Category Archives: Holidays

Sunday December 13, 2015

Posted on 13 December 2015 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I put the big tree in the corner of the dinning room. I decorated it and the little artificial tree I always put in the den this morning. With the new house I do not have places, like a mantle … Continue reading →

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Sunday January 25, 2015

Posted on 25 January 2015 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Yesterday evening Jan dropped by with a beautiful red cyclamen plant from the group I work with. It came from Regis florist from whom we received a lot of very nice arrangements when mom and dad died. They do a … Continue reading →

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Thursday December 25, 2014

Posted on 25 December 2014 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

This is our first Christmas without both parents. I have so many wonderful Christmas memories from childhood to present I could fill a book. From our childhood onward many Christmas traditions have come and gone with the times but this … Continue reading →

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Saturday November 29, 2014

Posted on 29 November 2014 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

The decorations are pretty much up and finished. I have a few small items to place here and there plus getting the finishing touches on the living room once it gets vacuumed tomorrow. I dumped all the wrapping supplies in … Continue reading →

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Friday November 28, 2014

Posted on 28 November 2014 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I met Bonnie, her sister and sister’s daughter at 8pm in Rural Hall to drive over to the craft show in Greensboro. We were there until around  2pm. I made a grocery store stop on the way home. We ate … Continue reading →

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Thursday November 27, 2014

Posted on 27 November 2014 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Happy Thanksgiving. As you know this holiday will be the first one for me and Frances without both mom and dad. Last year we took mom out for Thanksgiving lunch. This year K & W is proving our meal which … Continue reading →

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Sunday November 2, 2014

Posted on 2 November 2014 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

House cleaning chores this morning. For many years I decorated my dinning room table for Thanksgiving. I have several very cute scarecrows with hay bales and a couple of ceramic pieces that are very nice; all things mom and dad … Continue reading →

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Saturday July 4, 2014

Posted on 4 July 2014 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Happy Birthday USA. and, what a beautiful day it is. Cool temperatures this morning with lots of breeze. We had a brief storm last night that did not bring much rain but did  bring the cooler temperatures. It was the … Continue reading →

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Wednesday January 1, 2014

Posted on 1 January 2014 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Happy New Year. I am glad to see the back of 2013. It was a bad year for my family with dad in and out of the hospital every month until he passed away on June 20th. Two of my … Continue reading →

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Friday December 27, 2013

Posted on 27 December 2013 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

My new foyer table. Christmas day at mom’s. I had errands to run this morning. This afternoon I started working on the basement. I moved all the cinder blocks and boards we dumped on the far side of the garage … Continue reading →

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