Gift # 2

Another gift to my friends and acquaintances. Enjoy!!!

For My Friends

From now until Christmas, I'm going to be adding a few cards that I've scanned from my collection of ephemera. If you so desire, you are welcome to download them to your computer.

I finally have a place to hang my McCall's Magazine reproduction cover. It is just over the dining room table. It's more like a little nook. I think she looks great there.

This particular McCall's cover is from 1936 and it was number 5, as stated in the upper right and left corners. I've had this since the 1980s but got tired of it, so put it away for a few years. I'm glad to see it gracing my home once again.

There is an great article here on the history of McCall's Magazine if you are interested.

Closing Day

Well, the old house will be gone by the end of the day. There will be no more playing on the hill, no more mowing the terraces. The boys will miss this old place, just as hubby and I are. It feels like we are living in a stranger's house and in a way, we are.

We have had some problems here with getting the refrigerator fixed. It is still freezing food and I'm down packs of insulin and groceries. The landlady just doesn't seem to understand that a refrigerator is a necessity of life. We have lived here since October 3, and have had a working fridge about five days out of that time, if that.

I think I've had patience with this woman up until this point. Now I'm getting really angry. It's stressing me out with all the food and insulin loss and this woman just doesn't get why I'm upset with her. She says we've had a fridge the entire time and the fridge has been here, yes, but a working fridge...no way.

We will see what happens from here. One worry off my mind by the end of the day will be the old place but come spring I expect we'll be looking for another new place.