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

When I had that pesky day job, even the mention of a 7:00 a.m. meeting made me cringe.  I’d set the alarm early, then sleep fitfully and wake up un-rested already dreading another boring meeting in the conference room where we re-hashed many of the same issues from the week/month/year before.  But a 6:00 a.m. [...]

Well an American institution has now been sold to foreigners.  It’s not that it personally affects me right now but it’s the principle of the whole thing – that our entire country seems to be for sale to the highest bidder and those who are bidding don’t happen to be Americans.  I’m just glad we [...]

In the cartoon strip above, Donkey verbalizes how I’ve felt the last few days – I kept thinking I needed to post to my blog but couldn’t come up with much to say, much less a title – and for me, having a great title is a must before I can post!  So I read [...]

“I pledge allegiance to myself in quest of my weight goal.  And to the healthiness for which it stands, One body…Under control… Indisputably, With confidence in new clothes for fall.” This morning I biked my butt back to Weight Watchers which was lead by Nancy, my favorite leader.  Not only did I get inspiration and [...]

Went to a class today at the gym called Group Strength and by time the class was over I practically needed the strength of everyone in the group just to carry me off the court.  The class kicked my butt and I loved it!  The instructor was high-energy although she recognized our limitations - but still kept us [...]

In response to the underwhelming number of requests I have received, I am finally posting a picture of the fabulous Women of Substance.  I hope all the non-existent fans of this group are now satisfied!  From left to right, we are Vickie, Anne and Robin – shown here at 5 Spice in a photo shot [...]

I made my first round-trip to the gym via bicycle this morning and it was great after I figured out all the logistics involved – had to have shoes and clothes once I got there (forgot the socks – oh well!), needed a water bottle for the bike, sunglasses, something to read on the step-climber [...]

It’s here – finally a full week of Life 2.0 where I will be in town – notice I didn’t say “at home”?!!  I got up early to read the paper, drink coffee and have breakfast on the deck but then had to wait on dear hubby to get his butt away from the computer.  [...]

Happy Birthday America – 232 years old.  We’ve had a flag-waving, parade-watching day that started off with rain threatening the Marshfield parade.  Fortunately it only sprinkled on the festivities and Julia and Lydia sat on a blanket at the edge of the parade route for 2 hours absolutely riveted by the procession of veterans, tractors, [...]

We are back from our trip to St. Louis which turned out to be quite fun!  Just goes to show that every once in a while I’m wrong about something and I’m thrilled the Shriner’s event fell into that category.  We drove to St. Peters on Saturday and met others from our Shrine unit since [...]