Tag: Penny For Your Thoughts

WHO WILL HELP MAKE THE BREAD?

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker One of my favorite childhood stories is that of The Little Red Hen. This is not only a good story, but has some valuable lessons in it. The story goes “Once upon a time there was a little red hen who lived with her friends, the cow, the…

The Christmas Cactus

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker  I was chatting with my friend, Mary Partin,  the other day and she sent me a picture of her 80 year old Christmas Cactus. I was surprised because I did not know a cactus could live that long. In fact, I have never had a green  thumb and…

TWO HANDS

Penny for your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker I remember years ago I was singing a song with my grandma in church. All of a sudden I looked down at her hands and I got tears in my eyes. I knew the work my grandma did with those hands and knew hard work and love were…

YOUNGER AND FEARLESS

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker  Was I braver when I was younger or did we just live in different times? I remember when I was 20 (long time ago) I had a husband, 2 little girls at home, worked 6 days a week in a restaurant and went to Ft. Wayne on Saturdays where I…

THE LOVE OF FOOD Part 2

Penny For Your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker  They usually say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. However, in today’s world we live in it’s customary to grab a Pop Tart or a protein bar and go. I love my coffee in the morning and oh how coffee pots have changed. Grandma had one that  she set…

THE LOVE OF FOOD

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker  Something we all like to do, including every species, is eat. I call myself a foodie cause I love to cook and eat.  Every place  we go and do, such as the fairs, restaurants, churches, schools and almost every event, there is food.  We can eat snacks, cakes, pies, potatoes, vegetables,…

Little House turns 50

Penny For Your Thought By: Nancy Whitaker  Maybe no guys ever read the books or watched the TV Series, but 50 years ago when Little House on the Prairie came on TV, my family was in front of our television watching it. Going back even farther than 60 years, was when I was in school, one of my favorite things…

PHIL and PHYLLIS have big news

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker The first official Groundhog Day celebration took place on February 2, 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The annual ritual has roots in pre-Christian traditions and was brought to the U.S. by German immigrants. Phil, the groundhog, emerges from his burrow each year the morning of Feb. 2. If he sees…

A WINNER OR A WHINER? 

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker  We all have funny stories to tell either about ourselves or someone else. One of my funniest memories was in the middle of the 2000s. My husband and I decided to go to Atlantic City to try our luck with those greedy machines at the casinos. We wanted to…

THE BEST DECADE

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker We all have stories about the past and  a lot of us believe that their decade was the best .  I love going back and reading about the Royals and some of their practices and this was not old sayings, they were a way of life..  Back in the 1500– 1700s, hygiene…

GET AWAY FROM MY CAR OR… …

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker One thing I love to do is read stories, jokes, news and recipes on the internet. Sometimes I run into a story that is too good not to share. So here goes: An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of…

LEAPING LIZARDS

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker  Well, we know that every 4 years we have what is known as a Leap Year and 2024 is the year. The last leap year was in 2020.  If you happened to be born on Feb 29, from what i have read you are called  Leaplings. This is because a birthday…