Today was a very nice day after a few days of chilly weather. I enjoyed the warmer temps immensely. Today I saw many people on the roads, walking, jogging or biking after days of what seemed to be a ghost town around here. I was one of them and glad to be there. Today I played pickleball with my husband and my son and I lost every game I played. But I had fun. Pickleball is addicting. Today I went for a nice run before and after going to the rec center. I took the long way ar...
Sometimes I just like to write about stuff. You know stuff? Here's some stuff I've been thinking, doing, complaining about or loving lately. 1. Amanda just sent the latest baby pictures. She sent Christmas and a day out with the family pics and I'm now having Baby Ethan withdrawals. What a cutie he's turning out to be Amanda. I'm still trying to figure out why there was a pic of him way down the street all by himself. Hmmmmmm? Inquring M-i-l wants to know.....lol. I can't wait u...
I have a friend who loves to go to garage sales. I can take them or leave them but do have an interesting time looking around when we go out. Some days are good and we come home with some "bargains and treasures" and other days not so much. One thing's for sure, we do meet some interesting people along the way. Today not only did we grab a few things on the cheap side we also had an interesting discussion with one lady selling her wares in her very crowded garage.&...
So it looks like the abstinence-only crowd was right after all. An experimental abstinence-only program can delay teens from having sex according to a new scientific study done over the course of the last two years. This is the first rigorous research done showing success with an abstinence only approach. This study helped sixth and seventh graders list the pros and cons to early sexual behavior among other assignments attached to the program. Th...
Lately the subject of patience has come up. I've been noticing for quite some time how extinct this virtue has become in our day. People are hurrying too and fro not taking the time to really enjoy or even to help each other. I was listening to the radio the other day when a caller called in commenting on how he sat outside a Walmart just to people watch. His observation led him to the conclusion that people are just so busy doing and rushing around...
My bags are packed and I'm ready to go. I just finished my last run in sunny warm Florida (actually cool today) until I return from Ohio where I'll be met with freezing temps from what I've heard. I'll be flying into OHIO tonight to help care for my two baby grandsons while my daughter in love...has her third baby. Hopefully...this time a girl but if not...there's always next time!! I packed the pink/white Nikes because I think this third time will be the charm ...
My heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to the many families who are hurting this morning as a result of what happened yesterday at Fort Hood. Twelve young lives are gone in a blink of an instant all because of the hands of another. Another who was one of them. He ate with them, worked alongside them and slept with them and then he betrayed them by taking their lives. Nothing to me is so devastating as betrayal. In this case,...
Before we left for Monday night's dance lessons my husband remarked that the best thing about this night was that it was "three down with three to go." Now, that was ugly. He says things like that but I really do believe he likes it although at times I'm not entirely sure. I'm thoroughly enjoying our Monday nights having gotten over the frustration and jitters of the first night. We actually did quite well. I made a comment to him during one of the les...
Ballroom dancing is progressing. We had lesson #2 last night. First we went over last week's lesson as an overview and realized we were practicing the rumba wrong. When we finally got that straightened out, we were actually feeling good about our dancing for the first time since we started dance lessons. Still have gads to learn though. Instead of hearing from the lips of my frustrated husband "you owe me big time for this" I heard this week,...
A few months ago I brought up the topic of ballroom dance lessons to my husband. Would he be interested? Would he enjoy it? Would he commit to maybe a six week period and see it through? He seemed agreeable. When we were much younger, and before kids, we used to go out to the bars (yes bars) and go dancing. Of course it wasn't anything fancy like ballroom but we would do the traditional waltz and shakes on the dance floor with no thought of f...
I saw an interview with Patrick Swayze before he died. He said "the only thing you can take with you when you die is love." Very perceptive. Sometimes it takes a close call with death to understand truly what is important in life. My husband came home the other day and said the IRS is getting brutal, more than usual, in accepting deductions. I guess one lady donated about $10K worth of clothing and supplies to victims of a 2006 hurricane and the IRS rejected h...
Totally. Frustrating. I screwed up big time. I could kick myself. I was NOT a happy camper. I ran a road race today. It was the first one I've run since January. Same course. So my goal was to beat my last time. The weather here today was humid and much hotter than January so it was a good goal. I started off fine. I was pretty close to goal time for the first mile. At about a mile and a half, I wasn't ...
I've been told I have a heavy Northeastern accent almost everytime I open my mouth down here. You know, like the Kennedy's? I don't think so. In fact, I know some who have it way worse than I do up North, but down here with not as many examples to draw from, I'm it. I think it's most usually noticeable when I say the word "car." I don't pronounce my r's in certain instances. It's too much work to do so so I just naturally say "cah" instead......
My husband, the ultimate hardworker, took an unusual few days off around the 4th of July holiday. Usually the only time we take a vacation it seems is to go see one of the kids. The last three years or so that included scheduling their weddings into our vacation time. One got married in Maine, one in Wisconsin and another in Kentucky. And then with the arrival of grandkids that will have to be scheduled in as well. We've had two with another on the...
"Save your fork." Our Pastor friend said those are the sweetest three little words in the English language especially for those who love to eat. Not only does he know when he hears these three little words that he can keep on eating, there's sure to be something sweet coming his way. This may be the best part of the meal, he said, especially for those with a sweet tooth. So he gladly hangs onto that fork. Now along those lines dealing wit...