girl in blue                 PrimoDonna
                                                                               
                                               ...memories of the past,

                                                        thoughts about the present,

                                                              and hopes for the future

April 2008



Enjoying Retirement?

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 8:13 A GMT-06
For several months after my husband retired last August, I'd ask him if he was enjoying being retired. Because we were settling into the new house and trying to sell the other house, he always said something like, "Not yet. I"ll be gkad when we sell
Category: The Present
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Donna

What Did You Say?

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 12:00 A GMT-06
When we lived at Fort Hood, I knew that I didn?t hear as well as I used to. Bill kept encouraging me to get my hearing checked. Finally, a good friend told me that she would watch Amy and Lee if I went for a hearing test. So I finally psyched myself
Category: The Past
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Donna

Eating Bacon

Monday, 28 April 2008 5:58 P GMT-06
Lee had trouble with his tonsils when he was around three years old.; He wouldn't eat things that were hard to shallow. If you look at photos of him around that time, you'll see dark circles around his eyes. On November 28, 1977, he his tonsils and
Category: The Past
Donna

Old Jokes

Monday, 21 April 2008 8:12 A GMT-06
I was reading my dad's 1936 high school year book the other day. Towards the back are several jokes. Here they are: Miss Pat: Cecil Marie, tell me about Colonel Lindbergh's feat. Cecil: The only great feet I know about are Martha's.
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Donna

Funny Photos

Tuesday, 15 April 2008 8:07 A GMT-06
My mom recently gave me two passports that I had as a kid. I gathered up the two that I have had as an adult. Not long ago, I applied for and received my fifth passport. My husband and I want to be ready in case we travel out of the country,
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Donna

Rock in His Head

Friday, 11 April 2008 6:38 A GMT-06
One day when Lee was three or four years old, he cut his forehead when he fell in the driveway. It was a small cut, but I put something on it and covered it with a band aid. I wasn't very worried about it because it seemed to heal just fine. Well,
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Donna

Here's What I've Been Doing

Wednesday, 9 April 2008 6:16 A GMT-06
Look at what I've been up to lately. Painting my toenails. Painting a ceramic bowl. Crocheting lap robes for the local hospice. Crocheting a table runner for one of my sisters-in-law.
Category: The Present
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Donna

Brush Your Teeth

Monday, 7 April 2008 10:22 A GMT-06
When the kids started brushing their teeth on their own, I got out a three-minute egg timer and told them to brush their teeth until all the sand ran into the bottom. I wasn't always in the bathroom watching them, so I'm sure there were many times
Category: The Past
Donna

Throw Away Those Diapers, Please!

Friday, 4 April 2008 8:34 A GMT-06
It was easy to potty train both of our children. At least, that is the way that I remember it. I was really glad when I didn't have to change diapers anymore. There is only one time that I did things wrong according to the popular child-rearing books
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Donna

Divorces Everywhere

Wednesday, 2 April 2008 7:35 A GMT-06
"I think about all the divorces--scary." That's what I wrote in my diary on December 27, 1997. Yes, it made me stop and think. We had heard that a couple we had known in Germany had divorced and a single guy who later married was separated from his
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Donna

Two Great Years

Tuesday, 1 April 2008 1:08 P GMT-06
It was two years ago today that I retired. The past two years have just flown by. I guess it is because so much has happened during that time, the biggest of which was our move to the north part of Texas that included having a house built here and
Category: The Present
Donna