SENIOR MOMENT 4 WOMEN

My mother used to buy small chocolate crosses each  Easter holiday. This chocolate cross  was sealed and  attached  to a card with an Easter greeting. Each child  received  one of these crosses in their Easter basket.  I carried  on the tradition. My two boys received a  chocolate  cross  in their Easter basket. I explained  what the  cross symbolized. I encouraged them to  save the  cross and use it as a reminder to pray daily.  Of  course, this  message was useless to them. Later, I'd find the cross wrappings in the trash can. It looked like my boys ate the chocolate crosses  up within a few  days.  My boys are grown and live elsewhere. I have no  grand- children but I still buy the chocolate cross.  I prop  it on my bedside table each Easter holiday. This year I decided to include an extra chocolate  cross  in my Easter decor. Unfortunately, my chocolate...

I   became a bargain hunter by accident. A friend of  mine asked me  to go to lunch with her. She took me  to the Thrift Store .  I said  that this didn't look like  a fast food place. This is where she came  when she  needed a cheap new outfit. My friend was a  true   Fashionista . All her clothes looked beautiful and  expensive.  I thanked her for sharing her secret.  She trained me well. We  went bargain hunting  once  a month.  This store received most of their items from wealthy   people who were moving or redecorating.  They also  had new items that  were  close-outs and  overstocks.   I started shopping at Thrift Stores on  the weekend.  Being  retired has been a gift to me. I find better  bargains during the week and no crowds.   This week, I was planning to look for a fancy dinner  plate  to eat on during dinn...

  I discovered years ago its a good idea check  children's  craft websites. They have a lot of creative and economical craft ideas. Of course, I embellish the craft project, so that it appeals to adults.  One of the craft projects on my favorite children's site used  recycled egg cartons . The teacher made  the egg  carton into a cross. I stopped discarding  my egg  cartons. I collected twenty colored egg   cartons.  I made them into crosses and gave  them as gifts  for Easter. My friends and family  members  really liked the crosses. They displayed  them  every Easter holiday. The crosses finally fell  apart  a  few years later, so they requested new ones. Unfortunately,  I had stopped making them and no    longer saved egg cartons. I was searching online recently for religious Easter  craft   ideas.   I saw several crosses made recycled wood  and...