Haphazard Miscellany – November 2024

 

Random questions

 

The household appliance you’d be able to live without

Dishwasher. Especially now that there is only Marv and me to deal with. The washer and dryer are the ones I absolutely need. And as long as I have a toaster and microwave, a stove wouldn’t be a catastrophic loss. 

 

 

Favorite piece of furniture

My recliner!! There have been so many times that I couldn’t sleep in a bed because of surgery and the recliner is what saved me. Even when I was using an ICEMAN after knee replacement is was so much easier to do so from the recliner. Also, there was a time when Lia was very little and didn’t want to sleep in a room all by herself, so we’d play “camp out” and she’d be in a sleeping bag in the family room and I’d be in the recliner. Even having to sleep with a CPAP machine was no problem.

 

 

Favorite magazine

When I was growing up, we got a lot of magazines like LIFE, Saturday Evening Post, Redbook and Reader’s Digest. RD was my favorite. But then I discovered MAD magazine!! LOVED THAT ONE!! My brother and I would memorize so many things from that mag and refer to them all the time. I stopped getting it around 1973 or so. It used to have NO ads, but the last time I glanced at one for old time’s sake at Barnes and Noble, it was filled with ads. Also, all my fave writers and artists are dead. *sigh*

 

 

The best thing I have ever made

Sarah and Paul, of course! Although I have to admit I didn’t do it all by myself. Marv had to do at least 50% of the “work” and both kids I take great pride in. Also, I suspect that God had a big part of it all. They are true miracles. ♥

 

 

The one thing I always did on Saturday mornings when I was a kid

WATCH CARTOONS!! OMG!! SO MANY CARTOONS!! Just Google “cartoons from the 1960s” and you’ll see what my brother and I watched.