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Wow, I just found out that there are 302 other people with my name

Ok, I was just on my facebook page, and I hit a site that, finds how many people have the same name as you. I have 302 people with the same name as mine. Wow , how I can get all my chores done in one day!!

Try is out at

http://apps.facebook.com/howmanymes/?app=mes&publish_id=341172392&_fb_fromhash=e0aad8214f8bd6e7f7f09843eff34e32&ref=nf

11/6/2009 1:59 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Computers and Internet

Talking about StillTasty: Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide - Save Money, Eat Better, Help The Environment

StillTasty.com

Wow, what a great site for information on food storage.

I always get, questions about how long, what can I store, etc.

As I have had the calling of Provident Living specialist for our Stake here in Bend, Oregon

I love learning all about food storage, and this site answers all our questions.

If you can't find what you need, try this site also.

www.providentliving.org

Enjoy, Sharon

11/6/2009 12:01 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Food Storage

Pick a Cake

Hello Friends

Well the holidays are here, I wanted to share this special site with you. It's called "PICK A CAKE", all you have to do is click on one of the names of the cake and up comes the recipe. An added feature is on the left side of the bar is some really fun stuff for the hoilday time, like where to write Santa, how to give and shop for a charity, I like that this year. Check it out and have fun.

Jolly old, Santa Helper

Sharon Matthews

http://www.northpole.com/kitchen/cookbook

10/30/2009 11:20 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Holiday info

Giving Thanks - Christian Poems and Stories

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Summer Time AT Sharons Place

Summer Time is diffently here!

I have been so busy doing other web site, I have let my own go by the wayside.

So I will again , try to keep up , and find the time to enter something everyday.

Todays, thought,

I'm so gratful, for the blessings in my life, for family, and friends for the freedoms to worship, and vote as I wish.

Today , is my day off, I have spent the better part of the day, on the computer. I love it.

I belong to two other groups, and those site keep me informed, and I share a lot with them too.

We, my husband I , usually go out to dinner with friends on Wednesday evening to I_HOP.

These friends, have moved with us three times, and we share a lot of fun times with them.

We are planning vacation time, soon, the week of July 4th/

My parents are coming from California, to spend some time here in Oregon, enjoying the area.

My friends, Sister is coming to visit her, and they are just going to play it by ear, and do what ever comes along.

We share a boat together, and have been getting it cleaned up for some fun fishing time. We decided this year, to sale the boat after this summer, or maybe before, after 5 years. I'm kind of sad to see it go, after all it's paid for, why sell it now??

catch you later, Sharon

6/20/2007 5:03 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Sharons Place - Happenings around the Area

Things I want to do this year in 2009

Sharon's Bucket List

(of things I want to do this year )

Finish this list before new years
To be healthier, this year X
Do someting kind every day X
pray dailey X
Read my scriptures more
Be more patient
Be willing to work out-expercise at least 3 times x
To eat less, junk food
To be gratful each day X
To go Home to California for Thanksgiving X
To give to those in need x
To serve others weekly X
To have my daughters come visit X
To not spend too much these holidays x
To go to a new place for lunch with my girl friends X
To go to a new place for dinner with our best friends X
To go play in the snow, and make a snow Angel X
To go see the Holiday Lights and Sights X
To donate to charity this holidays X
To collect food for the food bank X
To celabrate Our #19 Anniversary, with my honey
To enjoy being a senior citizen X
To try a something new to eat, wear, and do( all at the same time)
To keep the Sabeth Day Holy X
To write to someone , I haven't heard from in a while X
To learn more about digital Photography x
To learn how to make photo albumn on the computer X
To take a class on computer X
To take a class at the senior center
To spend time with a senior at one of the homes X
To Travel to another state
To go to Portugal
To go Salt Lake City , to the temple at Christmas time
To go on another cruise to Alaska, with Gerry
To go to Yellowstone again
To go to the Oregon Coast in the summertime , with family and friends
Have a family reunion
Have a better budget, for the year.
To pay a full tithling x
To go to the Orpah show
To go to Nevada to vist my sister, Barb
To relax more
To continue to go to my support group X
To clean out my guest closet ,
To work on Geneolgy, and family history records X
To ask family members , help with the above X
To learn more about food storage and Emerancy Prepardeness X
To work at something I love doing X
To go see Washington DC
To go see my realitives in New York
To go for a ride on Harley Davidson, with my cousins
To learn a new dance
To learn to cook something new
To organize my recipes X
To organize my file cabinet
To get rid of things, I don't need, but still keep around
To have a garage sale for the items above
To paint my home, inside and out
To go travel, somewhere that isn't on this list already
To save more money
To watch less TV
To read , a classic book
To keep updating this blog weekly
To be gratful dailey X

1/1/2007 6:52 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Sharon's Bucket List

A little of this 'n that

Hello Friends & Family,

Just a little update, I been out of town , and have had family visiting.

