~Aprons~ :-)

It hung on the other side of the door that went down

to the basement in a short hall that went to the steps.

That's where my mom kept her apron. I got an email

today from Audrey, and it was about aprons. The old

pattern up there, was in the email, and I used to have

that pattern.. I made LOTS of aprons my self and I

usually wore one. Theyre handy to have and sure save

the clothes !... When my mom headed to that door and

came out with her apron you knew it was time to eat.
She had quite a few of them and ALWAYS they had

at least 2 pockets. In one was always a hankie in the

early days, till mom switched and started using Kleenex.

When I read that mail, I remembered both my grammas

wore them, aunts. Most women did back then.. but I do

think they are getting popular again..My gramma always

wore a very plain white one with a square front and she

wore it most of the time, cooking or not.. It was handy.

I saw gramma many times use it when she went to the

garden whether to pick flowers or veggies, she would

grab the hem of her apron and use it to carry her

harvest inside, the pockets held clothes pins when

she did the washing or little things she found outside.

But Gramma wore hers all the time. My Grandmother,

very seldom wore one as she had a housekeeper that

did all her cooking and cleaning, and the ones she had

were half aprons and very frilly, mostly for looks when

it was her turn to have the Ladies Aide meetings or

the DAR meetings. My grammas were not alike at all

as to what they did. :-)

One Christmas when David and I were together I had

NO idea what to give to the nieces. David had 4, all

about the same age. At the time the oldest was about

10, Tia, then Danni, Alisha, and Cassie, the youngest

was about 7 I think. I decided I would make them aprons

and matching ones for Mom... When the family got ready

to open their gifts they always each one of them opened

the one from David and I first.. they knew it was going

to be something that was special just for them AND hand

made.. David helped a lot making things.. When it came

time to open gifts, of course, the kids always went first,

one by one, and the girls knew that what one got they ALL

got something like it.. maybe a different color or some

thing.. BUT they ALWAYS opened the one from us FIRST.

We made everyones gift, I bought nothing but supplies to

make things and they appreciated that fact.. But I think

most people do if they realize the gift was made special

'Just for Them'. And ours were. Davids mom LOVED

when it was time for her to get a gift from us for birthday

or holiday.. Most of the family did.. :-)

Tia being the oldest went first.. she got the package from

us and opened it and at first was confused as to what they

were.. So I had her come over to me and I put this really

cute frilly lacy apron on her.. Then proceeded to show her

that Mom had one in there too .. that she was to give THAT

one to her mother... which, she ran over to Laura and MADE

her mom put it on... All that day each of the girls made their

moms AND gramma wear their aprons.. At the end of the

day Karalee looked at her apron and saw how it HAD spots

on it from cooking and she had a lovely silk outfit on under

neath.. so just THINK if that had gotten on her dress.. She

was GLAD the girls made her wear it... :-) I think she hangs

it on her basement door too :-) I wonder if she still uses it...

I hope so and thinks of me.. She and I got along quite well..

we were good friends and I miss her, but I never have

heard from any of Davids family once I left him. Which I

guess if your moving on with your life you have to do that,

sometimes its best to cut away your past.. if that's the only

way you can move on...

Almost graduation time.. I'm wondering when it is here. The

high school I can see from my front door. The graduations

up north at the school I graduated from in Stambaugh, the

ceremony was held outside, all of the graduating class would

walk, 2 by 2 about 3 blocks to the football field where all

the chairs were set up for the ceremony, the band was there

playing pomp and circumstance that just echoed-the familys

sat in the bleachers... We would walk all the way through

the park and go out onto the field from the end. Walking

that field in high heels was NOT easy, but we all wore them

anyway. We went to our seats and waited till our name was

called.. THEN was the test.. We had to walk in front of

GOD and EVERYONE , ALL the way across at LEAST half

of that field it seemed to get our diploma.. That was one

of the hardest walks I ever made. I wonder if they will

have this schools outside.. I don't know if they still do

that anymore up there now, they moved the high school

to the next town of Iron River when all 4 of the little

towns were made into 1.. Stambaugh where I was raised

is no more, neither is Caspian or Gaastra the other 2

little towns.. Lovely place up there tho.. Id LOVE to go

back for a visit.. I have family still up there. Want a

great holiday.. Go North Young Man .. Go NORTH !!! :-)

I think that's from a movie or something.. Just trivia..

Well I've gone on long enough and its time to get some

thing done. Penny was here and we're clean but I have

in fact, an APRON to make :-) Penny wants one for her

grand and herself.. OHHH and she has a birthday the

17th.. She will be 50.. Shhhh don't tell her I told :-)

Time for my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "Hi!", post this and

get busy !! :-)


Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya and Thanks!

Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again...