Shifting Gears   Baby Boomer…Member Life 2.0…Wife, Mother, Grammie…Bicyclist…GoldWinger…Mensan…Girl Scout…Reader…Knitter…Rotarian

Greetings from Phoenix – sunny and 94 and still climbing – and gas is LESS than Springfield for the first time we’ve ever seen – not that $3.05 is cheap but it’s all relative!  We caught the early flight to Denver this morning along with Cindy and Isabella – got to Denver and discovered that [...]

My Trek and I got out today and 32 miles and a sore rear later had completed the first ride of the season.  It was a beautiful day – blue skies with a few wispy clouds, birds chirping, lots of wildflowers by the road and very little traffic on one of my favorite routes.  I [...]

The rites of passage for summertime hit yesterday – the pool is open and our new water fountain is spouting forth in the middle of the pool and lends an air of sophistication previously unknown to our backyard.  I worked around the house and yard for several hours yesterday and then rewarded myself by hauling [...]

Today was “Magic Shampoo” and haircut day – which means the gray won’t be visible for a few weeks plus the blonde highlights look quite stunning.  I had let my hair grow a bit over the winter and it was at the point where a bad hair day was the norm.  My idea of a [...]

My daughter Tammy tagged me with revealing 7 random things about myself and then I am to tag 7 other people.  Sounds easier than it really is – but I may be making it harder than I should because I’m thinking along the lines of 7 Things People Don’t Know About Me.  But – here [...]

Our motorcycle trip to Mtn. View, AR did not disappoint – the weather both days consisted of clear, blue skies with temps in the 80′s, the roads were hilly and windy and best of all, everyone in our group arrived home safely.  We stopped for lunch yesterday at Gaston’s Resort - a beautiful spot on the [...]

This week has flown – despite a plethora of “hurry up and wait” instances, frustrating minutes and long hours, it seems like it went by very quicly.  Fortunately Friday brought good news on a work project and I was home early (translation:  before 6:30 p.m.) so Mulligan got a walk.  I realized while out with [...]

When I was a kid, summer officially began in my mind when the pool opened on Memorial Day weekend at the Fulton Country Club.  Didn’t matter what the weather, as far as my young mind was concerned, it was summer time. Marriage to Burl included an inground pool as part of his dowry (he got [...]

Friday night was “Take me out to the ballgame” night for us – or more appropriately “Cox buys out St. John’s……..for a night at the ballpark!”  In late January, a group of 8 of us bid high to win a night at the Springfield Cardinals in the St. John’s suite – the “deal” included game [...]

According to the Wall Street Journal of May 8th, you’re a nobody unless your name Googles well.  In fact, couples are now Googling potential baby names to see how prominent the ranking will be on this website.   To ease my mind that I’m a “somebody” and not a “nobody”, I Googled my name (including my maiden [...]