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

Son Mike called late this afternoon from his home in Arizona to tell us that our 8th grandbaby is on his way.  Mom’s water broke late this morning and after a visit to the OB they were one their way to the hospital where the physician plans to induce full labor.  Since the due date [...]

Finally – an event that put me in the true spirit of Christmas.  Our church choir presented their Christmas cantata today and it was fabulous.  Complete with orchestra and a resounding brass section, the music and words, along with passages from Isaiah and Luke, allowed me to get off the commercial Christmas treadmill and think about [...]

Six years ago this evening I drove to Springfield Brewing Co. to have dinner with a gentleman with whom I had been emailing on the internet – we had connected on a singles site and I was hoping to meet someone who would take me to dinner and to a movie occasionally, maybe do some [...]

It’s beginning to look a little bit like Christmas at our house – Burl bought the tree today despite the absence of all our regular tree-selling haunts like grocery stores and the Immaculate Conception lot.  However, he found a beautiful 7 foot Douglas fir and it’s now up in our den.  True to form, he bought [...]

Tonight we played hosts for our Goldwing motorcycle club Christmas party.  For the last 2 years we have been the chapter directors but as of tonight we are officially DONE!  We have vowed that as we rid ourselves of obligations, no more will be allowed to take their place as we attempt to find more [...]

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.  I got this via email from a friend so if you want to share, just copy  and paste into a new e-mail that you can send. Change all the answers so that they apply to you.  Then send this to a whole bunch of [...]

Several years ago I belonged to RBI, Inc. – aka Rich Bitch Investors, Inc. – we were an investment club that met monthly, or bi-monthly depending on our moods, to invest some $, drink wine, eat great food and visit.  Through the years our numbers dwindled due to members dropping out or moving and coupled [...]

Unfortunately, last night’s big game between MU and OU didn’t turn out in our favor.  I had a bad premonition in the first half but when we tied the game just before half-time I was a little more hopeful.  Turns out my first foretelling was correct – the team that kicked Jayhawk butt a week [...]

I spent last evening assisting Tammy at her booth at Winterfest – actually my job was to smile, write up tickets and pretty much stay out of her way since she’s the artist and knows all about her jewelry.   She had lots of repeat customers as well as new ones and it appears she’ll have a very [...]