Deanne Fitzpatrick » Entries tagged with "fun"
the man on the street…live from downtown amherst
Dear Diary, My husband, Robert, never touches the computer but last year he got an iPhone and he has started collecting hundreds of videos on his little phone. From the 108 year old lady from Centennial Villa, to Coal Miners who were underground in Springhill, to me on the phone in the kitchen. Some of them are interesting, but others like me on the phone, well not so much. There have been all kinds of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Small Town Life
What’s wrong with this picture ?
Dear Diary, Lorna actually made this post… So remember I found a desk in the basement and am no longer working on a table. Well Lorna has gotten all risen up, kinda Norma Rae about it, and made this post cause she is working on the impossible but pretty desk, so it seems that we need to find her a desk too. There is actually another one in the basement that we’ll haul up but … Read entire article »
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Clare’s Boots
Dear Diary, Giving away a prize is such good fun. I just got a note from Clare Booker who won the red bloodstones with her boots sitting on her mat. I am glad they fit and she feels good in them. I am thinking of another little prize idea….it is in the works. I like to give away a treat or two here. It is such fun. Here is Clare’s rug…. As comfy as bedroom slippers. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Diary, Rug Hooking
just myself
Dear Diary, I am the woman….. whose glasses are so dirty she cannot see through them quite a bit of the time the same woman who avoided getting transition lenses for two years until she could no longer see tell if the kids in the local dessert theatre were the same kids as last year, they all looked alike. My own child could have been up there and I would not have known. who cannot part with a ten … Read entire article »
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I think I love my printer
Dear Diary, A few weeks ago I was talking to Harry the printer on the phone, and when I went to say good bye, I said, “Okay love you”, thinking I was talking to my kids I guess. So then I said, “whoops sorry I was thinking I was talking to Robert or the kids”, so then I said, “Well I do love you too!” Â Now I don’t throw around “love you’s” so we had … Read entire article »
And the winner of the blundstones is…it’s time to win red blundstones
Dear Diary, So today is the day, the votes are counted, we are around 268 , and I reached in the bag and the winner was pulled. The last two mornings I wore my red blundstones on my walk, and i hope theses  new boots comfort and cozy up a set of toes as much as mine do. So the next step is, she has to email us and let us know her size…she can try them … Read entire article »
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friends, lies, and no videotapes
Dear Diary, Every once in a while I get together with a bunch of old friends. Lori, our unofficial ring leader, organizes a little party around her birthday, and we all come. She has always been the centre force of the little group. It is as if she is the “main ” friend and storyteller. Not that we all are not friends, but it does seem in groups, there is often one person who ties … Read entire article »
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small town saturday night
Dear Diary,So for years we have have gathered at Mansour’s store in late November for the parade. Years ago it was a gathering place for my in laws and kids but that changes as we grow older ourselves. Still, the parade is the parade, and whether you are four or fifty, it is something to see. Mansour’s makes hot chocolate and oreos (that Robert is quite a cook) Lots of people from the community come … Read entire article »
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