I’m Hoping to Top Olive Riley’s Record
July 14th, 2008 at 10:27 am by Dee O'Neil Andrews
Olive Riley has died. Why is that of importance to me or the world, you ask?
Well, you see - according to the story on MSN online, the lively Australian lady of 108 was considered to be the world's oldest blogger. I couldn't connect with the first link they give in the article to her blog, but was able to connect to the second (here at http://worldsoldestblogger.blogspot.com/) and can't wait to read her entries.
The article says (you must read it) that she wrote about the two world wars and about her life as a station cook in the Australian outback, among other things. Isn't that wonderful?
She had only been blogging, with help from a friend, for about a year and a half, but you can say a lot in that length of time, if you work at it, and apparently she did. She had written (with help) 74 posts.
I don't know if I'll make it to 108. I highly doubt it. But, my mom might. She is healthy and very mentally alert, with an unboundingly interesting intellect and sense of humor and insight at 86 1/2 and going strong. I told her this last week that she may just outlive us all!
I need to get her blogging!
Meanwhile, Tom and I are back home as of about 5:30 p.m. yesterday evening (Sunday). We both had a good week last week - me with my mom in Abilene and he with his three grandkids here - but we are very happy to be back together in the peace and quiet that only being home together brings.
I got to visit with both my brother and sister and we were all together with Mom on Saturday for lunch, along with my step-daughter, Kristine, and we had a lot of fun together. We ate more fried okra (yum!), steamed broccoli, homemade coleslaw, sweet fresh corn on the cob, pork chops and gravy. For dessert, we had a fresh (not cooked) strawberry pie with a gelatin filling. And whipped cream on top, of course.
I'll have to give you guys the recipe for the fresh fruit pies. You can use strawberries, peaches or blueberries (or other fruits, too, I suppose). What you do is take a store bought vanilla wafer pie crust, fill it with a quart of fresh berries and pour the cooked gelatin mixture over the berries. (Or you can mix the fruit in with the filling and then pour in the crust.) You chill it and serve it with whipped cream.
It is light and SO-o-o-o good! My favorite is the blueberry pie with lemon jello filling in it. I love fresh blueberries.
I need to run try to get caught up around here today. Got lots of mail to go through, errands to run in town and some laundry to catch up on. Tom and the kids did very well, though, while I was gone, so that will make my catching up easier. I just like a very neat house with everything in it's place and no clutter.
How about you? Comment and share with me (and the other readers) what your house looks like, okay?! Are you a neat freak, clutter person or somewhere in between? I'm not exactly a neat "freak," but really like everything in its certain place so that the overall effect is one of relaxation, yet order.
Comment! (Let me know, also, if you think you'll be blogging until 108, or how ever old you get to be.)
Cheers & Blessings to you all today! Dee
You would NOT want to see our house right now, but we are slowly making progress. Having just moved, boxes are everywhere. Though we marked most of them, there were a few things packed on the final day by friends and we have no idea what got packed in those boxes. Once we get the house somewhat straightened out, it will take us months to clean up the yard and get it landscaped to our liking.
Glad you are safely home and had a good visit. I’ll check out that “ultimate geezer” blog.
That’ll be almost 60 years for me, Dee. When I think of all the advancements that have taken place in the past 50-60 years, I have a hard time imagining what blogging will look like. However, if I still can connect with sweet people like you, I’ll probably still being blogging, or whatever.
Blessings,
-bill
That fresh fruit pie sounds good. I’m going to have to try it…………and I love fried okra!
I don’t know if I’ll still be blogging at an advanced age or not. Some days, now, I am unsure if I’m sharing anything worthwhile, but I still enjoy it. But one of the last things I would do at this point in my life would be to break connection with my blog family.
Our house is comfortably neat. I can’t stand clutter, but sometimes it stacks up on my desk! I cleaned the LR carpet Saturday morning, and it looked very nice. It’s a very light beige color. Then yesterday, some family came by, and with the 3-year-old and Barney combined, now we have two spots of little dark drops where a Dr. Pepper turned over!