About gDonna The photo is my son and myself. Now days you can get a photo made to look old like this one. This photo was taken when this was the new look.
Harry S Truman was president when I was born and world war II had ended. I grew up in a time when lunch was put in a brown paper bag and a sandwich was wrapped with wax paper. There was no such thing as pantyhose, we wore stockings that attached to the rubbery clippy things that attached to the girdle. Convenience stores were not common and when we took a trip we packed a picnic basket because many places did not have fast food. Highways had places to pull over and stop, some with picnic tables. Read more ....
July 1, 2022 Living Like the Past
I am finally getting on the other side of clutter. It is not finished to the point that I vision it will be, but now I can walk through and see ......
June 30, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue the 1943 diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and Richard. We start with Lil's diary and if you would like to start at the beginni ......
June 23, 2022 Living Like the Past
This new day brings another day of triple digits. The weather has been very hot and uncomfortable this week and we just made it to the ......
June 23, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue the 1943 diaries of Lil and Bob and the diary of Lena and Richard.We start with the Lil's diary, Lil and her husband Bob are in their ......
June 16, 2022 Living Like the Past
This week has gone by very fast, I have continued with the organizing and putting the house back to a more romantic feel. For me, it is the linen ......
June 16, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue the diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and Richard. First we continue with Lil's Diary readings.Friday, June 18, 1943. Ver ......
June 10, 2022 Living Like the Past
This old waterfall chest of drawers was in Charles wood shop holding tools and he is reorganizing and asked me if I wanted this in the house. Of ......
June 10, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue our diary readings of Lil and Lena, both written in 1943. The readings for these two diaries started January 1 of this year of 2022. ......
June 3, 2022 Living Like the Past
It has been a tough couple of weeks here at our house. Actually it has been much longer than this.I want to share my thoughts after going throug ......
June 3, 2022 Living Like the Past
My schedule for diary readings have changed to Friday readings.Now we pick up the reading of Lil's diary. It is 1943 and world war 2 is really r ......
May 28, 2022 Living Like the Past
It has been very busy around here the last couple of weeks and have needed time away from my blog. I was losing control over the housework and I ......
May 15, 2022 Living Like the Past
First I want to let you know that I will be taking two weeks off from posting. I need extra time to take care of some projects here at home.&nbs ......
May 10, 2022 Living Like the Past
Each one of us live in a different way, we enjoy different food, we have different styles and our home reflects something about us in different ways.& ......
May 9, 2022 Living Like the Past
We pick up from last week with the two diaries of Lil and Lena. Our first diary is about Lil and Bob. This week Lil is feeling very poorly ......
May 3, 2022 Living Like the Past
Today is Tuesday and it is ironing day (among other things), I try to do certain chores on certain days but not always. If I skip ironing o ......
May 1, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue the 1943 Diary Readings of Lil and Lena. To Read from the beginning go back through the menu bar and click Living like the past and ......
April 25, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue to study the homefront during ww2 and this year we are studying 1943. We are following along day by day reading the microfilms in th ......
April 25, 2022 Living Like the Past
Today we continue the diaries of Lil and Lena. Our first diary is of Lil and Bob. This is during ww2 and the year is 1943. Lil and Bob are ......
April 19, 2022 Gardening and Composting
To me this Blackeyed Susan, means bring it on, the garden has begun! Last year we walked through a sea of Blackeyed Susans but this year th ......
April 18, 2022 Living Like the Past
We are continuing the 1943 diary's of Lil and Lena. our first diary is Lil and Bob. This is during world war II , Bob and Lil are in their mid- 70's a ......
April 12, 2022 Living Like the Past
Charles and I are trying to take our simple life to another level. We are trying to live in a way that there is very minimal cost in t ......
April 11, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue reading the diaries of Lil and Lena. To find the Diary readings Starting January 1943 look for the red and black diaries. ......
April 5, 2022 Living Like the Past
I started this post early this morning and then my server crashed and then there is the weather. But I am back hoping it will stay up.&nbs ......
April 5, 2022 Living Like the Past
Todays post will be up tomorrow or the next day. We are getting weather warnings already this morning for severe weather, straight line winds, p ......
April 4, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue with our diary readings from 1943. We pick up on the diary of Bob and Lil. Lil is the writer of the diary. Bob and Lil a ......
March 28, 2022 Living Like the Past
Spring arrived this month and has put out some brilliant colors after a grayish winter. I will enjoy this moment in time of these beautiful colo ......
March 28, 2022 Living Like the Past
Continuing the diary of Lil and Bob. They are in their seventies, this is during world war 2, Bob works odd jobs and does war duty by going to t ......
March 21, 2022 Living Like the Past
The History Studies that Charles and I have done have taught us many things and I want to share this very important part of what we have learned and w ......
March 21, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue the reading of our diary from Lil and Bob. I type out the diaries as was written by the writers.Monday, March 22 1943. Fine day - To ......
March 17, 2022 Cooking from Scratch
I did a post called one foot in 1943 and one foot in 2022 and I showed a Pizza that I had made using dehydrated vegetables and mentioned that Pizza wa ......
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