PATTY ANN’S PASTIMES

Today I was trying to think of something different to have for lunch.  I don’t know about you, but it seems like I eat the same things day in and day out.  They’re easy to fix and not much thinking has to go into what I am going to make.  I buy the same foods,…

We arrived home from the west coast of Florida a few days ago.  Once again, I’m glad to be home!  Most importantly, I am grateful and humbled by God’s protection of our lives and our property.  Experiences like this gives me a chance to regroup and think about what I want to do different next…

Yesterday we decided to finish packing up the RV and “Get out of Dodge.” When I was a kid, that’s an old saying my mom would exclaim when we were leaving on vacation. Now I find myself saying the same things! Being on the west coast of Florida feels a bit safer now and more…

I’m not kidding you!  I just got home last week and unloaded the RV completely.  Now here in Florida we’re prepping for a hurricane.  Gee whiz! So, yesterday was spent reloading the RV and getting ready to evacuate if needed.  I learned an important lesson:  not to wait to gather supplies, like food and water,…

When Dorothy in the “Wizard of Oz” said, “There’s no place like home,” she was right!  Visiting kids and grandkids and other relatives this summer was a fun time, but I am glad to be home!  Travelling a total of 4000 miles in the RV proved to be both challenging and exhilarating.  I was once…

I haven’t written a post for a while. We have been travelling to southeast Iowa and have reached our destination this week and are now camped in a beautiful RV park full of hickory nut trees. This park is close to the farm I grew up on and so many wonderful memories come back to…

I can’t begin to tell you how many fun memories surround this holiday. I have a nephew who is more like a brother to me than a nephew, and he loves fireworks! Growing up on a farm gave us more freedoms than city living and that meant we could shoot off fireworks, both the small…

I wanted to let you know that for the next two months I’m going to be on the road travelling back home to southeast Iowa. While on the way there, I will be writing about my adventures and giving tips on RVing. My husband and I lived a full-time nomad life for two years, so…

I have been wondering lately, why do we celebrate birthdays in our older years?  I understand when we are children, the day is like no other with all the excitement and fun, which included a scrumptious cake and homemade ice cream, which was no doubt made using a hand-cranked ice cream maker.  And oh, the…

I’ve been thinking about birthdays…remember when we were kids and couldn’t wait until our birthday?  Those days seem so long ago…the days of being excited about our birthday.  One of my favorite birthdays was when I turned 4 years old.  I recall making my birthday list several months before the date of my birthday and…