Owner: Antique Mommy URL:http://www.antiquemommy.com Join Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:39:28 -0500 Rating:1 Site Description: I became a first-time mother in my mid-40s. I write about the joys and challenges of trimming itty bitty fingernails while wearing bi-focals. Sometimes sweet, sometimes tart, but always real. Site statistics:Click here
Is This Thing On? Test… Test…. 2008-03-31 15:25:18 Okay then. I switched hosting services and apparently my blog is propogating, so you may want to avert your eyes. I don’t even know what that means.
Not everything is in place yet – comments don’t work and the archives and categories links don’t work either.
Stay tuned. Read more:Thing
Hello Out There 2008-03-29 13:15:47 Hi y’all. Just want to thank you for your sweet words and kind comments and all those prayers you have lifted on Sean’s behalf this past month. You might expect your mom or your grannny to pray for you, but people you’ve never seen before? Amazing. And it fills my heart up to the very brim.
My [...] Read more:Hello
Six Unimportant Things About Meme 2008-04-05 00:00:43 Pammer from Outside Voice, one of the first people ever to comment on my blog, tagged me for this Six Unimportant Things About Me meme.
Coming up with six important things about moi would be a challenge, because I’m not sure there are any important things about me — but six UNimportant things? Piece o’ cake, that list [...]
It’s All True, Except That One Part 2008-04-08 02:53:09 Apparently, some of y’all think I’m a blunt-brained blonde with no pedigree and big feet. It’s not true. My feet aren’t big.
And now, I must come clean and confess:
True - I AM a member of the DAR. Thanks to my mother and her wicked research skills. John Upton, an ancestor on my mother’s side, came [...]
The Treadmill 2008-04-09 01:16:18 The other day I was on a treadmill at the health club, listening to my iPod and minding my own business. That is, I was minding my own business as much as anyone can at a health club. The reality is that we are all uniformly packed in together like a can of spandex-wearing, walking [...] Read more:Treadmill
The Storm 2008-04-10 22:08:37 Last night, around 3am, tornado sirens sliced through the darkness like a buzz saw, whirring and whining in their circular way. “GETUUUUP! getuuuup! GETUUUUP! getuuuuuup!” they screamed.
An old tree outside my bedroom window strained against the wind and creaked and groaned in pain. Its heavy branches clawed at the roof. Rain randomly drummed the windows in [...] Read more:Storm
It’s Almost Swimming Suit Season! 2008-04-11 21:25:01 I know. Normally I am not excited about it being swimming suit season, but this year I’m getting a decent swimming suit from Lands End – one that fits, covers, supports, slims, takes years off my thighs and tells me I’m funny. And I can’t wait.
The nice people at Lands End have also offered me a gift card [...] Read more:Almost
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The Fishing Trip 2008-04-14 01:02:37 Sean: Ho dee doh dee doh! I’m going fishing!
Sean: Oh crud. Dogs. No one said there would be dogs.
Jerold, the dumbest dog on the earth and No Name, the second dumbest dog on the earth:
“Hey! Whatcha got in that lunch box? Snausages?”
Sean: Aaaaaah!
Dogs: Snausages? Hey come back!
Sean: Oh crud, they’re gaining on me!
Dogs: Sausages!
Sean: Aaaaaaah!
Dogs: [...] Read more:Fishing
My Week So Far 2008-04-16 07:12:27 Bought new tires. Nothing quickens the heart of a girl like a new set of tires. Can’t wait to show all my friends.
Noticed an emerging zit on my chin. Carefully applied my super-de-doopery zit medicine. Prided myself for not messing with the zit. Discovered later that day that it wasn’t a zit. It was jelly.
Stopped [...]
Product Review - Lands’ End Swimming Suit 2008-04-17 19:35:36 I got my Lands End swimming suit in the mail today and I love it with all my heart. And I’ll tell you why: It fits and it is comfortable and it stays put. Although it doesn’t tell me I’m funny.
I bought a couple of inexpensive swimming suits last year and spent all summer, tugging [...] Read more:Swimming
Strikingly Unconventional 2008-04-17 08:44:55 You may recall that Quirky, who writes Quirky Is A Compliment, won my recent meme contest, chosen randomly among the few who correctly guessed that I was not related to Laura Bush, set apart from those of y’all who think I am tall and have big feet. And not that bright. I’m not all that bitter [...]
Blue Iris 2008-04-18 08:44:35 I noticed this blue iris growing along side my driveway when I came home the other day. Spring had arrived while I was out.
I think irises are so beautiful and even sensual. Its delicate veiny and translucent petals appear almost to be shaped by the swirl and movement of water. It seems to me that it might [...]
What The Heck Is It? 2008-04-20 22:42:19 It’s time again for another “What The Heck Is It?” photo contest! Leave your guess in comments and I’ll either choose one at random or the one that most amuses me for some sort of little prize-ish thing. Offer good while supplies last or until Monday night, 9pm CST.
