Remember where you were?

R IS FOR REMEMBER

50 YEARS

 



In the past few weeks there has been so many television specials and documentaries on the assignation of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.

I will forever remember Jackie's  beautiful pink suit and pillbox hat. In a documentary I learned that the pink suit is encased in an acid free container in the National Archives. It is blocked from public view in a windowless room, the suit was never cleaned.

.We just watched "Killing Kennedy" the movie adaptation of the book by Bill O'Reilly. It was really a good movie and the casting was superb. 

REMEMBER where you were when you heard the news?  I was sitting in 5th hour dramatics class in my junior year of high school.

Another thing that I will always remember was the clanking sound of the horses hoofs on the street as the casket carried the beloved President.  Three days of mourning for America to pray for the country and the family.

May we always REMEMBER Camelot!!

 

Linking withABC WEDNESDAY



ANN

Quagmire

Todays letter is "Q", a word I was not too familiar with is QUAGMIRE.

There are two main definitions:

1.  An area of miry or boggy ground who's surface yields under tred.

Source

 



 

 

2.  A difficult or precarious situation, a predicament .

 

      An awkward, complex or embarrassing situation.

 

I usually do not comment on political situations but so many of us Americans feel they are walking on marshy ground with the Health-Care Program.

 

I have seen interviews where families premiums will be so high they cannot continue to keep their coverage and they are going to be subject to a HUGE penalty from the IRS no less. 

 

Some of my family are being penalized fees because their spouse decides to go onto their policies. It just doesn't make sense.

 

We are on medicare and that whole program is going to change so we don't know what will happen in the future.  In the last few months, I have been denied tests that needed to run but  Medicare said I was not a candidate for the test even though my doctor said it was necessary!!

 

 It is SO CONFUSING!!!

 

 

 

 

Source 

 

 

I feel I'm in a QUAGMIRE!!!

 

 

 

Linking withABC WEDNESDAY

 

Ann

 

 

 

 











VINTAGE WEEKLY

With Christmas only 56 days away I thought I would share a vintage Christmas picture of me and my sisters in 1957.

I'm the one holding the bride doll, I named her Edie Bell and I still have her in my china hutch in pristine condition.

Don't you love we are all dressed in skirts and sweaters with socks and dress shoes on Christmas morning. Mom had flocked the windows with snow and we always had a real douglas fir tree.

Linking with  VINTAGE WEEKLY

 

 

Ann

9 - 0 Baaabeeey!

On this BLUE MONDAY I hope you will all indulge me just a bit. Our Kansas City Chiefs are undefeated in the NFL. This is the first time in 10 years and the city has a lot to cheer about.

I found this on Facebook and saw the BLUE for the Buffalo Bills so I figured I could use it for BLUE MONDAY.

Our next game we are playing the Denver Broncos and they have Peyton Manning!!!! It is going to be a huge game televised on a Sunday night. We KNOW we have a big job coming up. But any team can beat any other team on any given day.

Hoping everyone is enjoying the beginning of November. I saw today that Christmas is only 57 days away!!!


Linking with BLUE MONDAY

Ann

Pink Ladies

What a fun Halloween party I attended on Friday evening before Halloween.  I had planned on going but was unsure what costume to pick out.

My baby sister (yes, she always reminds me) called and said she was going as Sandy from Grease and her hubby was going as Danny.

Well what else but I pick but Rizzo!!!!

 

BIL wore his jeans rolled up with white socks and loafers. He had a pack of cigarettes rolled up in the sleeve of his T-shirt.

 

I found my black pencil skirt and pink sweater at the thrift store.  I made my black scarf and had just bought these big black sunglasses a few weeks ago.  My hair style is normally very smooth so I spent a few hours in pin curls to get it curly.

 

 

 

Don't you think they are a very cute Danny and Sandy.

 

 

 

Sister wore her jacket she bought at a costume store to work on Halloween.  She works with breast cancer patients and she said they got a kick out of the PINK jacket.

 

 

Hope you had fun at your Halloween events and fun with all the trick-or-treaters.

 

 

Linking with PINK SATURDAY

 

 

 

 

Also linking with SEASONAL SUNDAYS

Ann

 

Pony

P IS FOR PONY

While traveling in Amish country a few weeks ago, we drove by a one-room school house and pony's tied up outside.  It was such a  beautiful sight.

My Dad and MIL used to tell us of their times in elementary school and how they rode their horses to school in the 1920's and 30's.

Times have not changed in the Amish community and I couldn't resist taking a photo of these darling pony's just waiting for school to end and their owners to ride them home. Looks like some of the little ones rode along in the pull carts.

The brown and white pony was so cute.

Inside were grades 1-8 studying their Geography, Arithmetic and English, just like my MIL and father did 70 years ago.

 

 

 

 

Another thing I noticed was the fencing--not what you normally see.

 

Would you like living a simpler lifestyle?  I've considered that time and again and I just appreciate all my modern conveniences too much.

 

However, the older I get I do seem to be getting rid of some of my clutter and making the living spaces simpler to clean. Makes me appreciate more the things I really love.

 

 

Linking with ABC WEDNESDAY

 

 

Ann

 

 

SPOOKY

I'm sharing a spooky post today for Halloween this next week.  The beauty salon that I go to  is in an area that participates in a contest for all the businesses that decorate for Halloween.

This year they took first place!!

She's a hairy scarecrow, notice they put braids in her hair.

 

Also notice the pink butterfly on their building and the stars on the mannequin.

 

 

 

Hope you are enjoying a fun weekend, planning for all the trick-or-treaters.

Linking with Beverly @PINK SATURDAY

Ann