Join Us as we read these special FAMILY MEMORIES of some of our BLOG VILLAGE Friends!
CyberCelt presents
Take Me to the River posted at
Texas RV Travel blog CyberCelt shares how her family outing at the river came to include the community at large.
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There is a Season posted at
Losing PropositionOn Losing Proposition, Taro Phoenix shares how her family is moving into an itty bitty, teeny weeny, hobbit house for the summer.
Sara Ost presents
Just Fooling Around posted at
Sara Ost, who is a GUEST of Naomi at
Diary from England.
Dirty Butter presents
Playing Football at IHOP posted at
Yesterday's Memories.
Happy memories of one of our Dating Rituals that we still enjoy.
CyberCelt presents
Autism in USA : Thimerosal Generation posted at
Endangered Spaces.
CyberCelt shares a story on Endangered Spaces which is not for the faint at heart. It is not just about her family, but an entire generation.
CyberCelt presents
Advertising for Success Blog posted at
Advertising For SuccessEileen shares her experiences as a teenager in life-saving mode.
Granimore presents
Meet My Grandparents posted at
And So Begins My New Life
Beth presents
Remembering The Country posted at
Around The Funny Farm!
NAOMI presents
Diary From England: HAPPY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES posted at
Diary From England
Babs Mountjoy presents
No Fool like an old Fool posted at
A Walkabout's Weblog
GP presents
It's B-r-r- in the Barn posted at
Innside Montana-Your Home at the RangeLessons learned from our horses.
GP presents
It Takes Strength to take a Risk « Innstyle Montana- Come on Inn posted at
Innstyle Montana- Come on Inn
Dirty Butter presents
Plush Memories Lost Toys Search Service: FOUND - CUDDLEZONE BROWN CHIMP / MONKEY posted at
Plush Memories Lost Toys Search Service.
This is a beautiful story of a family's quest to find a lost lovie, a child's love for his Go Go Beans monkey, and the wonderful conclusion to the search.
Kilroy_60 presents
The Christmas Spirit posted at
Fear And Loathing - The Gonzo Papers.
GP presents
Nurturing Nature posted at
Innstyle Montana- Come on Inn.
The beginning of the spring season, with its renewal of life, is a good time to renew our spirit…
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I'm hosting the BLOG VILLAGE Quarterly Carnival focusing on FAMILY MEMORIES! It certainly seems like an appropriate topic for this blog.
So, how about sharing stories of your childhood, or maybe how you met your spouse. Does your family have special bonding rituals? Do you have some "strange" family members who help to make your family unique? How about sharing lessons you've learned from past generations. Are you into genealogy? Does your family story include adoption, blended families, or divorce? You name it - if it has to do with your family, past or present, we'd love for you to share.
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Will be online here on April 28th.
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3. Only English language posts will be accepted.
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Labels: Blog Carnival, BLOG VILLAGE, childhood memories, extended family, Family Blog Carnival, Grandparents, happily married, mortgage, Yesterday's Memories
I did it. I finally bit the bullet and put the ad for Daddy's car on eBay for this week. I had so hoped that someone local would buy it, but we don't live in an affluent area, and all that most people saw was an old car. Those who did appreciate what a unique automobile it is can't afford it. So, after having it on Craigslist for a week with no inquiries, it was time to try eBay. After all, we have a Feedback rating of 1187 there, and an excellent reputation.
I don't like the format that eBay uses for selling automobiles at all, and really do think my own website presentation of Daddy's car is a thousand times better. But, it's a matter of getting the right person to see it.
I put the ad together and then spent about a half hour talking myself into and out of and then into pushing the button to submit it. There's no doubt about it. It has been so much harder for me to give up that car than I would ever have anticipated. Much, much harder than the house, since one of our daughters bought it.
You might wonder why I chose to put a photo of the engine on this post. If you have ever taken the time to look at some of the listings on eBay for vintage cars, you would know that most of the time they look like rusty pieces of junk, unless someone has already restored it and is selling it for up in the 20 and 30 thousand dollar range, with some much higher than that.
The contrast between the way Daddy took care of this engine and the way most of the other engines look that are up for bid is dramatic.
So, I really do hope it sells this week. If it doesn't I'll have to go through that emotional struggle again deciding to re-list it or not.Labels: 1969 Chevrolet Caprice, childhood memories, Classic Automobile, Daddy's Cars, eBay, nostalgia, selling a car, vintage
Back some time ago I wrote about getting Daddy's car back in running condition and putting it out in the yard with a FOR SALE sign on it. We posted a FIRM price on it, so we would not be bothered by lots of local folks thinking it might be a $500 car. We have had plenty of people stop, a few who sounded like they would be back with the money almost immediately, a couple who seemed to really appreciate what a gem it is, and some who wanted to customize it and ruin it, as far as I was concerned.