Well as most of you know, I have been in a foot cast for most of the summer, had surgery for a broken Aculies Heal. Well I'm happy inform you that the cast is off.

I still need to be in a removable boot cast for the next month.

I will be returning to work again at the end of the summer, and looking forward to going back to the nail business.

We have had a wonderful summer here in Bend, Oregon- the weather has been wonderful.

The fire's have been few, and not in my backyard, always a concern, when you live in the country and lots dry latter fuel around.

I have enjoyed the outdoors some, going out in the boat, and taking a trip to the Oregon coast to ride the jet boats up the Rogue River at Gold Beach. We took a 104 miles round trip, and saw lots of wildlife, including two black bears.

We where able to get a video and pictures of them. What a treat that was, and best of all , our grandson , Gage, now 15 1/2 was with us. We stayed right on the bay at the mouth of the Pacific ocean. Had some wonderful food while their, too.

Our grandson has his drivers permit and we let him drive some of the way home, he did a great job, and Papa, loved that he got to sit back and watch the scenary for a change.

We atteded the annual gala of my weight loss surgery support group last Friday evening.

A Lula was the theme this year, and a relaxing and joyful time was had by all that attended.

We took our grandson to the airport on Tuesday, Aug 8, to return home for football camp.

So glad it was on then, after what has taken place today, with the terriorists threats..

What a pain that would have been for him, to go though, with security.

Well I hope all is well with you, keep coming back. Leave me a comment, picture, or blog to view.

Take care, Sharon

Memories, of years past, what are some of yours?

For those of us who grew up in the rural rust belt, this is right on............Here is a couple of mine!

playing parade in the street, with the kids from the neighborhood, and I always wanted to be the Baton girl, or the Drum Major.. LOL, remember that one sissy?

Going to Pismo Beach to see the fireworks, with all the family and friends, then after waiting for it to get dark, it would be fogged in so bad we could barely see the firedworks, but we didn't care, we came to have fun and be with family..

Selling Lemonade or Kool Aid, for a penny a glass, then when my kids got old enough, they sold a glass for 10 cents. Now my grandkids, or my friends kids, get 25, or more.. wow, the price of imflation, even hits the Lemonade stand..

Always having Watermelon on July4th, and then having a seen spiting contest. I usually won.. Hew Hew.

So come on send me your memory of July 4th, or some other.

Always knew I came here before dirt and this just proved it!

"Hey Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?"

"We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him. "All the food was slow."

"C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?"

"It was a place called 'at home,'" I explained. "Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it."

By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it:

Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis , set foot on a golf course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears AND Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.

My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow). We didn't have a television in our house until I was 11, but my grandparents had one before that. It was, of course, black and white, but they bought a piece of colored plastic to cover the screen. The top third was blue, like the sky, and the bottom third was green, like grass. The middle third was red. It was perfect for programs that had scenes of fire trucks riding across someone's lawn on a sunny day. Some people had a lens taped to the front of the TV to make the picture look larger.

I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called "pizza pie." When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.

We didn't have a car until I was 15. Before that, the only car in our family was my grandfather's Ford. He called it a "machine."

I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line.

Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was.

All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers. I delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which I got to keep 2 cents. I had to get up at 4 AM every morning. On Saturday, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers. My favorite customers were the ones

who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change. My least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on collection day.

Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies. Touching someone else's tongue with yours was called French kissing and they didn't do that in movies. I don't know what they did in French movies. French movies were dirty and we weren't allowed to see them.

If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing.

Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?

MEMORIES from a friend:

My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to "sprinkle" clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old.

How many do you remember?

Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
Real ice boxes.
Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.

Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.

Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom.

1. Blackjack chewing gum
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-6933)
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S&H Green Stamps
16 Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19 Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers

If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!

