Here's the thing. When you have never felt well, you adapt to functioning from that state. Yes, I was feeling pretty poorly, okay, really horrid, but I have always operated from there, I just keep on trucking.

I think MOCs should be required for entry into the fair, and the judges should be people who know the difference between a MOC and a purchased set.

Well, that was an interesting garden visitor! I envy your summer rains. I lived in Minnesota for 15 years, and summers always included thunderstorms and rain. (And high humidity and mosquitos.) Here in

School starts already on Wednesday? That's cruel.

I was a stay-at-home mother, and I also home schooled our three children. As such, do-nothing days were simply not an option for many years. Babies and toddlers must be taken care of, even when a mother

Oh no! I hope he heals up quickly, and that you can successfully finish the job yourself. I don't envy you working in the heat. I don't deal well with heat.

THX!

My parents had a reel-to-reel! My brother bought it for them in the late 60s or early 70s when he was stationed in Korea in the air force. He taped many of his records onto reel-to-reel tapes, and we could

Sounds like a pleasant day, without the overexertion that seems to accompany the larger fairs. I wonder whether that goat had recently had its horns removed and needed the extra protection, or whether

You've squeezed a great deal into each day. Your projects look good. I am from a record-playing generation, so we have a record/CD/cassette player. It's not fancy,but I use it often. The one device we

I can always hear buzzing from the assorted bees when I'm in the garden. The squash blossoms are always a favorite with them, besides the zinnias and sunflowers.

Something always needs attention in one's garden! What's your method for saving up cucumbers until you have enough to make a batch of pickles?

I have a 1980s set of three Pyrex bowls. The largest one gets used the most, and has been replaced twice in the past 43 years. I got the first replacement from Pyrex, and it was a newer style, clear bowl.

I forgot how flat N. Dakota is!

That's funny!!!

Do you plan to try to keep the tubers over the winter?

I have resisted attending concerts and plays in recent years, because it inevitably involves a 45 minute drive, unpleasant traffic, and a late drive back home in the dark after my bedtime. Matinee performances

I am sure your relatives appreciate all the help from your family.

Barn spiders really ought to stay in the barn, in my opinion. I was very afraid of spiders as a child. Now I don't mind them so much, as long as they don't sneak up on me and aren't too big.

That's gonna be quite the project! Which airport had the moving walkways? MSP? I haven't been to the MSP airport for years.