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

Well so much for “no agenda, ride the bike to Rogersville” day.  While I was still drinking my second cup of coffee and answering emails, Burl got out the stain, brushes, and tarps and started working on the deck.  Since this is a project I keep saying we need to finish, naturally I joined him [...]

One of the responsibilities that we Women of Substance have is to insure that future generations of WoS are identified and nurtured so they can come along behind us and carry on the important job we have before us. Shown at the left are Vickie and her daughter, the beautiful Hannah – an engaging young woman [...]

A different backyard today – not the one from Nickelodeon but the one at the rear of our house!  This evening we hosted what has become our annual neighborhood pool party and picnic and from all reports, it was a rousing success.  My measurement for a great event is when no one leaves too early [...]

Until a few days ago I hadn’t heard of the Nickelodeon pre-school favorites, the Backyardigans – now I am among the initiated!  Cindy is celebrating her birthday today (Happy Birthday Daughter #2) with a weekend away at the lake with Brian and other friends and we have the pleasure of babysitting Bella.  Knowing how much Bella [...]

I just discovered a very cool website that challenges you to create a list of 101 things that you can accomplish in 1001 days.  Since I started this blog with my Life List this website has me once again thinking about that list and how I might enhance my goals and further expand my horizons.  The [...]

It’s already Wednesday and the week is flying by – for someone who never watches TV (exception:  Desperate Housewives) I am consumed with the Olympics every evening.  We forgot to record the opening ceremonies but have watched every night since.  I jump, cheer and practically swim the distance with Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff and [...]

I know myself very well and when it comes to “will power” there is no such thing – especially when fresh chips are placed within my reach at a Mexican restaurant.  It’s a guarantee that I WILL eat them – to excess – which is why I have avoided my favorite food since I re-joined [...]

Our PC is home from the hospital – all healed and it looks like it’s sporting some new vicious security software.  We haven’t yet had a chance to talk to friend John to get the full diagnosis but it’s good to have it back.  Just being away from us for 24+ hours makes us realize [...]

I’ve been infected – or more importantly, our home PC has been infected.  Somehow Antivirus 2009 got into our PC yesterday so our tower is now at the hospital getting cured – should be home by later tomorrow or Monday at the latest.  I now know that yesterday afternoon some emails sent to a regular [...]