I might be older than dirt but those memories are the best part of my life.

Don't forget to pass this along!!
Especially to all your really OLD friends....

7/4/2006 3:16 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Family Celabrations

Happy July 4th, from our home to yours

http://www.crosscards.com/cards/cardform.aspx?ino=9&no=196

Hello Family & Friends,

Hope you July 4th , is special and relaxing. I want to share a beautiful card with you.

click on the link above.

We will be back tomorrow.. God Bless, Sharon

Happy Anniverary Poem , by Your Daughter, Linda

HAPPY 45TH ANNIVERARY

MOM & PA

Today's a day to look back over the past, Forty-Five years.

Recall all the good times, the laughter, and tears.

Serious moments, the funny ones too,

that make up the memories that are precious to you.

It's a day to look, forward with Joy and Pride.

And Faith that the futrue is sure to provide...

A Lifetime of Fulfillment, Love and Care..

Throughout all the remaining years that you'll share.

All My Love,

Your Daughter, Linda

7/1/2006 8:39 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Family Celabrations

Hi, Great Grandma & Grandpa

HI Great Grandma & Great Grandpa Collins

Grandma Nana, wanted us to share these pictures of us, with you, Happy Anniversary. We had so fun taking them.

Love, Maddie & Carson xo

7/1/2006 8:27 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Family Celabrations

Brenda - Anniversary Definition

July 1, 2006

Wayne & Norine Collins

45 years of Marriage

C E L E B R A T I O N

A N N I V E R S A R Y = Definition by Webster’s…er….ok, Brenda’s version

A = Always there for each other no matter what. Thick and thin, deep and shallow,

tried and true, happy or blue, old and new.

N= Never a dull moment.

N= Not Ever, No Never does either give up on their love, the marriage or each other.

I = In everything give thanks.

V= Vows taken to the grave, till death do you part.

E= Eternal commitment, love, respect and admiration.

R= Radical, Renewed, Relational Rewards Returning and Repeating.

S= Sacrificial Support in All Ways.

A= Accepting of Faults and Finding the Beauty of them.

R= Realizing no one is perfect and loving them more so through it all.

Y= Young love evolving into Years of memories that both of you will never forget.

Wayne=45 years of listening

Norine=45 years of bickering

45 years of marriage= Priceless!!!

Congratulations to you both on the very special day in both of your shared lives.

I am so happy for you on this day and that

I get to be a part of a very rare occasion in today’s world.

I love you both!

Your granddaughter, Brenda

7/1/2006 7:46 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Family Celabrations

Another Anniversary by Helen Steiner Rice Poem

ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY

by Helen Steiner Rice

It only seems like yesterday

that you were a radiant bride

with a proud and happy bridegroom

standing by your side...

and looking back across the years

on a happy day like this

Brings much trueasured memories

As you fondly

reminiisce

And while your've had your arguments

An d little"tiffts" it's true

and countless little problems

To vex and worry you,

For every" hurt and heatlache"

And perhaps at times some "Tears"

You've shared a world of happiness

throughtout your married years...

And looking back on this glad day

You both realize anew

That the sweetest words you ever said

Were just the words. "I DO" !

6/30/2006 10:25 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Family Celabrations

Collins 45th Anniversary ( Mom & PA)

"HAPPY 45TH ANNIVERSARY"

WAYNE & NORINE COLLINS

Today is our parents 45th Anniversary, Sat, July 1, 2006.

They where married in Santa Maria, California at the home of her father,

Cecil Downs. Mother had two daughters at that time, the oldest, me( Sharon) age 16 at the time, and my sister Linda, age 15 at the time.

They met in Lompoc, California, where my mother went to dance.

They fall in love, married, and still dance to this day..

They have lived in the same home , at our delite, for over 40 years.

Their favorite songs, are

"Save the Last Dance for Me" & "Kanas City."

Places they have been:

California, Oregon, Texas, Florida, N. Carolina, New York, Hawaii.

They took a cruise to the Mexican Riviera for one of their anniversies.

They love camping and fishing, going out with friends, and enjoying their family.

When asked, what was the secret to their long life together,

they both responded by, saying

"LOVE, FOR EACH OTHER, LOTS OF IT "

Some favorites of Moms are:

Foods: Lobster, Steak & Chix BBQ

spice drops, & peaut butter and Jelly Toast.

