Snow Bird

Snow, Snow, and More Snow -- Birds, Birds, and More Birds...

I am making chicken and dumplin's for supper if anyone want to come on over.

Nephews

This is the coffee table nephew Sammy made in high school and gave to Mama. I have it stained and just need to put on a clear top coat to protect it.



This is one of the set of 2 end tables nephew Gary made for me over 15 years ago.



This is the door to the matching end table to the one above, that nephew Greg is going to put back together for me so that I can have matching maple tables in my new living room when we get it finished.

The thingy the TV sits on is maple and a I have a set of 3 stacking tables that are maple. I had thought I might just paint all this furniture the same color to get it to match. But, after refinishing the coffee table, it pretty much all looks the same now.

I have a little table with drawers that belonged to Debbie. I may try to take the finish off it and re-do it a lighter color.

The lamp by the table is my reading lamp. I like it for reading, but it is a pain to reach up and turn it on. I can not reach the switch from a sitting position. I found screw in sockets for metal lamps on the Internet that make touch-on lamps of ordinary metal lamps. I ordered two, but in installing them, I broke one. Not sure what broke, but at first it worked and now it does not. Still, this one works and I really like it. I just touch the lamp poll and the light comes on. It also makes a 3 way light out of any light bulb. With shipping they were $15 each which was not too bad. But, since I broke one, my one actually cost $30. Just the same, I think it is a good deal because I really like being able to turn the light on without getting up.

I wonder if I suggested it, could I get Wal-Mart to sell these? All that wonderful stuff you see on TV, that is sold only on TV you can get at Wal-Mart for half the TV price. Maybe I could get them to sell touch-on light conversion kits.

Lost!

Erin had the answer. Mislay. George said I should have known that. I am really good at it. I guess I mislayed the answer.

Sister Winnie Jo is on meds and thinks that Grandma and Aunt Una were sisters-in-law. It is amazing what you come up with when you are all drugged up. And, isn't it great to be a real sister. Only a real sister would make fun of you when you are in pain, recovering from major surgery.

Yes, Aunt Una and Grandma married brothers. That makes them sisters-in-law. But Aunt Una, before she married Jesse was Una Coxsey. Grandma's mother was Sarah Coxsey before she married Bee Maples and became Grandma's mother. And, John Powell, Grandpa's brother, married Aunt Una's sister Beulah Coxsey. I really am not sure of the exact relationship, but all the Coxsey's at Carrollton were related. So, they were cousins of some sort.

Helen said she did not need to know what kind of dress she needed to make, she needed to know how to make it. I am confused. If that is what she needed, why did she ask me? I have never once even made a Halloween costume for a child. It all seems to be a lot of trouble for very little reward. I would probably send Kenzie to school in my old wedding gown or maybe in a silky night gown. If you bought a big red dress for a big fat woman, tied a string around the waist and pulled it up under the arms, it would would make a big fluffy dress. Wouldn't it? Or, put a long, white ruffled flannel nightgown and a white night bonnet on her and say this is how I dress for bed? Or, maybe a bedspread draped around her shoulders and tied at the waist with a matching sheet in a big bow in the back?

Anyone need help with anything else?

Puzzle

I answered Betty's question. I answered Helen's question. Now I have a question. I think this is for Betty or Erin.

I am trying to work the Jumbel in today's paper. I have all the words except one and I have the answer. Now I need a wrod from YILSAM. It goes __ __ O O O __. The o's are the letters ALS, and the three dashes are YIM. What is the word?

I do the cryptoquote in the paper often, and usually get it right off. I don't usually do the jumble because I am not good at it because I am not a good speller. I can often get the answer to the puzzle but still not know all the words.

So, what word is YILSAM?

Martha Washington

To find out what someone well known looked like, go to Google, click on Images at the top of the page, to go to their image search, type in the name of the person you are looking for. For Martha Washington, we get a few of her as a young woman with dark hair pulled back, no head covering, and an expensive looking long, full dress that looks like it it made of silk or another silky looking material. As an older woman, she is most often pictures with a hat or head covering of some sort, but not a large hat. Her dress is usually dark with a wide white color or scarf around her neck.

Then I went to google.com and typed in What did Martha Washington wear. I found this site,
http://www.history.org/history/clothing/women/wglossary.cfm
A Colonial Lady's Clothing: A Glossary of Terms

It should be helpful with fixing a costume.

So, if Kenzie wants to be a young Martha Washington, she should pull her hair back, put it up, and wear a long, full, fancy looking dress with long sleeves. However, if she what to be an older Martha, she can powder her hair with baby powder to make it white, put on a white (or maybe off white eyelet) ruffled bonnet that just covers the top of her head, a dark long full dress with a plain white collar or a plain white scarf around the top of the dress. I vote for a mature Kenzie Martha.

A white ruffled bonnet with elastic to poof out over the top of her head should be easy. And, powdering the hair should make it look white or at least not red, red. The dress has to be long and full with sleeves at least elbow length if it is to be correct for the times. The sleeves can be lengthened with ruffles.

Here:
http://www.history.org/history/clothing/designcenter/timeline/
is a Williamsburg VA site that tells about how the costumes at Williamsburg park have evolved over the years. It gives good descriptions of what was actually worn in Colonial times.

You go Gone with the Wind and make a fancy dress from a silky curtain.

Then if you type Martha Washington Costume in googe you get this.