Well I also thought about that as well.. perhaps we might do a visit someday when we have the extra cash.. ha ha ha! Shirley H -----Original Message----- From: Dorothy Bowles <dotjo1@suddenlink.net> To: down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 6:15 pm Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know DOES SOUND TEMPTING SHIRLEY H, BUT THAT IS ALMOST AS FAR FROM YOUR CHILDREN AS HI TO VANCOVER. EXCEPT NO OCEAN TO CROSS. DOT JO ----- Original Message ----- From: <makekaus@aol.com> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know >I love old timey houses!? When I lived in Beaufort,SC one of my girlfriends >lived in a civil war mansion and I went to her house a few times.. It is or >was right on the river and the stairwell was so high.. just beautiful!!? > > Did I tell you all that Nakai asked me if I wanted to move to Florida..We > used to live in ST Petersburg back in the early 60's.. I told him it gets > cold there too but he said well its closer to TN than WA is .. I have > Woods/Perry family in TN..sounds very tempting and I have been thinking > about it ever since he mentioned it this afternoon.. > Shirley H > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dorothy Bowles <dotjo1@suddenlink.net> > To: down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 5:19 pm > Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know > > > > SHIRLEY H., THAT PROBABLY WAS THE FASHION BACK THEN. THAT WOULD BE THE > COMPANY BED AND OF COURSE COMPANY HAD TO BE KEPT WARM SO THE BED WAS CLOSE > TO THE FIREPLACE. JUST MY GUESS, DOT JO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <makekaus@aol.com> > To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:09 PM > Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know > > >> Hey, wonder if that was the fashion regarding the feather bed ..as my >> grannie had one in the front "parlor" as well and thats the one I slept >> in >> with the fireplace right close by.. >> I don't remember the starched everything but I do remember her front yard >> had no grass it was covered in sand ..which she raked everyday and she >> had >> old tires painted white and inside those tires she planted her posies..? >> I >> remember one time going to the well to get a drink and there coiled up on >> the part where the dipper was ..was a BIG BLACK SNAKE!? I screamed my >> head >> off and took off faster that a rabbit can run! LOL >> Shirley H >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Virginia Beams <hippsters11@msn.com> >> To: down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:19 am >> Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know >> >> >> >> I would get my fanny busted every so often...I'd either jump on Mamma's >> feather >> bed or pick her flowers one....She ironed and starched every piece of >> clothing >> she washed...Sheets and all...Had that feather bed in the front room, >> living >> room...Made it up specially every day but it was so comfy...I coulden't >> resist...Jenny >> "If God is for you", Who can be against you"? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Virginia Beams<mailto:hippsters11@msn.com> >> To: >> down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know >> >> >> Boy ,diden't the food taste good cooked on those stoves....Mamma made >> lye >> soap....When she made her sour-karut she washed it in lye first.....Made >> the >> best home > made butter and butter milk....Had a cellar she filled with >> karut, >> pickles beans etc that she had caned.....Me and several other grandkids >> would go >> down there and open the jars of karut and pickles ...Eat till we >> busted....Love >> those days.....Jenny >> "If God is for you", Who can be against you"? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> makekaus@aol.com<mailto:makekaus@aol.com<mailto:makekaus@aol.com%3Cmailto:makekaus@aol.com>> >> >> To: >> down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com>> >> >> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:10 AM >> Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know >> >> >> Wasn't that the mode of transportation way back in our olden days when >> life >> was simpler than it is today in our space age days.. I can remember my >> McCartha >> grandmother on her farm way back yonder days outside?with a huge kettle >> full of >> hot water,boiling her clothes and stirring them with a long stick.? And >> my >> stepmom had the modern convience of a washing machine..the wringer type.? >> And >> that same grandmother used a long wooden box to store blocks of ice as >> her >> refrigeration.? She had a well right next to her back porch and an >> outhouse as >> >> well.. I hated that smelly outhouse!? Thought my fanny was too good to >> sit >> on >> that wooden potty when I was visiting her.? I sure did love her feather >> bed >> though!? She had a big cast iron stove as well. >> Shirley H >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dorothy Bowles >> <dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net%3Cmailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net>>> >> To: >> down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com>> >> Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 7:32 pm >> Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know >> >> >> >> if it's good enough for them it's good enough for me. dot jo >> ---- > - Original Message ----- >> From: "donrickman" >> <mdrick@centurytel.net<mailto:mdrick@centurytel.net<mailto:mdrick@centurytel.net%3Cmailto:mdrick@centurytel.net>>> >> To: >> <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com>>> >> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:06 PM >> Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know >> >> >> > >> > The Amish around us have that mode of transportation. They seem to >> do >> > very >> > good getting around even in this freezing weather. The family that >> lives >> > just up the road from us take their kids to the Amish school which >> is >> 20 >> > miles from us & they do it every day. Marilyn >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Dorothy Bowles" >> <dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net%3Cmailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net>>> >> > To: >> <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com>>> >> > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 8:31 PM >> > Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know >> > >> > >> >> Bobbie, you are right GAS was the major problem for everyone and >> every >> >> thing. with out it nothing could move so >> we had to pay the piper!!! if >> >> prices start going up I'm ordering me a horse and buggy. other >> than >> the >> >> exhaust there isn't much to them. LOL dot Jo >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Bobbie Ivey-Lewallen" >> <tngirl45@bellsouth.net<mailto:tngirl45@bellsouth.net<mailto:tngirl45@bellsouth.net%3Cmailto:tngirl45@bellsouth.net>>> >> >> To: >> <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com>>> >> >> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 9:01 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know >> >> >> >> >> >>> Fro > m: "Dorothy Bowles" >> <dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net%3Cmailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net>>> >> >>> OR WISHFUL THINKING BOBBIE. DOT JO >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> LOL More like it, Dot Jo. Sure would be nice to get an extra check >> this >> >>> year. >> >>> >> >>> I think the reason most everything went up last year had to do >> with >> the >> >>> gas >> >>> prices. It takes gas or diesel to deliver everything, so the high >> gas >> >>> prices >> >>> made the haulers go up on their delivery fees, which in turn was >> passed >> >>> on >> >>> to us. Gas has finally started increasing in price again. I just >> hope & >> >>> pray >> >>> it doesn't travel back up to the 4 & 5 dollar mark. >> >>> Bobbie >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> ------------------------------- >> >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >>> >> DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com>> >> with the word 'unsubscr >> ibe' >> >>> without >> >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> >> DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-reques >> t@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com>> >> with the word 'unsubscribe' >> >> without >> >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > >> DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com>> >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the quotes in the subject and the body > of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com>> >> >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body >> of >> the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com>> >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body >> of >> the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com> >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body >> of >> the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body >> of >> the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message