She loves shopping, clothes and jewelry

getting her hair & nails done weekly.

Reading romance novels, and decorating their home.

Spending time with her family and friends

She had 3 sisters. Pat, Barbara & Helen. Two have passed on

She has enjoyed being a Wife, Mother, Grandmother,and now a Great Grandmother.

Pa's Favorites are:

Foods: BBQ Steak, Chix and SEAFOOD

Fresh Garden Vegatables, Ice Cream

He loves his Morning Paper & Coffee

He has wonderful gardens, that we all enjoy .

He loves fishing, camping, a little casino gambling, & a nice book to read.

He loves to watch old tv shows, and the latest news . He played football as college student, and worked mostly as an Electrician , until he retired.

He is from the Florida, North Carolina areas, and had 3 brothers and one sister

all have passed on.

They have

4 Grandchildren, Brenda, Michael, James, Michelle

5 Great Grand Children- Cody, Maddie, Carson, Matthew, Hannah

(all in order by age)

They are members of the:

ELKS LODGE- AMERICAN LEGION-MOOSE LODGE

We wish you much happiness, and health in the coming years.

I invite you to leave a comment, story or memory here for them to enjoy.

See photo albumn -add a picture of yours, too!

With Much Love,

Your Daughters, Sharon & Linda

xoxo

Talking about Book Update: MSN Messenger changes

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Book Update: MSN Messenger changes

If you're on the Windows Live Messenger beta, you already know this, but MSN Messenger is going through an exciting change. This means that many of the examples we have in the book (showing screen shots of MSN Messenger 7.5, particularly in Chapter 9, "Extending Your Spaces Experience,") won't match what you see on the screen if you're using the Windows Live Messenger beta. (The beta is really cool, btw, and will enable you to take full advantage of many of the newest features of MSN Spaces; it iincludes shared folders, access to Windows Live Search, and more). See the bottom of this post for a quick shot of the beta as it looks now.

[Also, a note from the news: This article from BetaNews says MSN Messenger is the most popular IM client used world-wide. That's terrific! I thought this was a fascinating article because it gives us a sense of how different countries are using IM right now and which applications they use most. Enjoy! -kathy]

6/26/2006 11:05 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Computers and Internet

Talking about MSNBC & MSN Spaces - Blog This!

YEA, IF I CAN DO IT, SO CAN YOU !

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MSNBC & MSN Spaces - Blog This!

Check this out all you news junkies...
MSNBC now supports posting to your blog on MSN Spaces with one-click from any article! Read the press release below for more information, or head on over to an interesting MSNBC article to try it out - scroll down to the bottom to "Blog This!"
Thanks to Travis (and team) & Scott for helping make this happen. Cool stuff.
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MSNBC - Press Release
MSNBC.com, a leader in breaking news and original journalism on the Internet, introduces Blog This, the latest communication tool designed to help online news consumers share information and ideas with friends and the public. Blog This allows users to quickly and efficiently write blogs related to specific MSNBC.com news stories and immediately communicate their opinions to others.

6/26/2006 10:51 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | Computers and Internet

Safe Helmets for our milatary- What about the Marines?

to read all the I was watching CNN news with Anderson Cooper the other evening, and learned about the following subject

Saftey Helmets for our milatary, the army has them, but the Marines don't have them, and they are on the front lines. So whats up with that! According to the news show, which spent time interviewing, CHAR, THE SINGER AND ACTRESS, she is spear heading and backing , this program, to get more helmets out to the our guys.

What I understand is the following, the soldiers are issued a helmet, regulation type, which gives them some protection, but when they are hit by a blast like IUDS, the blast causes their helmets to hit their heads hard enough to cause brain damage sometimes.. a simple addition of three added pads at a cost of only $71 each, to save a life, can be added to help prevent this. The news said that some helmets have been issued to the army, but not the Navy or Marines. So whats up with that?

I have learned at my experinced life lessons, that if there is something that one can do, then we should do it.

Why not write our local representives. Send a check to help save a life of one solider, in the name of a fallen one.

