Author Archives: LillyLog

There’s a commercial on TV for a credit card asking, “What’s in your wallet?” There is also the age-old question about what women actually carry in their purses. I’m here to share what I carry in mine. I have many purses…probably around twenty. Most of them are designer bags that I did not purchase. GenerouslyContinue reading “What’s in Your Wallet?”

No, this is not about football or any other professional sport. This is about the seasonal differences between the two states. I chose Wisconsin because I live here. I chose Florida because I am there every other month compliments of my oldest son who flies me down to spend time with my grandchildren. I loveContinue reading “Wisconsin vs Florida”

I wrote my last post the day after not winning as many ribbons at the State Fair that I felt I should have. Going into this, there’s no guarantee of any ribbons. You don’t know which judge is going to judge which items, are they in a good mood, do they really feel like taste-testingContinue reading “Follow-Up to My Last Post”

For the last several years I’ve seen a man in my neighborhood that is homeless. The first time I saw him about three years ago, he was sitting on a bench outside of the grocery store about three blocks from my house. At that time I assumed he was homeless because he was surrounded byContinue reading “Homeless in my Neighborhood”

(In Rod Serling’s voice) Imagine if you will, 6am, still dark outside, the house is quiet, and you’re looking for something non-electronic to amuse you. It’s not your house and the only magazines you can find are a National Geographic and Esquire. I knew Esquire was going to be loaded with ads for things IContinue reading “I Was Reading About My Life”

In an earlier post I talked about moving my mom from independent living to assisted living. I also mentioned that she was one step short of a hoarder. Two dumpsters and about thirty-five 55-gallon garbage bags later, what didn’t go with my mom to her new teeny-tiny assisted living apartment, came to my clean, clutter-freeContinue reading “The Garage Sale”

All of us save or collect things. I personally am attracted to anything kitchen related…serving dishes/platters, I have a large collection of scrapers from Pampered Chef, utensils, tablecloths with matching napkins, etc. My sister loves hair-related products and gnomes. My husband collects remote controls, and my brother-in-law collects tools. I’ll stop right here so IContinue reading “Are You a Pack Rat?”

As I am writing this, it’s six months until my 67th birthday. So, if we go back to when I was about five or six years old, I started thinking about trash…not really trash but recycling. A new program in our community (which was a small farming community in southeastern Wisconsin) adopted a trial trash receptacle. ItContinue reading “Let’s Talk Trash!”

Olga is from Columbia, South America. I am from Wisconsin. She speaks very little English. I do not speak Spanish at all. Well…ok…I know one phrase. “uno cerveza por favor” (more beer please). I only learned that from numerous vacations to Mexico. Olga lives in Miami and I’m in Wisconsin. So what is our commonContinue reading “We Share a Common Bond”

As a kid I remember adults telling me that the older I got, the faster the days, months and years will fly by. It’s true. Today is September 1, 2021 and many kids are going back to school. That includes my twelve year-old granddaughter. I refer to her as Miss V. Her mother texted meContinue reading “Am I Really Getting Old? Yes…and I like it!”