tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post5454252546828708030..comments2024-02-16T01:14:30.434-08:00Comments on Country Side Poet: Making DoSusie Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052734156809316397noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post-77046338519494107362018-08-22T16:01:41.029-07:002018-08-22T16:01:41.029-07:00Thank you Connie. They sure did.Thank you Connie. They sure did.Susie Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052734156809316397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post-41533553081762474812018-08-22T10:13:54.140-07:002018-08-22T10:13:54.140-07:00Susie, I enjoyed reading this post. Our parents an...Susie, I enjoyed reading this post. Our parents and grandparents lived through some tough and lean times by making do, didn't they. Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865193802444007545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post-62673396043208031422018-08-21T16:08:07.694-07:002018-08-21T16:08:07.694-07:00Thank you Elaine. They had to get by some how.Thank you Elaine. They had to get by some how.Susie Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052734156809316397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post-20661196464284585822018-08-21T16:07:21.962-07:002018-08-21T16:07:21.962-07:00I agree Charlotte. Kids today don't know what ...I agree Charlotte. Kids today don't know what you're talking about when we bring such as this up. I long for those days as well.Susie Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052734156809316397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post-8724021699533401482018-08-21T16:05:47.742-07:002018-08-21T16:05:47.742-07:00LOL sounds like my grandma. She loved to trade the...LOL sounds like my grandma. She loved to trade the eggs. Good memories Karen.Susie Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052734156809316397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post-65327694427207510402018-08-21T16:04:45.126-07:002018-08-21T16:04:45.126-07:00Thank you Susie. I think everyone had it rough to ...Thank you Susie. I think everyone had it rough to some extent back then. Love you and thank you for the prayers. Susie Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052734156809316397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post-5848882430509249762018-08-21T15:58:20.455-07:002018-08-21T15:58:20.455-07:00Susie, I love reading your stories. I know my life... Susie, I love reading your stories. I know my life was tough, my mom's worse...your mom's sounds like a hard life...it was good we had loving families for sure. I remember a few stories of my mother's. I wish I knew more. You are so good to write of the lives your family lived. Blessings to you, you are in my prayers sweet friend. Love, xoxo, SusieSusiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425051654313691986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post-3915107014076536302018-08-21T11:18:10.951-07:002018-08-21T11:18:10.951-07:00Grandma told about trading eggs for groceries at t...Grandma told about trading eggs for groceries at the corner store. She wanted to try to bargain with the clerks for a discount all her life, even at the beauty shop lolKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770750648145547973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post-81645416766502071142018-08-21T08:10:24.878-07:002018-08-21T08:10:24.878-07:00It was sure a difficult way of life back then. To...It was sure a difficult way of life back then. Today, kids wouldn't know anything about how to get by without their phones, video games, prepared store-bought snacks, etc. We still know some of the old ways, but after a while there are things we have to buy that we can't grow in the garden. Sometimes I long for those old days gone by.lil red henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15494641068959278096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542626754689382068.post-44079164073469593342018-08-20T19:36:24.387-07:002018-08-20T19:36:24.387-07:00Susie, your Mom looks so pretty! And making do is ...Susie, your Mom looks so pretty! And making do is a pretty good way to live lots of the time!Elaine/Muddling Throughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542943000832182111noreply@blogger.com