None of the local people who had always said they wanted to buy it when Daddy died have shown any interest in doing so. Wishful thinking.
So, since we will be having a big Yard/Estate Sale next month some time, it seems like it is time to start really trying to sell the car. We still have not put it in the paper, because I just wasn't as ready to part with it as I thought I was. I finally took lots of pictures of it this week. I couldn't resist giving the trunk a parting caress as I came back in the house. It's almost like saying goodbye to Daddy all over again. I have been working the last couple of days on putting up a website about the car, so I am coming to terms with the fact that we really are going to sell it.
It was sad and fun at the same time for me to go back and re-read all of the posts I wrote about some of Daddy's cars, starting with his first automobile in 1914 up to this, his last one, and I put the link to this post in the sales page, so collectors and those who enjoy nostalgia could enjoy reading them, too.
9 Year Old Driver! Vintage Auto Memories Part I
First Driver's License - Vintage Auto Memories Part II
Life Before the Bottom Fell Out - Automobile Memories Part IV
Just Married - Automobile Memories Part V
Daddy's Idea of a Vacation
Burma Shave, Stuckeys & Hand Surfing Memories
The Year Daddy Hated to Drive to Chicago
1969 Chevrolet Caprice - His Last Automobile
Selling Daddy's Car
I am glad I decided to make the website, as I posted almost 60 photos, so I will always be able to revisit it any time I want to, for as long as I want to.
It may have a new owner sometime in the future, but it will always be "Daddy's Car."Labels: 1969 Chevrolet Caprice, childhood memories, Classic Automobile, Daddy, Daddy's Cars, Estate Sales, FOR SALE, nostalgia, selling a car, vintage
I posted last year about an interesting glass loaf pan that we found at an Estate Sale, and we received an email recently from a lady who read our post while she was searching for the pan on the Internet.Whatever happened to that Mary Dunbar loaf pan featured on your website? We just broke my Mom's, and need to replace it. It was her mother's, and yes she was still using it. Let me know if you still have one or where I can look for one. Thanks. My mom just turned 80 last year.
I wrote to the man who bought it from us, just on the outside chance that he still had it and would be willing to sell it to her. There hasn't been enough time for him to reply yet.
Anyway, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask you, my dear readers, in case someone could help this family out.
Here's part of the original post about the Mary Dunbar loaf pan:Every once in a while when we find something unusual at an Estate Sale, we buy it, even though we don't have a clue what it might be worth, just for the education it can give us when we do the research.
This glass oven ware pan was just such a find last week, that I couldn't resist. What intrigued me was the big logo in the bottom with the cursive name of Mary Dunbar in it. I had never heard of that name before, but when I did the research on her, I found some very interesting information. I even found a forum where her grand daughter was chatting about what her grandmother had accomplished!
It seems that Mary Dunbar was the name given to the Jewel Tea Co.'s spokesperson in the 1920's. The lady who went by that company name was the head of the company's test kitchen, and wrote a series of cookbooks and a monthly newsletter. She is credited with the invention of the 7 minute icing recipe. There was even a Mary Dunbar seal of approval, much like the Good Housekeeping seal of today.
It seems that the Jewel Tea Co. put coupons in with their various spices and tea products, and those coupons could be redeemed for various household goods. The most well known of these was the Hall China Co. Autumn Leaf pattern china and related items. This pattern in highly collectible today. Our loaf pan was probably one of those premium items.
If you can help Jo find this Mary Dunbar Glass Loaf Pan, please Contact Us, including MARY DUNBAR in the subject, or Comment Here.
Searching - Originally posted 03/30/2008Labels: Estate Sales, Hall China Co., Jewel Tea Co., Mary Dunbar, Premiums, Searching for
Photographer William M. Gallagher won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for this photograph of Stevenson on the campaign trail in 1952. The image of the "Man with a Hole in his Shoe" remained with Stevenson and served as a symbol of his efforts during the 1956 presidential campaign.
copied from the Princeton University Library
This 1952 election is the first one that I was old enough to get interested in, plus that's about when we got our first television. That year Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon won over Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman, from my own state - Alabama. We learned about the democratic process in school that year, and our teacher made it all fun, mock election and all. Of course, those were the days when the national conventions were really interesting, as there were sometimes many, many ballots of delegates before the Republican and Democratic candidates were chosen.
