I spit.
It isn’t terrible swishing it in my mouth, but once I spit it does leave
a horrible after taste – and then my teeth hurt.
I have learned to take the pain
killers before I swish. I am glad I
waited on the “one-day” dosage of pain killers.
Thus far I have taken three. The
mar above my lip and cheek that I posted five days ago has faded but I seem to
have a small bruise close to my left chin. (Well there's an grammatically incorrect sentence that Would hurt an English grade) What is up with that? All the teeth
that were extracted were on top.
And my sinuses have been going
crazy. The dentist said that would
happen but should slow down as the abscessed is now gone. Or perhaps not completely and that is why I
have to continue to swish.
Friday, April 5, 2024
More Soft Food and Mouth Wash
My mom said that I had mumps on
one
side of my mouth.
I
don’t remember.
I
wonder if that is what my left cheek has
felt
like since my dental incident on Tuesday.
I
picked up my prescriptions yesterday.
One
was for a nasty mouthwash that is to
get
rid of whatever germs have built up.
The
other was for a pain killer that could send me
into
a coma if I’m not careful.
I
am too scared to take it.
And
really, the pain is not as bad as I had predicted.
I
was given only one day’s worth and so will
save
it for a time when the pain is more severe.
But
I will also pray about my decision in the event that
my
pain does get that bad. And it doesn’t
have to be
my
face that is hurting.
The
outward appearance indicates that I am in
a
lot more pain than I am.
Thursday, April 4, 2024
dental pain
I
have always had a low pain threshold. I
have also been a drama queen exaggerating the results of my pain thus I didn’t
always get the sympathy that I sought.
On Tuesday I had three teeth extracted from my mouth. I was certain I would have to have surgery
with at least one – being lost in the gum line and have to be removed in
pieces. That is how it was for my
mom. But then again that was over 60
years ago. Technology has made things so
much easier since then.
Chewing
solely with my front teeth has been a weird experience for me. Yesterday I
slept half the day away. I hope I push myself
to be more productive today.
Monday, April 1, 2024
Laughing With Mother Nature
I don’t know which Easter – two years ago I think – when I learned the resurrection rolls (some call them tomb rolls) from Emily Belle Freeman (In one of the Easter videos that she did with David Butler) Neither David Butler nor I had ever heard of the disappearing marshmallow treat. They souned good along with symbolic message and I tried them.
I vaguely remember explained the
symbols as I held up the marshmallow and said that it would represent Jesus’
body and that we would symbolically prepare the body in oil (melted butter) and
fine spices (cinnamon and sugar) and dress His body (the crescent roll or
biscuit or whatever I happened to use) and when we opened the oven His body
would no longer be inside. I don’t know
what recipe I used.
Yesterday I decided that I would
surprise the other two as they slept, I would prepare the rolls so that they
would be ready when Richard and Jaime arose.
They looked like small rolls going in, but quite disastrous coming out –
more representations of the stone that had rolled away leaving several muddy
trails. I didn’t even think to take
pictures of my step by step process. When
I decided I would blog about this, there was only one roll left. And it actually does look appealing as a
cookie. But it is not a cookie but a
deflated roll.
The results of my tomb rolls were not
near as bad as the cold weather that was far from spring in air quality –
though we have had signs of blossoms and new growth. I admire the courage of the plants that have
broken through despite the painful bites of the elements. I don’t
remember such a cold Easter. Couldn’t tell that from today.
Mother
Nature’s April Fool’s joke.