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January 14, 1987 Being an editor’s daughter has its advantages and its disadvantages. When I was in high school, my mother took over the job of editor of our family paper. I didn’t worry, what could happen? All I though was required of me was a little more help with the housework. Boy, was I…

January 7, 1987 Someone at our house is always sick for Christmas. Friends don’t even call to ask if I am having a nice holiday – just, what’s the latest medical bulletin. One year it was chicken pox but usually its strep throat or the flu. This year we managed a stomach virus, respiratory virus…

December 10, 1986 I was moving along with the Christmas shopping crowd at the mall the other day, trying to make a dent in my Christmas list, when a lady approached me with a shirt in her hand and asked if I thought it was blue or green. On the elevator a husband and wife…

December 3, 1986 While my daughter was home for Thanksgiving she had occasion to check my closet for leftover Christmas wrapping paper to take back to school. (Heaven forbid she purchase her own!) As she opened the door she turned and asked, “There isn’t anything in here I’m not supposed to see is there?” I…

November 26, 1986 I think decision making must have been easier for pilgrim women when it came to fixing Thanksgiving dinner. Someone went out and killed the turkey, it was cooked over the fire and eaten. Today we have to decide whether to get one with a pop-up timer, which brand, fresh or frozen, and…

November 19, 1986 Some people feel you have started down the other side of life when you hit 40. Others are convinced it’s when you are 50 and still others want to pin the time on when the last child goes off to school. But none of those days really marks the change in your…

November 12, 1986 I’ve been easing the jack-o-lanterns into the trash can the last few days and now have only one pumpkin left in the house. He came from school with hair, eyes, name etc. and has taken on a real personality. Since my children are very particular to look at dates on cottage cheese,…

November 5, 1986 I put if off as long as possible, but this week I finally gave in. I got out my winter clothes. I guess I’m just not a winter person. Oh, I like to watch the world turn into a fairy land with the first snow of the season – as long as…

October 29, 1986 As Halloween approaches families are faced with making two major decisions. One is the costume to be worn this year and the second is the selection of the pumpkin to be used for the family jack o’lantern. Costumes can lead to a great deal of discussion but nothing starts a debate like…

October 22, 1986 The other day I was reading an article about paper clips. (Don’t be critical we all have different tastes when it comes to recreational reading.) According to a survey it was found that of every 100,000 paper clips, 14,163 are twisted or broken during phone calls and uses range widely. Hooks account…