Tammy Reminiscences

Well, I’m behind a few weeks and it seems we have a lot going on in the county. New restaurants, a new gas station with a convenience store that sells great pizza! I have been to big cities, but nowhere compares to home! Sure, we may have to take a little drive to get to…

Easter week-end 1963. I remember very well. Momma always allowed Terry and I to die eggs on Saturday evening. She brought home McCormick food color from the store. The kind with the little pointy, color caps. There were only 4 colors, red, blue, yellow, and green, but you could mix red and yellow to make…

Happy 67th Birthday to Barbie! I’m writing this week about my favorite doll from my childhood. Barbie is only a few months older than I am, and I got my very first Barbie in 1962, when I was 3 years old. She was a number 4 Barbie, meaning she was the fourth edition. I wish…

Momma’s Swiss Steak It was such a pretty day on Friday and I did not want to spend much time in the kitchen cooking. It’s these early spring days when the sun shines that I love being outside working in the flower gardens getting things ready for new sprouts and buds. I also like to…

Meatloaf With Tomato Gravy When I was growing up, I thought my Momma was the best cook there ever was! Of course she was raised to help my Mamaw Mac cook for 8 brothers and sisters younger than her and also at the restaurant in the Huntsville Square during the late 1940’s. Momma said she…

With all this cold weather we’ve been having these past couple of weeks, I’ve been hibernating inside where it’s nice and warm as much as I possibly can. However, the snow reminds me of snowy days when I was a kid. Momma used to dress us in warm clothes and let us go outside to…

Tammy Reminiscences Well here it is January the 26th and even though It’s really hard for me to get settled into the new year, this month is already gone! Most of you folks take your tree and everything down the day after Christmas. I finally got everything down at my house, but all the decorations…

Happy New Year! Another year has come and gone, and we are reminded how fast time passes us by. I remember when I was a kid, I thought New Year’s was sad and somewhat depressing. Once, I told Momma that I hated the New Year. She asked “why?” and I said, “look at how many…

The Santa Suit From the time I can remember, the Sharp family gathered at Grandma and Grandpa Sharp’s on Christmas Eve to wait for Santa. In all, there were around 16-20 of us, aunts, uncles and cousins. Everyone got there before Daddy, because he was always at the store. He would close around 7:00 PM,…

The Little Elf I grew up with two brothers who were older than me. Quinton, who turned eleven six days after I was born, and Terry who was eight. Quinton was 17 and a Senior in high school when I was six years old and in the first grade. He was old enough to help…