tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:12:00 +0000Home Improvement; Projects;HolidaysHome ImprovementFun and Games;Small Town Life;Short StoriesIn Black and WhiteLittle Stupid ThingsMemesPetsFamilyAnimal BehaviorFun and Games; Yucks 'n HaHa'sYucks 'n HaHa'sSelf ImprovementPhotographyTV/EntertainmentPoli-Tics;BloggingNews and MuseIn RemembranceFood/RecipesWeather;News and Muse;DiscussionMusingFun and Games; PhotographyPoetryHome Improvement; Projects; Cottage LifeHealth and Well BeingFun and GamesDa Job;Music; Good Things In LifeYucks 'n HaHa's; Gettin' Along;Good Things In LifeHouse Hunting;PonderanceTV/Entertainment/MoviesWELCOME to my corner where I love to write about the mundanae & ordinary, often with a humorous slant. Sometimes my loveable K-9's bark out a tale or 2 also. You can watch us take old things (& sometimes new ones) & make them over. It may be a piece of furniture or a piece of junk. Or it might be an entire kitchen or bath in my house! Could just be a spicy recipe served w/a twist of lemon-- oops, I didn't mean to squirt you in the eye!http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)Blogger679125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-4496670328024499244Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:22:00 +00002010-01-19T14:27:25.607-05:00I received this from a friend and just had to share it... Recently, in a large city in France, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym. It said, "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?" Well, a middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2010/01/ladies-how-would-you-scale-yourself.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-945690275127515362Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:15:00 +00002009-12-31T14:50:24.074-05:00Holidays MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE ;-) http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-3197275744594053374Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:54:00 +00002009-12-08T09:55:15.218-05:00Fun and Games; Yucks 'n HaHa's There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the Tickle Me Elmo toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms.. Well, Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 8:00 am.  The next day at 8:45 am there is a knock at the Personnel Manager's door. The Foreman throws open the door and begins to rant about the new employee.  He http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/12/tickle-me-elmo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-6836645425701711989Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:13:00 +00002009-11-23T09:21:23.868-05:00(Click once or twice to embiggen) We hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving!!http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-poem-by-yours-truly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-3568158817458123214Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:38:00 +00002009-11-11T10:38:08.605-05:00In RemembranceHistory of Veterans Day World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/11/observance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-3744735619629389462Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:58:00 +00002009-11-05T22:58:38.564-05:00Since I've moved, I still access the local paper online in my former hometown a couple times a week just to keep up with the happenings and everything. It's good to know if the town burns down or something since we still own a house there and have family/friendly ties and all. While perusing this week, the following caught my attention: "CLEARWATER, Fla. — Dan R. Redden, 50, of Clearwater, http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/11/goodbye-friend-classmate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-8900295506570343380Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:24:00 +00002009-10-31T07:28:07.064-05:00Fun and Games; Yucks 'n HaHa'sHave a great day/evening and a frightful night!   And don't forget to sweep those clock hands back for an extra 60-minutes on the witching hour... For some really cool 'ween music, hit "play" then choose "video" Frankenstein by Edgar Winter More Edgar Winter music on iLike http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-4811026978377985187Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:12:00 +00002009-10-26T16:14:17.609-05:00Fun and GamesBloggingYucks 'n HaHa's"Woofies!  Daisy here.  Just fillin in fer Mom since she's been busy wif a wot of stuff dis day, like makin my sissy Ginger behave, and chasing sqewerls off da porch, which Ginger shud do but she got too fat from eatin too much and now she's just too wazy..  And da cats... don't get me started on dem darn cats...  