Category Archives: flashback

Jun3

Wednesday already?

Posted on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 by Dianne

Not feeling great on Monday and still went food shopping with Sean’s help, which is nice since he is helping to eat large quantities of it. Tuesday, I went to my hometown to get my hair done and see my brother’s family and my mom. I was hoping to meet a Flickr pal who happens to live in the same school district that I attended. Tell me we don’t live in a small world? She had lots of coleus babies that she rooted and planted for me, plus leaf snips (all bagged and marked) and I had a huge coleus plant that she loved and couldn’t get last year I gifted her. The first time we stopped by, I met her husband and he said she was running late. The second time, the little boxes of plants were waiting for me-she had said she was going to the hairdresser. She is free to come out here anytime and collect snips from my coleus and whatever perennial I have extra of. Another coincidence, her mother-in-law lives in the town where Brian worked from and they pass down this way a few Sundays a month.
I have so much inside work to do it’s not funny! An old high school friend wanted to drop in and I told her my house isn’t baby proofed as she has a 9 month old foster son. Another classmate suggested we meet at her house for lunch-hope the three of us can get together on Friday. This is all thanks to Facebook!

May20

Back in the day

Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by Dianne

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Another great reason to find old pals on Facebook is that they sometimes post their old photos and you may be in them!
This is probably 8th grade (1973) and those are two pals Bev and Cindy-I’m in the middle! Thanks to another Cindy for posting it.
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Sean and I went to see my mom and my brother and his Dalmation were there. My brother has off Wednesdays. First we picked up lunch and ate in a park with a little waterfall near a Grist Mill. There is also trout fishing there.
We hung around mom’s a bit and then went to check out flowers at a discount place and hit Home De*pot for a new bathroom faucet and shower head and also more flowers! We ate some Greek salad and white pizza at a new place-it was good. Headed over to another shopping center and a closed store had one of those ‘book warehouse sales’ there, but they had other things like greeting cards and gift packages of lotions, besides books. I got quite a few things including artist Nancy Noel cards and a jewelry book. Sean wanted to get goodies at Trader Joes too. It was a full day! Gardening tomorrow!

May8

Show & Tell

Posted on Friday, May 8, 2009 by Dianne

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My Grandmom at Longwood Gardens, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

My brother is making scrapbooks using old photos he’s found around my mom’s house since he’s been cleaning there and is moving in with her soon. This is our late maternal grandmother Ruth at where I think is Longwood Gardens where I go all the time now (it’s only 6 miles from our house). I’m almost certain this is the rose room because of the way it is laid out-it looks like rose room now. I don’t recall ever seeing this photo-I’m digging that big furry collar she is wearing.

May1

Show & Tell

Posted on Friday, May 1, 2009 by Dianne

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Happy May Day!
A few days ago, I think the last day of the April heatwave, I broke down and went through a box of papers that represented two years of my college education. It needed to be done. And of course I saved some of my carefully typed (on a typewriter), mostly ‘A’ papers-some to reread and maybe toss. The pile went down considerably. I went to a great college from 1977-1979 called Delaware County Community College for an AAS in Early Childhood Education. I met some great friends, but mostly I learned and enjoyed my time there. Here are some of my papers:

What’s funny about the ‘Study of a Child’ paper is that the girl I did the study on contacted me a few years ago. I was trying to see if people I knew from the past would remember me, so I put her name and her sister’s name on my blog. No, she didn’t remember me! Drats. She is also on Facebook and I offered her this paper a few days ago and she hasn’t replied. She is married with several children.

My first schedule for college (I thought it was grades at first-wishful thinking):

I almost have my BS degree in ECE, but dropped out after giving up on a few courses I couldn’t seem to get in another school. I heard that the one class was finally dropped as I wasn’t the only one having problems.
I may post a few poems here if I am brave enough to do so.
I dedicate this post to my almost college graduate son Sean-he’s getting his 4 yr degree from Penn State on the 15th.

Apr24

Show and Tell

Posted on Friday, April 24, 2009 by Dianne

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New Year card 1939, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

My one brother is sorting through stuff-mainly photos- in our mom’s house and decided to make scrapbooks of what he is finding. I borrowed a finished one he made for mom and this on of the many quaint things in it. It’s a 70+ year old New Year’s card from my grandfather Alan to my grandmom Ruth. I thought it was so cute. My ‘Pop-pop’ was good at card giving as I’ve seen a few now and then. Wish I had know him-he passed away when I was only two months old.
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The temps are climbing here-going to the upper 80s over the weekend! That’s too warm for April! I woke up with a sore throat, just on one side, so I hope I’m not getting a cold. The allergens are in the air too, especially with this spike in temps!

