tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post1968568267855220622..comments2023-09-16T05:45:47.214-05:00Comments on The Adventures of Elizabeth: Fall Back...Spring ForwardElizabeth Maxsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301271156213625334noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post-90625365474078240212013-12-03T10:28:03.963-06:002013-12-03T10:28:03.963-06:00Thanks for sharing all the photos, Elizabeth! I...Thanks for sharing all the photos, Elizabeth! I've never been to Illinois but I'd love to visit Abe's home someday.Lana Manishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984967027046436970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post-8124638288804291482013-11-30T16:01:12.092-06:002013-11-30T16:01:12.092-06:00Hi Elizabeth, I have been moving a few things arou...Hi Elizabeth, I have been moving a few things around here a bit and back and forth. If my days end and I have not done enough to please, I will like you burn the midnight oil and create something all night long, I know you can relate.<br /><br />See you and your holiday beauty soon.<br /><br />Xoxo<br />Dore Burlap Luxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16134718817693134037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post-77415711768521147392013-11-03T10:37:52.503-06:002013-11-03T10:37:52.503-06:00Jillayne,
Well, you have just truly stolen my hea...Jillayne,<br /><br />Well, you have just truly stolen my heart! I LOVED reading about your early years in marriage. I have been craving that type of lifestyle for several years now - we are so hooked on Alaska shows - we watch ALL those outdoorsy Alaskan living type shows and we just love it. You are so right in saying how lucky you were to have experienced that. And even more right that simplicity comes from within. When we use our oil lamps, it literally makes us slow down for the evening. So cozy, and I don't know, but it seems to make the house stand still for a bit. We love them. When fishing, we tend to do everything on the fire pit (which I built myself). We cook dutch oven food, and use it as our main source of heat in the winter. And I love watching my beloved chop wood - very manly, and he is very good at it too. And our dinner is whatever we caught that day.<br /><br />If you have more stories about your early days, would LOVE to hear them - if you post them, could you give me a head's up?<br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing.<br />Big hugs<br />ElizabethElizabeth Maxsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301271156213625334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post-10669109517892219602013-11-03T10:33:03.434-06:002013-11-03T10:33:03.434-06:00Hi Melissa,
No, I haven't visited that museum...Hi Melissa,<br /><br />No, I haven't visited that museum, but it is now on my winter list of visits...love visiting museums in the winter! So glad you wrote to let me know. And when you get the chance, Abe's home and the entire area is a real treat!<br /><br />Big hugs<br />ElizabethElizabeth Maxsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301271156213625334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post-1867847736094288842013-11-03T10:31:52.484-06:002013-11-03T10:31:52.484-06:00Hi Gail!
I am so like you in that my day ends and...Hi Gail!<br /><br />I am so like you in that my day ends and I wonder, "What did I do today, anyway??" Not a very good feeling.And like you, my mother's day was different...well, not so much different, but rather, she seemed to accomplish so MUCH more than I do. Amazing...that is only ONE generation with so much change. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing, and you inspired me too!<br />Big Hugs<br />ElizabethElizabeth Maxsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301271156213625334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post-34152910505027667922013-11-03T09:58:46.415-06:002013-11-03T09:58:46.415-06:00I am so glad you wrote this post, gladder still I ...I am so glad you wrote this post, gladder still I happened upon it first thing this morning. <br />Your thoughts and words have mirrored mine of late - the business of living takes us so much less time than those of us who have gone before, but what we have filled the rest of our hours with makes us feel as though we have no time for the things we really want...or, at least, what we say we want...<br />We were lucky early in our marriage to have spent 3 1/2 years living in a small house on a lake in the Yukon, with no electricity, running water, central heating or telephone. we moved there because interest rates went so crazy in the early 1980s that we couldn't afford to keep our house in the city - so we sold it and moved to our "cabin". We chopped our wood, hauled the water from the lake in pails, heated it on the cookstove and bathed in a tin tub in the living room, at night - it was wonderful. Everything you wanted to do seemed to involve a chore first, chopping kindling to light the cookstove, fiddling with dampers to get the heat just right, only to bake a cake... all this, while still having full time jobs in town, fourty miles away. <br />We learned so much about what it takes to "live" in those short years - how the simple act of providing for yourself in some way becomes a treasured part of your day rather than a drudgery... <br />Regardless of how many time-saving gadgets one might have... space and simplicity are things that seem to come from within.<br />A beautiful post Elizabeth.Jillaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533504920962855079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post-57362357506172789022013-11-03T00:44:53.075-05:002013-11-03T00:44:53.075-05:00Well you've certainly motivated me! I'm so...Well you've certainly motivated me! I'm sore from moving furniture and such today, much on my plate.<br />I'm looking forward to cleaning out my home and getting it ready for the Winter season ahead.<br />And also using my time more wisely instead of frittering it away and then wondering, "Where has my day gone and what have I accomplished?"<br /><br />It's so true that these days we have so many more 'things' pulling on us, though not necessarily important or meaningful things....I realize that my days look nothing like my dear Mom's days looked!<br />And she always accomplished so much and we always had a sparkling clean home!<br /><br />Priorities........Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579757806350547212noreply@blogger.com