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

We’ve always joked at our house that playing golf was “going to work” for Burl because he doesn’t always have fun on the golf course.  We both had early tee times for tournaments today so when the alarm sounded at 5:45, he told Mulligan that Mom and Dad were both going to work today – [...]

It was time for my class reunion this weekend – the class of 1963 from Fulton High School!  Sounds like a long time ago – and considering I have several dear friends who hadn’t even been thought of at that time – it WAS a long time ago.  However, the years melted away quickly as [...]

Decided this blog needed a do-over – something a little more modern and edgy.  Hope you like it – I do!

Couples golf scramble tonight at the club.  Not exactly high on my Top 100 List of Fun Things To Do but Keith and Carol asked us to play with them so we did.  It was only a 9-hole scramble and we DID use 8 of my shots but when we tallied up a 44 when [...]

Hooray for Gal Pal Vickie – Woman of Substance AND one of the 20 Most Influential Women for 2008.  The game plan was to get a photo that also included Robin, the other WoS but it didn’t happen.  But here I am sandwiched between Vickie and her gorgeous daughter, Hannah, who is interning to be [...]

Today I called the manager of the Wally World where we had a less-than-perfect customer experience last evening.  He was extremely nice and apologized profusely and he told me that their associates have a script to follow when someone does not find everything they need.  In addition, they are to offer to find the item [...]

This evening we ate dinner at church and then Burl wanted to go run by Home Depot to check on a riding mower on which he was trying to negotiate a lower price (it’s gone….he lost) and since it was right next to Wally World we ran in for a few groceries.  Here’s how our [...]

Today I experienced a “first” in my life – and something I’m not sure Burl has done for a long, long time – if ever!  I played 18 holes of golf AND I had fun!  From listening to Burl’s comments following his almost-daily golf games I wasn’t sure golf and fun were ever used in [...]

It’s Sunday night – that time when previously I had to reset my mental state to the pesky day job but this evening I’m just reflecting on a lazy and enjoyable day.  Not that we sat on our buns all day – we just didn’t do anything too productive!  We went to church, Mulligan and [...]

I’ve finished my list of 101 Things to do in 1001 Days and here it is!  I thought about organizing my list by categories but then decided nope, I prefer the randomness of my thoughts!  Here goes! 1.      Reach my WW goal weight  9/18/08 2.      Maintain my WW goal weight for 1001 days 3.      Read [...]