Above: What the heck is it? This is [...]
No Glory 2008-04-23 00:15:01 I have spent the last two days sprucing up my yard. Everywhere I look, something needs to be done – flower beds need to be weeded and cleaned, gutters need to be cleaned out, dead limbs need to be removed, bushes need to be trimmed and everything needs to be fertilized There is no end in sight to [...]
The Day It Rained Hair 2008-04-22 08:13:11 This is a photo of our lawn sprinklers running in the afternoon sun. From inside the house, it looked like it was raining diamonds, so I grabbed my new fancy schmancy camera and ran outside and snapped a few pictures. The tricky part was running in for a shot and then running away from the sprinklers [...]
More Visa Adventures 2008-04-25 00:01:29 Sadly, what you are about to read is a true story. But it keeps Antique Daddy employed and Antique Mommy in new shoes.
The other day as I was paying bills, I noticed that I had a late fee of $15 on one of my credit card statements. $15. That presented a dilemma: Is it better [...] Read more:Adventures
My Stupid Memoir 2008-04-24 07:49:10 I don’t know who Mylie Cyrus is. Why would I? I’m not a ten-year-old girl nor do I have one living in my house. What I know about her, was thrust upon me by my home page browser which recently announced (cue trumpets) – she is writing her memoirs.
I leaned into the computer screen [...] Read more:Stupid
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The Exception 2008-04-25 07:30:08 Okay, I am happy to admit when I am wrong. Here’s a teen who should write a book. She’s a college professor teaching math and physics and in her spare time, she is looking for a non-invasive method to test blood sugar. If she is successful, she will become the patron saint of diabetics. Her book [...]
A Decision 2008-04-28 10:32:53 I am fascinated by stories of people who manage to survive in the most extreme and unimaginable conditions. When I hear those stories, I wonder what it is in them that keep them hanging on and I wonder if I have it in me.
Sometimes, when I imagine that I’ve accidentally fallen off a cruise ship, [...]
On Wings Like Eagles 2008-04-26 16:48:17 “…those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary…”
~ Isaiah 40:31
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So Flippin’ Cool 2008-04-30 00:35:41 Last year, the lovely folks at Flip Video sent me their little hand held video-gadgety thingeedoo to try out and it was love at first sight. This year they sent me one to give away to you, just in time for Mother’s Day! Yay nice Flip people!
Here’s the lowdown on The Flip: It is custom made [...]
Y’all Are So Flippin’ Cool! 2008-05-02 01:00:34 You all have no idea how much I have enjoyed the comments you left on the previous post about your mamas. You have NO idea. I loved loved loved reading each and every one.
Some of your comments made me laugh out loud, some made me sigh, many made me nod knowingly. So many amazing [...]
Daily Reminders 2008-05-05 00:12:02 At four and a half, Sean is getting to the age where his world is rapidly expanding. Every day, it gets a little more crowded in his world, whereas before, it was just me. I was his whole world. My starring role in his life is drawing nigh. I know that. That’s why I love [...] Read more:Daily
A Parable 2008-05-05 23:04:34 Weeds have taken over my lawn.
If you were passing by my house, you wouldn’t notice the weeds. I keep my lawn mowed and edged and tidy, so from outward appearances everything looks fine and dandy, even nice. Sort of. But if you took the time to really look at the lawn you would see [...] Read more:Parable
The Pearl Necklace 2008-05-06 23:24:17 I was going through a box of jewelry the other day when I came across a matching set of pearl earrings and a single pearl drop necklace that I had stashed away years ago. I realized, as I pulled them from their velvet hiding place, that I have had them for 30 years. How could that [...] Read more:Pearl
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The Mystique of Older Motherhood or What A Crock 2008-05-08 22:12:37 I get an email every week or so from someone saying that because I’m an older mother, I’m probably a better mom (than those younger moms), that I am probably wiser (than those younger moms), that I probably appreciate my child more (than those younger moms), that I probably have more patience (than those younger [...] Read more:Mystique
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We’re Good At Naming Stuff 2008-05-11 22:31:34 This weekend, we went to Tuna to see Memaw and Papa George for Mother’s Day. Sean really wanted to pack his own bag, so I let him. When I checked his duffel bag, he had packed some favorite stuffed animals, several books and a Lightning McQueen diecast car. But no underwear. Everyone has their priorities. [...] Read more:Naming
Don’t Carry A Flashlight. Be A Flashlight. 2008-05-12 22:10:38 Last week, Antique Daddy and Sean and I were in the car and we drove past a house that had burned down. This concerned Sean.
“I hope our house isn’t on fire when we get home,” he said, worried.
“Well Sean, even if it were, we are all here in the car together and that’s all that really matters. [...] Read more:Carry
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