"I" is for Ice Cream!

Most of us enjoy a cold serving of ice cream in the summer time. Here's a link to a recipe to make a serving of ice cream in a bag. Sounds like a fun project for the kids.

Kitchenaid attachment to make ice cream

Other ice cream machines

"H" Is for Herman's Hermits

Herman's Hermits, who are one of the most successful groups throughout the world. From their beginning in Manchester, England, on April 1st 1964, the band has chalked up over 23 hit singles, 10 hit albums, 3 major movies and countless television shows and concert tours all over the world - up to date they have total record sales of over 75 million. Go here to see their page for more information.

More music by Herman's Hermits

G is for "Granny Squares"

Lately I've been making some granny squares to piece together into lapghans to donate to a charity. Here are some patterns to crochet your own squares. I am mainly making solid granny squares-- I figure those will make warmer lapghans without the holey pattern of the traditional granny squares.

Oh, here's a freebie granny square ebook from Amazon. Check it out quick because it might not be free for long.

F is for "Foreigner"

I am having quite a difficult time picking out what to post for this a to z challenge. Anyway, today I'm sharing with you some music from the band Foreigner. Their music is timeless and is as relevant today as it was when they first performed these songs.

E is for Eagles

One of my favorite bands since forever has to be the Eagles. Today I'm sharing a video clip that has several of their great songs for our listening enjoyment.

Get your Eagles Music here

"D" Is for My Darling Dog...

My darling dog is officially known as Nellie Belle. We call her Nellie,  or sometimes Belle-Belle. She's a chubby Chihuahua. Our human kids are grown and gone so Nellie Belle is the only thing keeping us from being empty nesters. She's a sweet and cuddly little girl. She is very protective of her home turf and puts on a fierce act when she feels her territory is threatened. She is more show than anything and has never bitten anyone in her 10 years except for the bottom of my pant leg when she needed to go outside and go potty. Here's a few pics of my darling Belle.

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"C" is for Casper the Friendly Ghost

I am having a hard time coming up with things for these blog posts. Hmmm, I even googled "words that start with C." Crochet would have been an obvious choice for my blog but I wanted to be a little less predictable. Here's what I've come up with for today's post--Casper the Friendly Ghost! Casper is another of those things from my childhood that brings back happy time memories of watching the ol' black and white television set that you had to physically turn the dial to change channels because remote controls didn't exist. Even though many of these cartoons are in color, people back in the old days didn't run out and get the newest gadgets until the old ones broke and were beyond repair. I hope you enjoy these Casper videos.

"B" is for Bozo

A popular children's show when I was a tiny little girl was Bozo the Clown. A friend's mother got tickets for the show so a group up us went to Chicago to be part of the audience. I was so shocked-- I thought Bozo's clothes were red but they were actually blue. That's what happens sometimes when you watch shows on black and white television sets. When you're in the audience, you didn't get to watch the cartoons but there were other games that the kids played. I didn't get picked for any of the games but I did go home with a Bozo button and I wish I still had it.

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"A" Is for Adaptable

"A" is for adaptable and being able to come up with solutions outside of the box. A quick solution to not having a hammer handy to hang a decorative plate on the wall with is a meat tenderizing hammer! I used the side of it and it worked great.

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