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

Tonight I made my debut at the hockey rink and I am now announcing my retirement after a brief career!  It was Rotary Night at the rink and traditionally, there is a shoot-off between the presidents of the 5 clubs.  We each get 2 tries to shoot the puck from mid-court  – sounds easy, huh?  [...]

If you’ve been anxiously awaiting the latest edition of Women of Substance, your prayers are being answered!  Tonight we celebrated one year of our monthly (well, except for June and November but hey, 10/12 ain’t bad!) dinner gatherings.  When we had dinner together last January 10th at Metro Grill I’m not sure we had actual [...]

In 1945 our country was still mired in World War II and economic times were uncertain.  When FDR was sworn in for the fourth time, he made a short speech at the White House and his guests dined on cold chicken salad and plain pound cake. In 1917, Woodrow Wilson decided not to have any parties at his [...]

Each week our local newspaper, irreverently nicknamed The Snooze MisLeader, features a Home of the Week complete with photos and information about the home and owners.  I’m certainly no interior designer but most weeks I want to barf at the offerings – too much “stuff” in the way of collections (Santas, Coke products, John Deere, [...]

Gotta love craigslist!  I put a bedroom set (dresser, mirror, headboard, mattress and box springs) and also a crappy entertainment center (long story but we never used it – just stored it – got it free) on craigslist yesterday around 1:00 p.m.  By 2:45 p.m. I had cash in hand for the bedroom set and [...]

Every time I see a Clint Eastwood flick I swear it’s his best ever – and “Gran Torino” certainly did not disappoint.  Eastwood embodies the lead character of Walt Kowalski perfectly and deserves to finally win an acting Oscar along with the nod for directing.  I won’t give away the story line (and whatever you do, [...]

After watching “Godfather Part I” last week, we decided to rent parts 2 and 3 while #1 was fresh in our minds – and of course in keeping with my Mafia obsession. Why can’t Hollywood just leave well enough alone?   The original “Godfather” was awesome – it won an Oscar for best picture and is [...]

A question/comment  from pal Vickie begs a public answer – she wants to know why I’m so fascinated with mob/Mafia related topics and hints that perhaps there’s something nefarious in my background. Sorry to disappoint, Vickie, but a speeding ticket (well, okay, not just one ticket!) is the only way I’ve broken the law and [...]

Loyal reader Vickie asked me about the books I read while on our trip so here are my quick reviews.  Vickie also asked if the titles of books should be underlined and since I wasn’t sure, I checked with grammarbook.com and learned they should be shown in italics.  Thanks Vickie – I learned something new [...]

If you ever feel like you’re not loved or appreciated, just try leaving home for a couple of weeks and then see how your dog reacts upon your return! We got home late this afternoon and Mulligan was so happy to see us – he kept running from one of us to the other, jumping [...]