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212 Avenue Z: November 2006
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006. I guess people shopped differently back then. Jewel Tea, Watkins spices - my grandmother had them all sitting around her kitchen. I remember the Jewel Tea Man. And MomP sitting in her living room pouring over the catalog. Sitting in her living room, with a cup of coffee or tea, perusing a catalog, deciding what to order, placing that order, and then waiting for its delivery to her door. Not too much different from online shopping, huh? Trips to Target or WalMart. .It...Yes, ...
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212 Avenue Z: October 2007
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007. How you know it's lunchtime at the beach. No need for a watch, all you have to do is sit back on your balcony, or lay on the beach and look up. You'll see the lunch specials of several beach restaurants flown through the skies. I love the beach! Posted by ellesu @ 10:45 AM. Somewhere in the Swamps, Way below the Mason Dixon, United States. Ummmmdaughter, sister, wife, mom, teacher, friend. View my complete profile. A Link to my Original Blog. Mothers Day at 212.
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212 Avenue Z: February 2007
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Sunday, February 18, 2007. Can you ever go back home? Mardi Gras is in the air here in BR, and today I started wondering how Mardi Gras would have gone over in Pratt City. I thought about it for all of 2 seconds before admitting that. There is no way in hell that Carnival would have been tolerated at 212. In fact, when I go back to B'ham, I don't recognize it. I don't feel at home. It's different. And that has me wondering if I could go home/move back and be comfortable. Do I talk like that now? I think ...
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212 Avenue Z: September 2007
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Monday, September 10, 2007. I can't decide if my favorite part of Alabama is the mountains or the beach. This week J. and I are in Gulf Shores and memories of summers spent here while growing up are flooding me. I don't know if there was a summer when my family didn't spend some time at the beach - summer vacations spent in the sand and surf from morning to night. And there were always. Those were the good old days. Posted by ellesu @ 8:13 PM. Have you put away your white patent leather shoes?
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212 Avenue Z: November 2007
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Thursday, November 29, 2007. I'm sitting in the beauty shop today, making an attempt at becoming. And the really sweet, but really odd stylist, is talking non-stop about Christmas. Christmas. Christmas. CHRISTMAS! She wouldn't give it a break. After about 40 minutes she got on the subject of worse Christmas memories ever! I never did learn who that. Was, but I have my suspicious that it was my uncle. Then to bed to dream of the presents that would be awaiting under the tree in the morning. Of course, tha...
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212 Avenue Z: December 2006
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Friday, December 22, 2006. May your home be filled to busting with good food, good drink, and good friends - as I remember the house on Avenue Z always being on holidays. Posted by ellesu @ 10:30 AM. Tuesday, December 19, 2006. A full-up house at Christmas. I remember that Christmas when a young cousin arrived at 212 on Christmas Day, took one look, and proclaimed the house to be full-up. That was Christmas on Avenue Z. A house that was full-up with people, presents, food, love, laughter, and - shhh!
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212 Avenue Z: January 2008
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Thursday, January 24, 2008. The cousin and the baseball. Each other enough that we were close. As the camera panned the balloons. Then, as we held our breath, wondering which color he would choose, he would finally pop one and a cartoon would be shown. Thinking back, I don't know what I enjoyed the most - the cartoon or the anticipation of which color balloon would be popped. But, back to the story. I guess the cousin involved in. I can only imagine what the policman saw from his side of the screen door&...
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212 Avenue Z: January 2007
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007. Do children wear snowsuits anymore? I had a difficult time finding illustrations of snowsuits when I searched. Maybe they're just called something else now? I was reminded of snowsuits while watching "A Christmas Story" this past Christmas evening. I'd never seen the whole thing before - only the parts my daughter would call me in to watch. Funny movie - a good one to watch with the family. When the brother (Randy? Did it snow more back then? Posted by ellesu @ 8:10 AM. This ...
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212 Avenue Z: October 2006
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Monday, October 30, 2006. There's money buried in the yard. Yet, even now, when the bills start piling up, I think of going back for some digging in 212's yard. But. the older I get the more suspicious I'm becoming about the veracity of the claim. :) Does anyone else like to believe in fairy tales - even as an adult? I can't remember who started the rumor about the buried money. Was it my grandmother? One of the cousins I was closest to? I did, however, eat many a fried chicken leg in her kitchen. But, b...
