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

I’m not a huge fan of the Wally World “Stupid” Center – in fact I shop there reluctantly because let’s face it, prices are less and they have a great selection (unless it’s fresh produce you’re after!).  Case in point, I had several items I needed to get in the health & beauty aid line [...]

Just found a new word in one of my favorite sites, “Freakenomics” – it’s “aptonym” which means a name that also describes what you do.  Historically many surnames were aptonyms like Taylor, Tanner and Smith but they are rare in our culture.  In fact, many aptonyms are flukes because when a baby is named, the [...]

First Thursday of the month can only mean one thing for me – time to have dinner with good buddies Robin and Vickie.  Tonight was supposed to be Hickok’s but given that we are women and prone to changes of mind, we ended up at J. Buck’s which was perfect – good semi-diet food with [...]

At last – April has arrived.  What a difference a day makes – 24 little hours – yesterday was cold, blustery March and today was chilly, sunny, still windy April but my mind looks out the window and sees a bit more green in the grass, a few more buds on the trees and I [...]