Mar24

Happy Birthday Brian-Down Memory Lane

Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 by Dianne

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Happy Birthday Brian-Down Memory Lane, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

It’s hard to believe that three of these photos were taken almost 25 years ago on our honeymoon in Cancun, Mexico. The other was taken 8.5 yrs ago in New Hope, Pa.
We celebrated his birthday in 1983 as an engaged couple. I remember using most of my pay that week to buy him a Walkman. Seems like such an old concept now with the MP3 players and Ipods around now. I wanted to get him a MP3 player this year, but wasn’t sure if he’d use it.
I thought he’d enjoy seeing these photos again. Didn’t he look hunky in those earlier photos? He’s still my hunk. ; )
I baked some yellow cupcakes with dark fudge icing for him and placed them on the ‘special’ plate:

FYI-I didn’t have vegetable oil and read where you can substitute apple sauce for the same amount of oil needed. I did this and they are light and tasty. This will be good for my brother to know as the veggie oil bothers him when mixed in waffles.
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My mom sent Bri a bouquet:

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I also finished this to be made into an egg shape for my niece T as her birthday is the day before Easter:

The Prairie Schooler

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All the Kosher food is on sale at the store, so I bought some toasted coconut marshmallows and potato pancake mix which I made last night:

They were good with meatloaf. I will say I should have used a bigger pan and I had to get the hang out of making sure they were solid and brown before turning. Be sure to check out your Kosher stuff-there’s some good eats there that you may not try that much!
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Sean is enjoying seeing the sights of Vegas-he saw some of the fancy hotels like The Mirage and Treasure Island last night and said they were huge! He is all dressed up in these clothes for the job fair:

FYI, the suit coat is from the Goodwill and only cost $6.50. We bought the shirt and tie in Macy’s to match the jacket. If we had purchased a new suit coat, it would have been approx.-$150-$200. This assemble cost $83.50. So we saved a lot! He may not even have to wear a suit if he works in the field, so this was a wise thing to do in these hard times. He wore a used jacket in his high school portrait too-who knew?

Feb14

Photo Hunt- Nautical

Posted on Saturday, February 14, 2009 by Dianne

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I was hoping for hearts maybe? : )

Mystic Seaport CT, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

My husband and I went on a week long driving trip to New England back in the fall of 1984. We were newlyweds back then. We slept in a different place almost every night-no internet to make reservations-just stopping at some of the places and hoping they had a room. We had pretty good luck. We stayed here in Mystic, Conn the first night. This is the harbor there and we went on the large ship. We drove mainly along the ocean towns, Hyannisport, MA, Plymouth, MA, Newport RI and finally Provincetown, RI.

I have taken long car trips before-back in 1977, after I graduated from high school, my family of 5 (minus oldest brother) drove to Daytona Beach, Fl. I wish I could remember the different towns we stopped in. Perhaps I wrote them down somewhere.

Jan26

Manic Monday

Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 by Dianne

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#152

What gives you hope?
People who inspire me to look forward to the future. For example, how nice was it that with all the millions of people at President Obama’s Inauguration, not one got arrested.That gives me tremendous hope for a more united country.

How often do you get your haircut? Describe your worst haircut.
About every 5 weeks I get a trim. Worst haircut-after our honeymoon in Cancun, my permed hair was fried, so I had to get a really short cut. I never got my hair permed again. I’ve had more than one bad cut over the years-oh-my grandmom cut my bangs too wide once and the girls were making fun of them in high school.

What’s your most treasured piece of jewelry? Why?
My engagement ring-because it’s one of my oldest pieces that I still wear. It was purchased at Sydney Rosen’s jewelry store on jeweler’s row in Philadelphia back in November,1982 so Brian could give it to my for my 23rd birthday. It’s a .33 round cut diamond with two round emeralds on each side. I went to have it cleaned a few years back and an emerald or two fractured-they are very delicate stones, so they were replaced with lab manufactured ones. Back in the early 80s, fine gems were popular for engagement rings and Princess Diana had a sapphire and Sarah, Duchess of York had a ruby.