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

Since I’m leaving early in the morning for another 2-day Girl Scout meeting, I’m sending an early “Happy Anniversary” to Tammy and Steve who will celebrate their official 3rd anniversary tomorrow, February 29th.   It has been 12 years since their nuptials were featured on KY3 as part of the 1996 Leap Year festivities (the don’t [...]

One of my favorite blogs is Freakenomics which is written by the author of a book of the same name – a book I thoroughly enjoyed reading.  When I was a college student my father informed me that since he was footing the bill for my education, I would take Economics because it was absolutely the best [...]

My bachelorette days are over and frankly I’m relieved and happy even though I now need to actually plan a meal for tonight and prepare it!  But since the pantry was a bit low on some of my favorites, he will do the grocery shopping today which is a great trade-off in my book.  Burl [...]

Oscar night in Springfield had more glitz and glamour than prior years thanks to us being named one of 50+ “official” Oscar sites.  A friend had an extra ticket to the black-tie affair at the Gillioz Theatre and asked me to join her for the event.  We did a bit of mixing and mingling, had [...]

With Burl gone on a ski trip I’ve felt like I’ve been in rehearsals for Life 2.0 this weekend – no agenda other than what I choose to do!  Friday I headed to Branson after work and dear friend Bev and I enjoyed a wonderful evening with all the right ingredients – homemade soup and [...]

According to daughter Tammy (who appreciates trivial, yet important information like I do) the one thing you should never get in a restaurant is a lemon slice in your drink.  Why?  Because a study showed dangerous microbial growth on 70% of lemon slices served with beverages in restaurants.  Of course she shared this with me [...]

Burl’s bags (and skis) are loaded in the car so I can arise way earlier than I like to take him to the airport in the morning – destination Salt Lake City for his annual dad/daughter ski trip w/daughter Stacey.  I’m thrilled because a) I don’t have to go try to act like I enjoy [...]

It’s been a relaxing weekend thus far and there’s nothing on the horizon to change that course.  Friday night we went to see “The Bucket List” which we both loved, loved, loved – what’s not to like about 2 phenomenal actors like Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman and at our stage of life, we can [...]

And to think I was once a confirmed bachelorette!  When I arrived home tonight, minus any gray hair and freshly coiffed, the dining room table was set with the good china and silver, the wine was breathing and dinner was ready.  After dinner we exchanged gifts and I realized that his talents extend beyond cooking, [...]

Valentine’s Day that is!  Updated for the 21st century, it would be “STD for Everyone” and that’s certainly NOT the message I’m sending.  My Valentine has already given me a beautiful rosebud and our gifts for each other are wrapped and waiting to be opened tonight.  Since we imposed a $50 limit at Christmas, he’s [...]