By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Summer is upon us once again and I am glad to see some sunshine after all the smoky haze we have had from the Canadian wildfires. My sinuses are happy about that too. If you don’t have sinus problems you cannot understand what that...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I am so glad the forecast is calling for rain because this smoke from Canada is killing me. I know we are not getting it as bad as the northern states but it has been so hazy this week that I can actually smell...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Well summer has surpassed spring with a vengeance. The temperature has been in the 90’s already and that is breaking records that have stood for decades. Momma Said, “If you play with fire you will get burned so wear your sunscreen.” I have found...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I was very disheartened today when I heard my favorite female singer of all time had passed away. I have listened to Tina Turner’s music since I was a teenager. I lived through all the grief that Ike Turner put her through and still...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I think I am going to live through this crap that is going around. I have struggled to the surface of a tumultuous sea of snot and can now see the horizon. My ship just about went down a couple times but I survived. ...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Flowers are blooming, trees are budding out and the snot is running fast. Yes my friends it is allergy season and I am in misery. It is that time of year when hundreds of thousands of people are afflicted with watery, itching eyes and...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I just found out something this past weekend that has me mad as all get out. I found out that a disabled Veteran has lost his medical privileges just because he was raised from being 10% disabled to 20% disabled because he makes too...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I am clean, I smell a lot better and I was actually glad to wash dishes. My brother got my water problem fixed this past weekend and I love him for helping me. Now when he gets ready to redo his whole water system...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I have been having the worst luck lately. My idler bearing in the trusty Jeep started squeaking and I need to have that fixed then my hot water heater stopped working. Found out it was a burnt up thermostat and that in turn burned...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate It is that time of year again to get out in the gardens and flower beds. Mine are a mess and I hope I still have some of my plants and bushes to come back this year. I had a HUGE problem last year...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate The prices of gas are just really doing a number on my brain. I don’t understand how you can have five gas stations and all of them have a difference price. And not just a price that is reasonable it is up to...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate March has gone out like a lamb with a little rain and April has blown its way across the Northeast like a freight train on the fast track. We have gotten some stiff winds lately and I am about done with it. I have...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Easter is almost here already and the Easter Bunny is going to have a very soggy tail with all this rain. He might have to get inside an egg and roll around instead of hopping. Momma Said, “Always make the best of any bad...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Spring has sprung and I am so happy. The Spring Equinox was March 22 and the time has sprung forward, maybe for the last time. I am seeing more and more trees already starting to bud and I hope we don’t get a late...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I am trying so hard to socialize Ripley with other dogs and it is just not happening. The only dogs she has been around are her sisters and my brother’s dogs. She is so hyper that it is going to take some work. I...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Hurray, the robins are back, the daffodils are starting to bloom and I even have some crocus popping their little heads up to look for spring. I can’t say I am sick of winter because in our area we have not had any winter...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I am sure the majority of you out there will remember most of these things that Momma Said: What part of “NO” don’t you understand? I don’t care who started it! Money doesn’t grow on trees Your face will stay like that Your hands...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate This week I am going to share a small piece that was sent to me by one of my readers. This little ditty was written by her Grandmother and I would like to share it with you. It is titled, A Reading, “The Lazy...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Well two of the three dogs finally got a bath this past weekend. Whew, what a job that was it is like bathing small ponies. Mud puppy didn’t get a bath yet because she takes forever to dry. I will have to get some...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate The groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter, but in this area we haven’t had much bad weather anyway. We were having a bit of a cold snap but it is back up in the mid 40’s and 50’s this week. The news said...
