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Quote of the Week: Robin Williams

Published on August 10, 2019July 23, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

“Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?”
― Robin Williams

Things I didn’t know about Robin Williams:

In 1973 he was accepted into Julliard – only 20 people were accepted that year. He was also one of two people who were accepted by John Houseman into the Advanced Program. The other person was Christopher Reeve.
He and Christopher Reeve were close friends until Reeve’s death in 2004. Robin Williams paid many of Reeve’s medical bills.
He had Lewy body dementia. I had no idea.

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Quote of the Week: Phyllis Diller

Published on August 3, 2019July 23, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

“Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance?”
― Phyllis Diller

Some things I found fascinating about Phyllis Diller:

Her cigarette holder held a wooden cigarette because she didn’t smoke.
She was 37 years old when she first tried stand up in 1955.
She played with many symphony orchestras under the stage name Dame Illya Dillya as a piano soloist. A review of one of her concerts in The San Francisco Examiner called her “a fine concert pianist with a firm touch.”

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Apples to Apples Games

Published on July 30, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

This summer while we were on vacation we played a LOT of games. One of my favorites was this card game that my Mama found on one of her thrifting hunts. This game is AWESOME and I highly recommend it! If you can’t find one at a yard sale or thrift store (I’ve been looking since June when we got home from vacation and still haven’t found one) Amazon just dropped the price on theirs to $9.00 with free shipping if you have Prime. If you don’t have Amazon Prime you can sign up to get a free trial with free 2-day shipping here.

I’m going to add this one to my cart and ~~force~~ ask my people nicely to play it with me! You know that after I order this I’ll find three next week. 🙂

Do you have a favorite game you play with your people?

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Quote of the Week: William Penn

Published on July 27, 2019July 23, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”
― William Penn

Here are some things that might interest you about William Penn:

Did you know that King George II gave Pennsylvania and Delaware to William Penn to pay off debts he owed to his father?
Penn immediately set sail for America, landed in what is now Delaware and then proceeded to found Philadelphia.
He was imprisoned several times in the Tower of London (where he wrote No Cross, No Crown), which may have given him the impetus to take that trans-Atlantic journey.

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Quote of the Week: Calvin and Hobbes

Published on July 13, 2019July 13, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

“Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice.” Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes was one of my favorite of all time comic strips. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I have just changed your life. Or at least the next few weeks of it, while you lock yourself in your favorite room that is quiet, where you can devour all ten years worth of this lovely, lovely thing.

Every time I find one of these iconic books, I buy it for Hayden. He just smiles and puts it with his collection. But I know the truth. He is secretly devouring them when I’m not looking.

I love them, I hope you do too!

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Quote of the Week: Forrest Gump

Published on July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

“I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is.” Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump was released in the United States on July 6, 1994. 1994! It seems like yesterday to me. Does this mean I’m old? It won Tom Hanks his second Oscar. Deservedly so, Mr. Hanks.

There are so, so many quotes from this movie that I could have focused on, but I think this one sums Forrest up completely. 💗

Did you know that Forrest Gump was based on a novel by Winston Groom? I didn’t. I may need to add this to my gargantuan pile of books that need to be read…..

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Quote of the Week: Theodore Roosevelt

Published on June 29, 2019June 28, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

“Do what you can with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt

Here are a few books about Theodore Roosevelt you may like:

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Book Haul! April 2019

Published on May 17, 2019 by Tracie2 Comments

One of the best things, in my opinion, about yard sales and thrift stores are the books. We love books at our house and we buy a LOT of them throughout the year. But, I don’t want to go broke; ergo, yard sales and thrift stores.

If you are worried that the authors are getting the shaft when you buy a used book, here is an excellent article about buying used versus new. And yes, we still buy new books too. Who doesn’t love stepping into a Barnes and Noble? The smell alone draws me in, just like a library.

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Hello again! Hayden and I found quite a few gems during our wanderings in the month of April. I can’t wait to dive into them.

Let’s get into it:

The Big Book of Mandalas Coloring Book

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Vita by Melania G. Mazzucco

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

A Field Guide to Wildflowers

The Triple Key to Unlock the Kingdom of Heaven

This was a VERY interesting find. We plucked this off a shelf for $2.00. It included a newspaper article which had been pasted into the front pages of the book. I’ll insert it below. Pretty cool.