Tag: Penny For Your Thoughts

A Christmas Dinner

Penny For Your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker Christmas dinner does not have to be ham, potatoes and pies. For the past 3 years I have ordered Sub sandwiches with toppings and a cookie platter. Everyone brings something and it is not a formal deal, it is just simple and good. What we cook for the…

PICKING UP THE PIECES

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitacker This was too good not to tell so am writing this and the author was anonymous.  I was at TJ Maxx yesterday and heard a loud crash and something shattering. Being nosy, I walked towards the sound and saw some people whispering and looking back to the end of…

FAMILY REUNIONS

Penny For Your Thoughts, By: Nancy Whitaker I got a letter in the mail a couple of summers ago  and I noticed it came from Florida. I said, “Hmmm. Who do I know from Florida?” It was from a Fran Rangle and once I opened it I was surprised and happy to find that it was an…

BAKED IN A PIE

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitacker  I know I am guilty. I love pie. Pie can finish off a good meal and I have even saw people eat their pie first at dinners.  Have you ever went to a dinner and for dessert there was a big table full of all kinds of pie? …

A POWERFUL TONGUE

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker  One of the things we try and teach our children is not to stick their tongues out at people. It is rude and  some kids and adults will do it to someone they don’t like or maybe for attention. However, in Tibet, people greet one another by sticking…

ONE POTATO

Penny For Your Thougths By: Nancy Whitaker One potato, two potato, three potatoes, four. Remember playing that game? Also there was a game called Hot Potato. We can’t forget Mr. Potato Head, a game I think is still around. Of course instead of playing games with the name of  potato, I would rather just eat…

A QUAINT LITTLE TOWN

A Penny For Your Thoughts, By: Nancy Whitaker If you like watching old television shows, then the TV Channel TVland reruns old shows everyday. One of my all time old favorites is The Andy Griffith Show. The program airs from about 5 pm each day for a few hours almost every evening. When I look at Mayberry,…

BREAKFAST FOR SUPPER?

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Sitting here thinking about what I want for breakfast is always fun and interesting. My usual “go to” breakfast is either cookies, toast, Pop Tarts, eggs or hot cereal. I was always taught that breakfast was the most important meal of the day, especially the coffee. Yes, there…

WHY MESSY CAN BE GOOD

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker One of the things you always want kids to do and even reward them to do is to clean their rooms. Lots of times, my kids would hurriedly throw everything in a closet and shut the door. I had 3 girls and 1 son and the son, believe it…

HIDDEN TALENTS

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Have you ever noticed that there is one in every crowd?  There is always the one person who either knows it all or “thinks he knows it all.”  Who knows?  However, God created us and blessed all of us with some type of talent. I think as I…

MIXES 101

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I love food; reading recipes and the kitchen is my haven. I recently came across a food blog called Heart, Hands and Home. In a section of the blog there was information called Making Mixes 101. This caught my attention because I thought if I could make some…

THE BUMMERS

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I saw this little story on Social Media and I thought it was too good not to share.   Every once in a while, a ewe will give birth to a lamb and reject it. If the lamb is returned to the ewe, the mother may even kick…

WORTH OF A PENNY

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker  The old saying Penny for your thoughts originated in some English text by John Haewood. When these texts were written, a penny was actually a considerable amount of money in England. Adjusted for inflation, it would amount to about 1.6 pounds in English currency or $2.50 USD, today. (Wow)…