tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post3014596856281868023..comments2024-02-10T02:29:29.558-06:00Comments on Life & Faith in Caneyhead: Tender Years: Nice, New & Store BoughtBarbara In Caneyheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-60990876030400191572016-04-19T18:36:31.795-05:002016-04-19T18:36:31.795-05:00I had one older girl cousin (Kim) who I would occa...I had one older girl cousin (Kim) who I would occasionally receive hand-me-downs from. I suppose that may be why Mama made them. Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-76263046294629780302016-04-19T18:35:01.562-05:002016-04-19T18:35:01.562-05:00With seven kids, I can imagine your mama was more ...With seven kids, I can imagine your mama was more than busy! Glad you are enjoying this theme. Thanks for sharing!Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-67686528561779515662016-04-19T11:01:32.133-05:002016-04-19T11:01:32.133-05:00Your mum sounds awesome. I come from a large famil...Your mum sounds awesome. I come from a large family, my mother would never have had time to make clothes for everyone. Mostly we receive hand-me-downs.Jeffrey Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973104877310669196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-54648584255032176892016-04-18T23:38:54.424-05:002016-04-18T23:38:54.424-05:00These posts of yours are priceless! You bring bac...These posts of yours are priceless! You bring back so many memories. We had a space heater that we had to get seven kids around. Those were the days. The side away from the heater would always be freezing.<br /><br />We didn't get too many store bought outfits either. Mamaw made most of our clothes out of flour feed sacks with little flowers on them. Once a year we'd get a few new things before school started. Mama had a sewing machine, but I think she was too busy talking care of kids to use it much.<br /><br />Sunni<br />http://sunni-survivinglife.blogspot.com/Sunnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671891696662548892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-8293574785037482522016-04-17T22:32:23.469-05:002016-04-17T22:32:23.469-05:00That's exactly what I'm talking about, The...That's exactly what I'm talking about, Thea! Hubby if from a family of seven as well. Those heaters and the old wood stoves were/are excellent sources of heat, but once you stand by one it is very hard to get away from it. Everywhere else seems cold by comparison. Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-28048462858125795062016-04-17T17:54:18.878-05:002016-04-17T17:54:18.878-05:00Just seeing this post for the first time and I rea...Just seeing this post for the first time and I really like it.<br />I remember the wall gas jets. Do you remember those? I am from a family of 7 siblings. We were not rich by any means being share croppers in Texas. We had those Dearborn space heaters to keep warm in the winters. We would stand in front of the space heater and get beat red but your back side would be freezing!<br />http://enchantedfantasies.blogspot.com/Thea O'Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147318257162072242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-89198932318901767382016-04-17T15:10:12.144-05:002016-04-17T15:10:12.144-05:00You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed your time in Ca...You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed your time in Caneyhead! Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-34519794382191128812016-04-17T10:56:49.509-05:002016-04-17T10:56:49.509-05:00Barbara, I am SO chuckling. I made most of the cl...Barbara, I am SO chuckling. I made most of the clothes for my kids. I remember my daughter, when she hit about sixth grade, saying "Mom, can't I have a store-bought dress!" <br /><br />Your post brought back many memories. Thanks. I enjoyed it.Gwynn Rogershttp://gwynnsgritandgrin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-24686900552058995052016-04-16T23:13:52.705-05:002016-04-16T23:13:52.705-05:00My sister Sarah could do that look at something an...My sister Sarah could do that look at something and then go home and sew it thing. Mama needed a pattern. Once I had seen a beautiful dress for Easter I wanted in a catalog. They wanted over $40 for it! Mama went to the fabric shop, chose two patterns and then identical materials and came home and made it for me. Thank goodness your Mama was quick to notice those curtains!Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-46001616854026667042016-04-16T20:42:01.156-05:002016-04-16T20:42:01.156-05:00My mama sewed our clothes, she was very good at it...My mama sewed our clothes, she was very good at it. We would catch a ride to San Antonio and walk up and down Houston street looking in the windows to see what was in style. Mama could go home and copy it from memory. Space heaters? Yes, yes, yes. Two different times the curtain blew into it. Both time Mama jerked it down and ran outside with it.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007728342316668058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-68742126319539789172016-04-16T20:12:19.080-05:002016-04-16T20:12:19.080-05:00It was nice of your step mom to think of you and g...It was nice of your step mom to think of you and go to that trouble. I made come play clothes for Hannah when she was a toddler, then I figured out I could get them at Wally World already made cheaper than I could buy fabric, and I stopped.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-69069188902236252732016-04-16T20:06:13.796-05:002016-04-16T20:06:13.796-05:00You were fortunate nothing more come of that!You were fortunate nothing more come of that!Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-59161676722454525532016-04-16T20:05:16.465-05:002016-04-16T20:05:16.465-05:00Oh, yes! I remember running the circles! LOL Oh, yes! I remember running the circles! LOL Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-38265792523640518662016-04-16T18:01:49.151-05:002016-04-16T18:01:49.151-05:00Really early memories are of things that resembled...Really early memories are of things that resembled radiators and got extremely hot.<br />Great grandma made our summer clothes, shorts and shirts. My step-mom once made me several school dresses that I thought were only for Church until she told me they didn't go to church so I better wear them;-) You're right, homemade clothing was always better quality.diedre Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772557495518846226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-7491300222117232232016-04-16T13:58:50.200-05:002016-04-16T13:58:50.200-05:00As a young adult, I spent a couple of years living...As a young adult, I spent a couple of years living in a one-room apartment over a variety store. It was heated by a gas heater set up in a window. One night I placed a wet towel on it to dry, then promptly forgot about the towel until the smoke alarm went off. That heater was hotter than I thought!The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-68077848673887653412016-04-16T13:55:56.338-05:002016-04-16T13:55:56.338-05:00How upsetting it must have been for you to burn yo...How upsetting it must have been for you to burn your robe. Also scary how bad it could have turned out for you.<br /><br />Although I shudder at the thought of having such an attitude when I was a kid, I did not like handmade garments. I think I associated homemade with being too poor to buy from a store. One of my aunts made me a skirt when I was a young teen and I never wore it. It was made of polyester, the version that I think is called double-knit and I call it "icky-ester". Looking back, I think my problem wasn't so much that it was homemade, but the material in that particular instance. <br /><br />We had a big heater in our living room on Wellington Street and I think it was gas, but I don't know for sure. The only thing I really remember about it was that it stuck out into the living room floor and we had to be careful of it if we were running circles around inside the house. :)<br /><br />Have a great day!Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-78856953784757479932016-04-16T12:01:09.381-05:002016-04-16T12:01:09.381-05:00Thank you, Jeremy! I think often times we don'...Thank you, Jeremy! I think often times we don't appreciate everything the way we should as a child, just because our scope of understanding is still so limited. Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-13086970224176229682016-04-16T11:58:17.367-05:002016-04-16T11:58:17.367-05:00Happy to know my memory stirred your own memories!...Happy to know my memory stirred your own memories!Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-22953323190605768292016-04-16T11:55:35.713-05:002016-04-16T11:55:35.713-05:00Thank you! And your mom sounds amazing!Thank you! And your mom sounds amazing!Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-85198014229654845202016-04-16T11:54:35.712-05:002016-04-16T11:54:35.712-05:00I hear you! Working full time changes lots of thi...I hear you! Working full time changes lots of things.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-6678449303090087372016-04-16T11:51:41.629-05:002016-04-16T11:51:41.629-05:00Thank you! It's actually just an expression w...Thank you! It's actually just an expression we use from time to time. ;)Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-47770211359824350822016-04-16T11:38:21.777-05:002016-04-16T11:38:21.777-05:00Thank you, Seena! Your comment warmed my heart, t...Thank you, Seena! Your comment warmed my heart, the part where you said "I remember sewing made her happy". Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-63121022774733117992016-04-16T11:28:40.411-05:002016-04-16T11:28:40.411-05:00How exciting that sounds! I'm off from work a...How exciting that sounds! I'm off from work and on the couch looking forward to washing clothes. Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-64053886596037388002016-04-16T08:09:04.848-05:002016-04-16T08:09:04.848-05:00I have had sweaters made for me, I didn't appr...I have had sweaters made for me, I didn't appreciate them then, now would be a different story. NICE POST, Now you are almost near the end!<br /><br />Welcome in the letter "N"... thank you!<br />Jeremy [Retro]<br />AtoZ Challenge Co-Host [2016]<br /><br />Stop over and find a free "SIX STRINGS: BLOGGING AtoZ CHALLENGE" Here: <a href="http://www.jmhdigital.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jmhdigital.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.beingretro.com/" rel="nofollow">HOLLYWOOD NUTS!</a><br />You know you want to know if me or Hollywood... is Nuts?<br />Jeremy [Retro]https://www.blogger.com/profile/09912258155288958827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-47744857995128488252016-04-16T07:37:03.337-05:002016-04-16T07:37:03.337-05:00Lovely memory. Reminds me of all the clothes my mo...Lovely memory. Reminds me of all the clothes my mother had made for me. <br /><br />Aneeta from<br /><a href="http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com" rel="nofollow">How to Tell a Great Story</a><br />Aneetahttp://www.howtotellagreatstory.comnoreply@blogger.com