Linda/sassyqueenlinda
    Location: Malden, MA
    Chapter Name Merry Milliners
    Chapter Mascot Merry Millie
    Royal Title Queen - Femme of FestiviTEAS
    Personal Quote Friends are the underwires in the bra of life. They support you when you're sagging and they hold you tight when you're falling out.
    About Me I spent most of my married life as a "stay-at-home Mom". I had been a substitute teacher and an art teacher to 950 students. I had to stop due to health and personal reasons. I'm just learning how to please myself. I spent most of my life pleasing everyone else. Wearing a "crown" helps...
    Interests I'm interested in having FUN.
    I love sharing laughs and good times with my Red Hat Sisters. I enjoy spending time with my granddaughter, Kacey. I enjoy spending time with my family. I like chatting with my QMB friends.
    Shopping is high on my list.
    I love going on picnics with my DH.
    Hobbies I am really big on "about-to's..Like, about-to craft, about-to paint, about-to scrapbook, etc..(it's a gift!)
    Music Just about everything at one point or another. My moods change and therefore, my desires change along with them. I'm not as big on Rap, but there are some songs that I like in that category too.
    Movies oldies with K Hepburn, A Hepburn, J Garland, to name a few. I enjoyed the Lord of the Rings series. I like suspense, action, romance, musicals, comedy. Not big on horror.
    TV Boston Legal, 2 1/2 Men, CSI, NCSI, Criminal Minds, Numbers, Ugly Betty, The Practice. I'm sure that there are others that I would like but I don't get to even watch those mentioned all that often.
    Books I rarely get to read. I'm much too tired at night to even follow a sentence. I did like period novels. Mystery and autobiographies too.
    Likes I like the sounds that my granddaughter makes when she's excited. I like the first lick of a summer ice cream cone. I like the sound ducks make when they are feasting over a fresh loaf of whole grain bread. I like the sound of laughter anywhere and at anytime.I like YOU:)
    Dislikes I dislike wasting time because it is one thing that can't be replaced.
    Vices I spend too much and procrastinate too often.
    Virtues Loving, compassionate, giving, understanding, loyal..
    Family DH(Mick)38 years
    Sons, John, and Marc,
    Daughter, Jessica
    Granddaughter, Kacey
    Are you a Mother? Yes
    Are you a Grandmother? Yes
    Pet(s) Lynx..An adorable female tabby with a bob tail...
    1 feeder full of wild birds

    What Do You Do For A Living?

    Friday, March 28, 2008, 1:44 PM [General]

    I can't begin to say just how many times I have been asked this question...Until recently, I have been a stay-at-home mom. Now, I'm a stay-at-home grandma...In the past, I have had some itty bitty jobs, here and there but nothing substantial. There was a spell when I was a substitute teacher for three years. That was so rewarding. I covered for the art teacher of a K-8 for just short a year. That was a very busy but fun job. I had over 950 students during that time.

    There came a time when I got tired of trying to "explain" my stay-at-home status to people. They all looked at me like I was a dinasaur. I finally came up with an answer for those inquisitive people...."I'm a writer", I would tell them. It was true too...I wrote periodicals monthly (on my kitchen calender)...I wrote speeches(to be used on my kids when they broke the rules)...I wrote memorandums, agendas, to-do lists, school notes, shopping lists, thank you notes, apologies, many an occasional card, journals, recipes, and the list goes on...

    My kids are older now and my need to write has dwindled. Now that I'm a Red Hatter, I find myself writing much more. I belong to Sharona's Sweethearts(a card exchange group), The Friendship Roses(a QMB Chapter), and many groups here on the QMB2...I jump onto the board a few moments at a time whenever I can. I enjoy chatting with my Hatter Sisters and reading all the posts and blogs. Some tell stories and some share their daily events. Whatever they write, I enjoy reading. It's the sharing of themselves that I enjoy the most. They expose themselves bits at a time and I applaud them for their efforts. Through these little bits, I have developed great friendships with some pretty amazing women. Through their writing, they engulf me in a special relationship that keeps me wanting to know more. Who are these women whose words show up on my screen? They are Red Hatters just like me. They are opening their arms in friendship to me and I find such joy in responding to them. If you think that friends are a dime a dozen, you're shopping in the wrong places...Become a writer, you'll see.....

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    What Do Words Cost???

    Sunday, March 2, 2008, 6:01 AM [General]

       What do words cost in the course of a day? Some say, "A penny for your thoughts"...Are our thoughts that cheap? Others tell you that you may use, "50 cent" words...Are only the words not used by most people the most expensive? There's the expression, "Money talks!"...Does that mean we don't need words? We use words to express our love and others find those words "priceless". We use words to show just how sorry we are and some find those words "cheap". There are those of us who try to find the right words to save our child from their own distruction and those words end up being "worthless"...What good is having an enormous dictionary and thesaurus if you can't find the right words to stop the insanity that is constricting your family? I am finding out that there are only a few words which fit "that bill"..."GET OUT! WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THIS BEHAVIOR ANYMORE!!!!!" What will these words cost in the end? Only time will tell.....Hopefully, they won't cost more than I can afford..........

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    Happy Trails to Minnasota and back home.

    HRM Queen Puppymomma
    September 3, 2012
    8:51 AM
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    Linda, I will be darned if I didn't spend day out shopping for Vacation until stores closed at 8pm. Just logged in to QMB2. and left you a message on your page. My good intentions went out the window with my feeble memory. So so sorry. I feel like dirt, pretty low eh? What time are you leaving for the hospital? Wondering if I could manage a call before hand. I will send you Reiki Healing Energy. I sent it to Sally on her last 2 operations. It will help you recover faster, Dr Oz and his nurse were pioneers in this years ago, that is why it is taught in Hospitals now, that is where I learned it. Love you whole bunches, can't wait to give you a Big Hug, or 5 in September. I promise I will send the Healing energy, I never welch on that. God Bless my dear, talk to you soon I hope. Lots of Love and prayers, Leah Puppymomma ps I tried sending this to you email, both came back delivery failure.

    HRM Queen Puppymomma
    April 22, 2012
    9:41 PM
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    If I had brains I would be dangerous. Crap her it is nearly 2 am and I had it written down to call you, but was gone almost all day. I really wanted to talk to you before your surgery, will send Reiki Healing Energy your way. God Bless, talk to you soon.

    HRM Queen Puppymomma
    April 22, 2012
    8:44 PM
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    You are in my prayers Sweet Linda.

    HRM Queen Puppymomma
    March 5, 2012
    7:26 PM
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