Anywaze, I'm gonna go chaze sum sqewerls too in a widdle bit, but fust I wawnted tohttp://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/10/talking-dog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-4490611968444961386Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:24:00 +00002009-10-24T08:06:26.964-05:00Home Improvement; Projects;COME ON IN Last weekend we attended the Better Homes Show here in Fredericksburg. I threatened that we might in my post below. We figured since we’re new to the area and our house isn't as lucky, might as well get familiar with the new home products out there and the hawkers who sell/install them. So with pancakes in my tummy, Dr. Scholl’s in my shoes, a warm blazer for the chilly Fall day, I http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/10/gellin-at-trade-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-1367771055106066750Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:36:00 +00002009-10-14T13:03:04.128-05:00Home Improvement; Projects;We've been working away like bees in a hive!Had to hire a carpenter and electrician recently to do a few repairs around the new house. Nothing too major, but it was a small start on the "Hire Out List." We've slowly been pecking away on the "Honey Do List" too. Got one small bedroom painted which I plan to photo after the rest of the room is put together in it's entirity. Right now it still lookshttp://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/10/paintin-on-ritz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-7843811852480071734Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:05:00 +00002009-10-02T09:17:28.472-05:00A friend sent this to me and I just had to post it. Why? Why not, lol!Because it's a sensible comeback to that old 'adage' {you'll know which one when you come to the end}In case you missed it on CBS 60 Minutes, this is what Correspondent Andy Rooney thinks about women over 40:As I grow in age, I value women over 40 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why:A woman over 40 will never wake you http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/10/for-women-over-40.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-3200196320832779554Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:01:00 +00002009-09-21T11:14:20.338-05:00Home ImprovementWhen we moved here to Fredericksburg a couple weeks ago, the movers were very careful about unloading everything from the van and bringing it in the house. {It was the same 3 guys who loaded our house back in Bluefield.} The exception was their boss was on the job with them in Bluefield, and he was, like most bosses are, bossy. He didn't come with them to Fredericksburg so things were a little http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-guess-it-was-bound-to-happen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-3120010768511032774Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:05:00 +00002009-09-17T12:12:55.259-05:00PonderanceTV/EntertainmentKudos and Yays to Kentucky chicken catcher Kevin Skinner for winning America's Got Talent! (Rumor has it he just quit his day job to play the $million dollar Vegas show!)I had him pegged all along to win and even predicted it would come down between him and Barbara Padilla just for the sake of drama. Barbara has a beautiful voice and is very well trained in classical opera, but Vegas is not for http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/09/wanted-chicken-catcher-mayfield-ky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-6776387798108939970Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:10:00 +00002009-09-11T13:48:52.523-05:00Good Things In LifeAnimal BehaviorHome ImprovementPetsWell we're officially here!Loads of unpacking still to do, which may or may not get done in the next few weeks, depending on schedules and whatever work is prioritized to get done in the house. There are a couple of issues with remodeling in the living room we want to take care of before I unpack the good lamps and what-nots, buy nice drapes, etc.So far we had 10 trees either cut down or trimmed http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/09/howdy-from-spotsy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-6631134812086164929Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:34:00 +00002009-08-30T10:20:25.977-05:00Small Town Life;FamilySelf ImprovementHouse Hunting;The ACTUAL movers are due here tomorrow and will be loading up the next 2 days. They have a local move Wednesday using another truck, so they won't be leaving with our stuff until Thursday. We plan to leave Wednesday though, each with one dog and one cat in our car, for Fredericksburg. I stopped by the vet last week and picked up mild tranquilizers for the cats so hopefully the meo-howling will http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/08/so-you-know-little-more-than-you-need.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-8108270597581786562Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:03:00 +00002009-08-27T10:50:04.923-05:00TV/Entertainment/MoviesI've been watching the new series, HUNG, on HBO Sunday nites following my fave, True Blood.If you're not familiar, it's about Ray, (Thomas Jane) a one-time Atlanta Braves has-been-now-divorced-middle-age history teacher/high school coach with 2 teenage twins, trying to make a living on a teachers' salary, while carrying on his leftover life in the outdated ranchhouse he and his now ex-wife http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/08/hung-up-on-hung.