Obviously, there is no way that the Republican convention will be like that, but it is possible that the Democratic Convention could be very interesting this time, particularly since the Democrats have what they call Super Delegates. These power brokers are not committed to any candidate, which can make for an interesting convention.
Now add in the Ralph Nader Green Party candidacy, a situation that many Democrats believe cost Al Gore the election last time, and we could be in for some great convention watching.
And it's been a long time since I watched either convention, because they have been very boring to me for years. Just like some folks enjoy a stock car race more if there are lots of wrecks, I think I will enjoy the Democratic Convention more if there is some drama in the candidate selection process. Talk about Reality TV!!!Labels: candidates, childhood memories, delegates, Democratic Convention, elections, nostalgia, President, Presidential elections, teaching
We're so used to our little routine of going to a few Estate Sales and garage sales every Friday on our Date Day that it's hard to break the habit. There's always this anticipation that we will see some unique items, even if the price is not such that we would buy them. Well, yesterday was a DUD to add to several other DUDS we've had lately! In fact, it seems to hold true that from about mid December until warmer weather that there just aren't enough interesting sales to make the gas money worth it. We came home yesterday with two baby toys, and that's it!! Spent less than $2.00, had gasoline and eating out expenses, and basically have nothing to show for it. We left most of the places we visited laughing at the pitiful excuse for a sale they had going. Don't they realize that they are paying $32 to list their junk in the paper, and they don't have that much for sale?
Our first stop of the day was a small rural church that was selling out their thrift store. That sounded like it would have great possibilities, since they get the items as donations, so the prices are usually good. There were three people there "working", and we were their only customers at the time. Not one of them greeted us, or said a word to us. If we were looking for a church home, it wouldn't be there!
Of course, we still have fun, just being with each other. We bought an inexpensive GPS device for Christmas, and that's made getting lost finding some of these places a thing of the past. But when we get there, there's nothing to look at but a few pile of clothes and some old stuff that the Thrift Store can't even sell. Pitiful. And then, such as yesterday, there's the occasional place that advertises in the paper, and then is closed up tighter than a vault, with no sign saying sale postponed, or anything. Strange.
We stopped at a particularly odd Estate Sale last week. Not a single thing in the house had been priced, and only a few items were moved from their original location! They didn't even have kitchen items out on the counter. Everything was still in the cabinets and drawers, just as their relative left it. People were getting in line with arms full of stuff, waiting their turn to haggle over the price! It was creepy, inefficient, and we left without even trying to buy anything.
We'll be having an Estate/Yard Sale of our own this Spring, and I hope we will profit from the mistakes we see other people making! I sure don't want anyone telling everybody about that terrible sale they went to!!!!Labels: Date Day, Estate Sales
Hmmm.... Looks Like I'm a Conservative Republican
I still remember when I registered to vote. Back then, you had to be 21 to vote, and at that time you had to pay a poll tax. In Alabama, you also had to pass a quick test to be sure you could read English proficiently. I don't know if that was the case outside the South or not. I do remember that getting rid of those requirements was one of the goals of the Civil Rights Movement. Being white, I never knew if it was true that "Colored" people were given much harder materials to try to read than "White" people, but that is what protesters claimed at the time. As I remembered, the poll tax was just a couple of dollars, so I never did understand what the big fuss was about that.
As far as I can remember, I have voted in every local, state, and national election since then. I consider it my duty as an American to exercise this right, and believe in the old adage that you can't complain about politics unless you vote.
Now that the caucuses are over, and the candidates are starting to advertise on TV in Alabama for the upcoming Primaries, I thought it might be interesting to take one of these online quizzes that are supposed to tell you which candidates match a person's views on a variety of issues. As all such quizzes go, there were some questions where I didn't like any of the answer choices, but all in all this one was very thought provoking. And the results were interesting and useful to me personally.
Does that mean I'm going to vote for the candidate who matched my views? Not necessarily, but I think it does give me an idea of which candidates I should pay the closest attention to.
So, here's the results of my quiz:
80% John McCain
75% Mitt Romney
74% Mike Huckabee
65% Fred Thompson
61% Tom Tancredo
59% Bill Richardson
58% Hillary Clinton
58% Rudy Giuliani
57% John Edwards
57% Barack Obama
51% Chris Dodd
48% Ron Paul
44% Joe Biden
40% Mike Gravel
32% Dennis Kucinich
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching QuizLabels: candidates, Civil Rights Movement, elections, nostalgia, poll tax, President, voting
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