“Will you please stop shifting shelf shabble and help me get today’s love letter written and mailed?” Typist sat at her freshly cleaned table and watched the cursor blink. “What’s shabble?” Cal asked. Urania immediately paged through the sh section of Merriam Webster. “There is no such word.”
My dad once used the word "spar" to describe an indoor space, a combination of sparce and spartan. He got his "point" across and want "challenged". Later, the conversation came up and Merriam-Webster did but back him up.
Spar: thinly decorated and lacking luxury it comfort.
John was frugal and boring, and his spar household was not a place I liked visiting.
Ok, maybe it won't take off in the lexicon but it feels like it should exist. :)
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I love your art💕 Clearing clutter and making your space cleaner and brighter brings me joy. Not a fan of clutter, and yet, the past few years have helped me accept it.
The printed ear and the future are fascinating. Wow. Excited and hopeful for babies born without ears and thinking of all the possibilities the future holds! 🌟
We lived up in temps for a year on Fliegerhorst. We were there in 1977. We got married in 1975 in Babenhausen. We lived on the economy there. We loved living in Germany. We went to Florida in Sept 1977. After we had the kids the Army sent us back to Babenhausen. We were there a year or two and got sent to Baumholder. The DODDS system had host nation teachers in the elementary schools. Those teachers taught the American kids sooo much about the countries they were stationed in. I chaperoned all the trips the host nation teachers took the kids on. I learned as much as the kids did.
Yes. We spent 11 1/2 yrs in Germany on my husband's last tour. We were in Babenhausen for 2 yrs then he was transfered to Baumholder where we were the rest of his tour. That was my second time over there. Our kids were born here in the States. Paula was born in Florida and Travis in Minnesota. She was 3 and he was 18 months when we went to Germany. He was 12 and she was 14 when we came back. The first time I went was to ger maried. We got married in Babenhausen then he got transfered to Hanau. We were 1 yr in Babenhausen and 2 years in Hanau. My kids grew up without any family except mom and dad. They never knew what Walmart or K-Mart was. Never saw commericials on TV. Was a shock to them when they were at one of their friends who had family that copied TV shows and sent to them. The commercials weren't edited out. My kids came home and were all excited because they got to see a commerical. We only had 1 TV station and 1 radio station that broadcasted in English. The Armed Forces Radio and TV. They edited out the commercials. Now the kids complain about there being too many commercials.
“Yes there is,” Wordist replied. “I found it online. I wanted a noun that starts with sh to flow with shift and shelf. Our readers know what big fans we are of alliteration. I think they like it, too!”
My dad once used the word "spar" to describe an indoor space, a combination of sparce and spartan. He got his "point" across and want "challenged". Later, the conversation came up and Merriam-Webster did but back him up.
Spar: thinly decorated and lacking luxury it comfort.
John was frugal and boring, and his spar household was not a place I liked visiting.
Ok, maybe it won't take off in the lexicon but it feels like it should exist. :)
I love your art💕 Clearing clutter and making your space cleaner and brighter brings me joy. Not a fan of clutter, and yet, the past few years have helped me accept it.
The printed ear and the future are fascinating. Wow. Excited and hopeful for babies born without ears and thinking of all the possibilities the future holds! 🌟
Haven't seen a wild hedgehog in 30 years. We miss seeing them.
Your critters are delightful, Gail!! I love them.
We lived up in temps for a year on Fliegerhorst. We were there in 1977. We got married in 1975 in Babenhausen. We lived on the economy there. We loved living in Germany. We went to Florida in Sept 1977. After we had the kids the Army sent us back to Babenhausen. We were there a year or two and got sent to Baumholder. The DODDS system had host nation teachers in the elementary schools. Those teachers taught the American kids sooo much about the countries they were stationed in. I chaperoned all the trips the host nation teachers took the kids on. I learned as much as the kids did.
BUTTON: “If a clown farts, does it smell funny?” 😁
LOVE the thousand-points-of-color hedgehogs! So does Deb!
And "shabble" is obviously "shelf + shabby + rubble" and so fits in perfectly. 👏
Yes. We spent 11 1/2 yrs in Germany on my husband's last tour. We were in Babenhausen for 2 yrs then he was transfered to Baumholder where we were the rest of his tour. That was my second time over there. Our kids were born here in the States. Paula was born in Florida and Travis in Minnesota. She was 3 and he was 18 months when we went to Germany. He was 12 and she was 14 when we came back. The first time I went was to ger maried. We got married in Babenhausen then he got transfered to Hanau. We were 1 yr in Babenhausen and 2 years in Hanau. My kids grew up without any family except mom and dad. They never knew what Walmart or K-Mart was. Never saw commericials on TV. Was a shock to them when they were at one of their friends who had family that copied TV shows and sent to them. The commercials weren't edited out. My kids came home and were all excited because they got to see a commerical. We only had 1 TV station and 1 radio station that broadcasted in English. The Armed Forces Radio and TV. They edited out the commercials. Now the kids complain about there being too many commercials.
“Yes there is,” Wordist replied. “I found it online. I wanted a noun that starts with sh to flow with shift and shelf. Our readers know what big fans we are of alliteration. I think they like it, too!”
She knows us well… 🙏🏼🕊🙏🏼
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