Posted on June 28, 2010 by jackieinpdx
It was a perfect day for mom’s memorial service. The weather was great and the turn out wonderful. Full of family and friends. Mom would have been smiling.
Mom's favorite candies
Memory basket
Mom's flowers still looking beautiful
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Posted on June 25, 2010 by jackieinpdx
Sunday June 27th would have been my mother’s 81st birthday. We are having her memorial service Sunday. We wanted to wait until all of her beautiful flowers were in full bloom and hopefully the weather would be nice. The weather forecast for Sunday is calling for sunny and 81 degrees.
Last Sunday three of my sisters, a niece and I got together to work on finalizing the plans for the memorial service. There is not going to be a formal ceremony. The memorial service will be open house style. We expect there may be as many as sixty people attending. We hope that some family and friends will speak about their memories of mom. Every family member contributed photos of mom and family to use in a slideshow. We have some great photos, some current and some very old that represent many memorable occasions of mom’s life. We are going to have the slide show running continuously on the TV in my mom’s bedroom. Mom’s Christmas toys and decorations will be displayed in her room since Christmas was her favorite time of year.
Some of mom’s favorite foods will be served. Mom always wanted KFC and a Dairy Queen ice cream cake for her birthday parties. Maybe this time we will finally get the timing of the cake just right; not too melty or too frozen when it is served. My sister Debi and a niece will be making mom’s famous potato salad. Everybody always raved about it.
It will be a tough day to get through but it will be good to have all of the family together including some from out of state. I am sure that I will take lots of photos of the gathering.
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Posted on June 15, 2010 by jackieinpdx
FIFTY BIZARRE U.S. LAWS
- Alabama – It’s illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
- Alaska – Whispering in someone’s ear while he’s moose hunting is prohibited.
- Arizona – Cutting down a cactus may earn you a twenty-five-year prison term.
- Arkansas – It’s illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas.
- California – You may not eat an orange in your bathtub.
- Colorado – It’s unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor (Denver).
- Connecticut – A pickle cannot actually be a pickle unless it bounces.
- Delaware – It’s illegal to get married on a dare.
- Washington, D.C. – It’s against the law to post a public notice calling someone a coward for refusing to accept a challenge to duel.
- Florida – If you tie an elephant to a parking meter, you must pay the same parking fee as you would for a vehicle.
- Georgia – It’s illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless you draw the shades first.
- Hawaii – All residents may be fined for not owning a boat.
- Idaho – A man must not give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing fewer than fifty pounds.
- Illinois – It’s illegal to take a French poodle to the opera (Chicago).
- Indiana – The value of pi is 4, and not 3.1415.
- Iowa – One-armed piano players must perform for free.
- Kansas – It’s illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits (Natoma).
- Kentucky – Every citizen is required to take a shower once a year.
- Louisiana – Biting someone with your natural teeth constitutes simple assault, but biting someone with your false teeth classifies as aggravated assault.
- Maine – If you keep your Christmas decorations on display after January 14, you’ll be fined.
- Maryland – It’s against the law to wash or scrub a sink, no matter how dirty it is (Baltimore).
- Massachusetts – No gorilla is allowed in the backseat of any car.
- Michigan – A woman may not cut her own hair without her husband’s permission.
- Minnesota – It’s illegal to paint a sparrow with the intent of selling it as a parakeet (Harper Woods).
- Mississippi – Walking a dog without dressing it in diapers is forbidden (Temperance).
- Missouri – Children may buy shotguns in Kansas City, but not toy cap guns.
- Montana – It’s a felony for a wife to open her husband’s mail.
- Nebraska – Bar owners may not sell beer unless they brew a kettle of soup simultaneously.
- Nevada – It’s illegal for men with mustaches to kiss women.
- New Hampshire – It’s forbidden to sell the clothes you’re wearing to pay off a gambling debt.
- New Jersey – It’s against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.
- New Mexico – Females may not appear unshaven in public.
- New York – While riding in an elevator, you must talk to no one, fold your hands, and look toward the door.
- North Carolina – It’s against the law to sing off-key.
- North Dakota – It’s illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
- Ohio – You must honk the horn whenever you pass another car, according to the state’s driver’s education manual.
- Oklahoma – It’s forbidden to take a bite out of another person’s hamburger.
- Oregon – State law requires dishes to be drip-dried.
- Pennsylvania – It’s illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
- South Carolina – If a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, he is required by law to keep his promise.
- South Dakota – It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
- Tennessee – Selling hollow logs is strictly forbidden.
- Texas – You may not shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
- Utah – It is illegal not to drink milk.
- Vermont – Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
- Virginia – Tickling a woman is unlawful.
- Washington – It’s illegal to pretend that one’s parents are wealthy.
- West Virginia – If you make fun of someone who does not accept a challenge, you risk a six-month prison sentence.
- Wisconsin – Unless a customer specifically requests it, margarine may not be substituted for butter in a restaurant.
- Wyoming – Unless you have an official permit, you may not take a picture of a rabbit from January to April.
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Posted on June 11, 2010 by jackieinpdx
I am not a news reporter. I don’t have first hand facts. But I have to say that the more I read about this local Portland story the more confused I am.
Fact one
- His stepmother dropped him off at school after visiting the science fair. Several reports said that was the last anyone saw of Kyron.
OR
- Kyron was in his classroom and left to get a drink of water and never came back. But then later that was denied.
Fact two
- When Kyron didn’t get off of the school bus his stepmother called 911
OR
- When Kyron’s stepmother and father went to pick him up at school at the end of the day they were told that he had not been at school all day.
These are just two of the discrepancies that I have read in the various online news reports.
Whatever the facts are this kid needs to be found. Kyron’s case doesn’t fit the profile of the Amber Alert system so that avenue has not been used to aid in the search.
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Posted on June 7, 2010 by jackieinpdx
An article in the USA Today named the ten great candy stores in the US.
One of them happens to be Enchanté in Milwaukie, OR. Until recently the candy shop was called Milwaukie Popkorn and Candyland. The owner changed the name after her mother passed away because her mother always thought she should change the name to Enchanté. I stopped in Saturday and congratulated the owner on getting written up in USA Today. She said it was a surprise.
I have been a fan of this little shop for years. They make the best cheese popcorn that I have tasted. For holidays I quite often buy mixed candies to take to parties or the office. This is another example of my trying to support the local businesses and economy.
“This Portland-area shop, fashioned after Parisian candy shops of the early 1900s, has captured Kaie Wellman’s (US Today author)heart. “They do little hand-packaged truffles that use three different types of black-and-white paper. You want it as much for the packaging as for what’s inside it, and that’s saying something.”
The owner of Enchanté played a big part in organizing Art a la Carte-First Friday in Milwaukie. I haven’t been to this event yet but want to go next month. It sounds a lot of fun and good entertainment.
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