Monthly Archives: March 2010

When I was 4th grader living in Carter Lake, Iowa some people were going from door to door trying to find their Black Labrador pups a home. When they got to our door Dad proceeded to look over the pups. He didn’t want too big of a dog so he picked out the runt. I got to pick out a name so I called him Prince.
He got fed, watered and loved on a regular basis. Dad built Prince a dog house and put a sturdy chain on it, so when we weren’t playing with him he was chained and wouldn’t get loose. It didn’t take long before Prince started to grow really big. I remember playing kick ball, Prince was able to catch the ball in his mouth and popped it. Dad eventually came to the conclusion that Prince would have to go, when he was able to drag his dog house around the yard. One night the doorbell rang and when Dad opened the door, there stood Prince on his hind legs with his paws on both sides of the doorway. He was as big as a bear.

Sometimes we eat on the go. Still trying to eat nutritiously and healthy, I have a recipe that is a family favorite. A very tasty recipe for Breakfast Apple Bars. Here are the Ingredients: ½ c whole wheat flour, ½ c quick-cooking rolled oats, ½ tsp baking soda, ¼ tsp ground cinnamon, ¼ c applesauce, 3 Tbsp honey, ½ tsp vanilla, ¾ c mixed dried fruit bits, ¼ c chopped walnuts (optional as many people especially children are allergic) Nonstick spray

Spray 10×6x2 inch baking pan. Stir together flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon in bowl. Mix oil, applesauce, honey and vanilla, Combine two bowls of ingredients together stirring in dried fruit.
Spread evenly in baking pan. Baking for 15 – 20 minutes, cool pan. Cut into bars, We love them.
Easy to store in resealable container. Great for those days when we are on the go.

We like to go to movies when we feel the movie is going to be well worth seeing. Our Daughter-in-law takes our Grand Daughters and Grand son to the movies but always previews them and see if it is the type of content she feels they should see. Nobody had seen “The Road To Tabithia” yet, so my husband Bob and I went to the Habersham Hills Theater to watch the movie. There were two main actors in the movie, one little boy and one little girl. The animation of the make believe characters were good, it was very easy to get caught up in the movie itself. The plot was good, but neither one of us were prepared for how the movie had ended. I literally cried as the little girl died at the end of the movie. I thought it was too sad of a movie for a child to see. We called our Daughter-in-law and told her about our findings. The kids haven’t seen that movie as of yet.

Back in 2003, my oldest son Toby was tragically killed in an accident during a rainstorm when the pumper truck he was driving skidded off the road into a ravine and crashed into a treeline. He was killed instantly, leaving four beautiful children. I was in total disbelief as I drove myself to the hospital that fall night, not really feeling anything. Toby’s friends were already at the hospital, everyone was crying. There were clergy there for comfort and prayer.

The following day I found myself sitting at the funeral home, with family and friends, making arrangements. A van pulled up in which lay my sons body. I looked up and the ceiling light began to flicker. I smiled, I knew it was Toby. Family and friends came from everywhere to say goodbye. One of his friends closed his Tattoo shop for the day. A couple of days after everyone headed back to their homes, I heard Toby say “Hey Mama,”and told me goodbye.

My husband Bob and I are always looking for out of the way places that are neat to see. We came across a sign for the “Lost Sea”. We packed up our daughter Sabrina, her best friend Michelle and our son Randy plus a whoopee cushion and followed old 441 up to Tennessee to find and visit this Lost Sea. Along the way there were many people displaying their quilting handy work, we had to stop and admire. We finally found our destination. We paid our fee and waited for a guide. We were all walking down this large cave, into our view came a crystal clear body of water it was an underground lake. We put on life jackets and climbed into a boat. It would have been pitch dark in there if it wasn’t for the underwater lighting. There were big fish in the water that came right up to the boat. It is something you would want to share with your whole family.