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-2744708919540388514Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:24:00 +00002009-08-24T11:25:55.995-05:00Ponderance"It's just another manic Monday,I woke up this morning with the Monday morning blues.Stormy Monday,You brought your Sunday morning sunshine ...Here into my Monday morning rain."Kind of explains me this morning.I mixed this potpourri song together courtesy of the following:Title: The Mamas and the PapasLine 1:The Bangles;2: Great Plains Gypsies;3: T-Bone Walker;4: Harry ChapinHope your day is goodhttp://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/08/monday-monday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-2066506037098439320Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:06:00 +00002009-08-13T08:56:41.741-05:00Da Job;Yucks 'n HaHa'sWith the economy and unemployment the way it is, and has been even before the current admin came into being, when a job opportunity opens up anywhere these days it's like scratching off that million dollar lottery ticket to get it. Even the best qualified are competing against so many others just as qualified.While checking to see what types of jobs are available around my soon to be new hometownhttp://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/08/rejection-in-job-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-3558623586040234653Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:10:00 +00002009-08-11T18:06:55.401-05:00PonderanceBloggingWell, the cap for my tooth didn't arrive today and now I'm told it'll be next week, so I'm stuck wearing this "temporary" 'till then. And it still hurts some! I still kept my appointment anyway to have him check it out. He re-filed along the inner gum line and the top of it down. It helped aleviate the pain a little. He explained that temps won't prevent sensitivity and there will be some pain http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/08/potpourri.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-4514610599001614036Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:09:00 +00002009-08-07T17:51:35.882-05:00Small Town Life;House Hunting;We closed on our house last Friday. Yay!It went ok considering that the lenders forgot to do the pest inspection. Now you didn't think things would actually go smoothly, did you? Oh get real! ;-)According to our realtor, the lender won't close on a home without a pest inspection in the state of Virginia, and if pests are found, the seller has to treat. Says so in the initial purchase contract toohttp://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/08/beam-me-up-deal-scottie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-7933330180380994003Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:58:00 +00002009-07-20T17:22:37.682-05:00Self ImprovementI LOVE people who talk LOUD on their cell phones. I LOVE having to listen to THEIR convos. I LOVE how they hold up the grocery aisle/check out line while yapping ON & ON while I WAIT & WAIT on them. I have NOTHING better to do. I have NO reason to NOT want to hear about their BLADDER infection. I have NO place ELSE I'd RATHER be. Next to THEM, I apparently have NO LIFE because I have NO bladder http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/07/cellfish-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-3112235586616472365Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:06:00 +00002009-07-17T11:15:26.147-05:00BloggingYes, I've redone the template here again to appear a little more in tune with Summer. You want to eat it? Go ahead, take a lick. Oh here-- at least use a napkin! Refreshing isn't it? Come on back every day if you want. The posts may be a little stale but the ice cream will always be fresh, that I promise ;-)As for Ginger and Daisy, don't worry. They're taking a little break but will return once http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/07/we-all-scream-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-8335640475294192227Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:37:00 +00002009-07-14T11:44:43.449-05:00Photography This shot was taken some time ago of a Butterfly Bush outside my kitchen window at the house we're about to sell. By early evening, it was covered with butterflies of various size and color, bumblebees, and the ever elusive hummingbird of which I was never able to capture on film. I had to shoot about 50 shots of these little beauties to just get this one which I thought came out the best. Thehttp://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/07/butterfly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-7364149423630068477Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:30:00 +00002009-07-09T13:45:46.276-05:00DiscussionI've been going thru "stuff" lately, deciding what is and isn't going on this move with us. Deciding what to give away, what to donate, and what goes to the dump. The donation bags and boxes I'd been cramming into my Subaru each day had snuck up on me to the point that when I came out of the grocery store I was struck with the horror of where was I going to put my groceries for the drive home?So http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/07/charity-begins-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10128930.post-4858725012430031135Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:25:00 +00002009-07-07T08:29:05.133-05:00In RemembrancePoli-Tics;HolidaysI (we) totally pigged out over the weekend. I made barbeque pork in the crock pot, about 4 lbs. of it (or enough to feed an army according to hubby). We had corn on the cob, red cabbage slaw dressed with raspberry/walnut dressing, and baked beans. My stepson did barbeque ribs, hot dogs and hamburgers. Then of course there was watermellon. Throw in some kids and dogs too, the latter of which were http://thegingerquill.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-we-totally-pigged-out-over-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn)3