Getting a lick and a promise

I'm glad that I did a good job cleaning house last fall because it's so busy now that it's only getting a lick and a promise.

How would we go through the holidays without Scotch tape -- so many rolls laying everywhere and used so many times for so many things. Wonder why it's called "Scotch" tape?

The word nostalgia was in crossword -- meaning, an overwhelming sense that everything was better long ago. Hmmmm!

Another boo-boo! Was making peanut butter fudge, half plain, half English walnut. A keeper drawer in refrigerator holds chips, raisins and several kinds of nuts. With the second stir of the spoon, I realized I had grabbed the wrong sack. It was pecans! Those were two flavors that were never meant to be combined. Too late now. I have a family member who loves pecans. Can I give away a plate of mistakes? You bet I can!

I won't try peanut brittle. It takes a certain feel fore it and I don't have it.

Gladys Mann taught me the certain feel for coconut cream pies, but I never learned peanut brittle.

A grandson stays overnight. I retired early. He woke me up to tell me "good night." Grandmas overlook a lot. It's in the genes.

A newspaper article from Wisconsin falls from my book. It tells us how to know if we are mature. You and your teeth don't sleep together. You wake up looking like your driver's license picture. Your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio. Happy hour is a nap.

You're on vacation and your energy runs out before your money.

Christmas Eve services at Brightwater are at 5 p.m. this year and 6 p.m. at Pea Ridge.

The Christmas parade was outstanding this year. Pea Ridge is no longer just a bedroom town for Rogers and Bentonville. It has a solid core of businesses, a stable city government and an outstanding school system and great people It deserves to be called a town and stand up and salute itself.

Have you driven past the golf course lately? That is one of the sad sights of Pea Ridge. We people out this direction have been told that our access to the military park will be by detour for a while. We can handle that!

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Editors note: Edith Lammey has been a resident of the area for nearly 40 years. She can be contacted through The Times at 451-1196 or [email protected].