Please go to the following web site and learn more on this topic

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/21/people.cher.ap/index.html

http://www.operation-helmet.org

6/23/2006 10:03 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | News and politics

Two ARMY SOLIDERS , die in Iraq

This week our local news media, has been busy covering the story of the two ARMY soliders that got killed in Iraq. One of the soliders, was from a small town, Madras, Oregon, about 30 miles from our town of Bend, Oregon.

The story , as all the stories about war, feels our hearts with sadness. My husband was a Marine in the Korean War, and he tells me , ONCE A MARINE ALWAYS A MARINE!

The name of the Solider that was so brutally killed by the Iraqies, was PFC-THOMAS TUCKER. His family was so gracious in giving an interview to the press this week.. it can be seen on our local TV station, at the following web site. www.KTVZ.COM

Our heartfelt wishes go out to his family and friends.

As my husband would say, Semper Fi, God Bless,

The Matthews family

Service set, flags to lower for 'true American hero'
July 1 'community memorial service' for Tucker

Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker (U.S. Army photo)

Posted: 3:06 PM, Jun. 23, 2006
Last Updated: 7:18 PM, Jun. 23, 2006

By KTVZ.com news sources

As Madras residents prepared for Friday night's candlelight vigil in honor of slain Army Pfc. Thomas Tucker, military officials announced plans for the return of Tucker's body to Madras next Monday and a July 1 "community memorial service" in Redmond.

Tucker's body will be flown from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to Portland on Monday and driven to Madras, said Kay Fristad, Oregon National Guard spokeswoman in Salem.

The memorial service will take place at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds Expo Center in Redmond, Fristad said, adding that the event will be open to the public. Private internment will follow at the Mt. Jefferson Memorial Park Cemetery in Madras.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski has ordered that all flags at public institutions be flown at half-staff on Monday in memory of Tucker, one of two soldiers captured by Iraqi insurgents a week ago and killed in what an Iraqi government official called "barbaric" fashion.

"Private First Class Tucker was a son of Oregon and a true American hero," Kulongoski said. "We extend our deepest sympathies to his family and thank the town of Madras for wrapping their arms around them."

"Oregonians are proud to have had Private First Class Tucker as a member of our community and we'll hold him in our memories," the governor added. "His sacrifice is a testament to his honor and courage, and his bravery on the battlefield will not be forgotten."

A group with ties to the Al-Qaeda terror group claimed responsibility for the killings, and military officials said one or both men were beheaded and tortured, though some reports indicate some of that treatment may have occurred after they were dead.

On Friday, ABC news quoted a source who said some of the insurgents involved with the deaths of Tucker and Pfc. Kristian Menchaca had been arrested.

6/23/2006 9:50 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it | News and politics

This week at Sharons Place, my first blog entry

Hello Friends

Welcome to Sharons Place, I created this space so I could share a few of my favorite things with family and friends. I would like to invite you to view my space and maybe share something about your space.

We so enjoyed our home here in Bend, Oregon, but we miss our home we had in Colorado, where we lived until 5 years ago.. Health issues from the High Altidude forced us to move to lower ground.It was a good thing, even though at the time we didn't think so, we so love Colorado. We have two children and 3 grandchildren living there. They love it there also.. So we get to go see them about once a year....

We also have two other children and 2 grandchildren in California, along with many other family members from my side of the famiy still there. So as you can see we are almost half way between them both.

I have two brothers living in Oregon with their families, that we enjoying getting together and sharing our livies with. I also have one brother living in California in the National Guard, and one sister living there too, she is wondreful sister, that works as a special care giver for the elderly. My parnets also live there, and enjoy retirerment. They have lived in the same place for over 40 years. I have one sister that lives in Montana, a real fun town to visit on 4th of July, small town USA.

When we moved here our best friends of over twenty years moved here with us, they have moved with us three times now, now that is a good friend. We spend most of our free time doing fun things with them,,just ask them to tell you a story or two.. LOL.

Gerry, my husband of almost 18 years, is from Dresden, Ohio, home of the Longarbeger Baskets, Have you heard of them? I have about 15 of them, they are hand made out of maple wood.

Well, I think it time to go outside and sit a spell with my honey, and enjoy our wonderful home here on the river. Drop by sometime, have a glass of lemonade.. and share a smile,

Life is Good , Enjoy, Sharon

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"Hey Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?""We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him. "All the food was slow.""C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?"

"Hey Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?"

"We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him. "All the food was slow."

"C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?"