The "Some More of This & That!" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Looking over all the notes I have for a couple of stories I want to write.  I usually take a piece of 5x7 tablet paper and jot notes on it and stick it in this blue folder I have been using since I started my blog.  On the top of the paper I put a title that I think would be appropriate for the story.  On a few of the pieces of paper are just a few words or maybe just a sentence.  So, today I thought I would share with you a few family stories from the past that are memorable, but won't take long to tell.  Here goes:

I recently found a locket that had belonged to my mom.  It must have been in the mid-40s since it featured a photo of her on the one side and a photo of me on the other side.  Pretty neat!  But, what do you do with something like that?  Locket is an antique since it will be 70 years old soon.  Any offers?

Got a call from our granddaughter Courtney.  Told us that her mom was going to take a few inches off her hair, since it was starting to get too long.  She said she told her mom that she wanted her hair all the same length so our daughter told Courtney to call and ask her how her dad used to cut her hair.  I got on the phone with her and told her that I had her mom wear a top that had lines in it that ran horizontal to the ground.  I would pick one of those lines and follow it all the way around her head with the scissors.  That's all she needed to hear.  "Bye, Tampah.  Love you!" she said, then hung up.

 Our daughter Brynn called one evening and told us about the guy who lives in the apartment complex where she works.  He bought Girls Scout cookies from our granddaughters, through her.  Stopped in the other day and was wondering when he would be able to notice the weight loss from eating all the Thin Mint cookies he bought.  

Finally, the other evening I was reading my Kindle while sitting on my favorite lounge chair and holding our new addition to the family, Creamsicle the stray cat.  He seemed to be watching the pages change as I progressed through the book, so I thought I would read to him.  I think he really enjoyed the story and Carol just had to document the event on the iPad.  His favorite author: James Patterson!   It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.