Update From The Compound

 Things have been pretty busy here at The Compound the past couple of days, and I will stay busy for a while.  Last week, I signed up for a fall craft bazaar in November. I had great $ucce$$ at the bazaar in the spring, so I'm going to try it again.  The Old Man and I chose two Christmas ornaments I am going to make.  After three trips to Hobby Lobby this week, I have enough supplies to keep me busy for about a month.  Luckily I have a box of about 500 bottle caps I got from eBay in the spring.  

Stay tuned. 

Flashback Friday

 

That time my Sweet Mother won a ribbon at the Kentucky State Fair. 

Whatever Happened To . . .

Whatever happened to pagers, aka beepers?  Doctors and first responders probably haven't used them in years. They were the rage in the late 80s and early 90s.  Of course, I had one before cell phones came on the market. FYI - my pager was red.  

Something You Don't See Every Day

 I went through the drive-thru yesterday at the liquor store up the road to get my Powerball tickets, and as I was driving off, once again something in the garbage can caught my eye.  There on top of the heap of cans and bottles was a cardboard box - not just any cardboard box - this was an empty box that a Hamilton Beach blender came in,  

Monday, Monday

 I apologize to my faithful readers for not posting the past few days.  I just needed some time to decompress after the visit with the kinfolk.

Large Marge Memorial Garden Update - not much new to report.  After using some Miracle Gro last week, I did see some blooms on the cucumber plant and some blooms on one of the tomato plants.  I'm not giving up.  I water and fertilize faithfully.

Not much else to report here.  We are enjoying a nice afternoon here in the a/c reading.

Flashback Friday

 Jefferson County Public Schools started back yesterday.  Some school districts in southern Indiana started back last week.  And the majority got out for their summer break the first week of June.  So the kids only had two months off summer vacation.  

Back in the ancient days when I was in school, we got out usually the Friday before Memorial Day and started back after Labor Day.  That's what I call a summer vacation. 

Something You Don't See Every Day

 I ran up to the Dollar General to get some plain potato chips for the Old Man, and as I got out of the van I noticed an odd site on the ground.  There were about a dozen bandaid wrappers, along with a bunch of the little strips you peel off to expose the sticky part of the bandaids.   I can only imagine what kind of crime scene that could have been.