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Peter Zeimet — The 1945 Maytag Wringer Washer
Recovered original email. Body preserved verbatim. MY WASHING MACHINE BLED TO DEATH ALL OVER THE UTILITY ROOM……………..IT WAS SAD. Washing machines and new floors that were totally soaked do not come cheaply. BRAINS OR THE LACK THEREOF TO THE RESCUE……… I brought out the CHEIFTAN……………an old 1945 Maytag Wringer Washer………….and I will be up all… Continue reading
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Really?
Morgan I were talking in the car and I told him he was a smart boy. “Not that smart Mom, I can’t jump over a cloud. Unless it was foggy, then maybe I could.” Continue reading
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A little getaway …
To celebrate my sister’s newly single independence we spent a few days in Biloxi and New Orleans and a good time was had by all. Continue reading
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Jo Zeimet — Hope’s First Garden
Recovered original email. Body preserved verbatim. Hope is about 22, with 2-year old Isabella and 4-year old Tonio. Her husband has a good job, they have a lot of pride in their home and family, and they provide the kids with a lot of structure and love. It’s lovely to work with them on a… Continue reading
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Jo Zeimet — Jo’s Big Adventure and Master Gardener
Recovered family correspondence — February 4, 2010. Jo wrote after thinking about Lani around her birthday. She remembered a cranberry-colored small quilt Lani had given her the Christmas before she died and said a friend had just mended it because they used it so much. “Lani was a great gift-giver, so thoughtful and creative.” Then… Continue reading
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Jo Zeimet — Christmas Thanks and Keeping Up Through the Blog
Recovered original email from Jo Zeimet. Body preserved verbatim. Thanks, as always, for the cute Christmas cozy. We haven’t figured out where it hangs yet, but working on it. You’re always so thoughtful, and I love seeing the new pics of the family. Do you know Mindy’s current email address? I sent her a Kiva,… Continue reading
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Pinewood Derby — On a roll (pun intended)
Guess having an engineer for a Dad helps 🙂 Tyler placed first for his age group (Wolves) and Morgan also came home with a first place trophy for the siblings group. And they are already making design modifications for next year. In case you can’t tell Morgan has a pick-up truck (like Dad’s) and Tyler… Continue reading
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Lani Art Source — 12-Page Floral Drawing and Pattern Scan
Recovered Lani art source — January 11, 2010. Danielle forwarded Mindy a scan with the note: “Here are some of Mom’s drawings — can’t find the one I’m looking for of course — maybe one of these will work.” The surviving attachment, SHARESCAN09_EXCHANGE_01112010-075648.PDF, is a 12-page image-only scan. What survives in the scan The pages… Continue reading
About Me
I started this site so my mom could get news about her grandkids without me having to walk her through the process of trying to open and email attachment several times a week. Since then she has passed away and I’ve fallen off the blog wagon, but I’m inspired to pick it up again now.
