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

Last evening my friend Ann invited me to join her book club for an event titled “Women We Know.”  Her book club consists of 8 members who have been together for about 15 years with no plans to expand their membership – in fact, one mutual friend called the group “hermetically sealed.” But they decided [...]

Granddaughter, Lydia, is 3 today and by time we talked with her this evening she finally knew that the answer to “how old are you?” was “3″ and NOT “2″!  She was in rare form on the phone and as usual, all it took was an “I love you, Grammie” to absolutely melt my heart. [...]

Last night we had a dual birthday celebration for Burl and Lydia.  Lydia will be 3 tomorrow and got to choose the party theme which was Hello Kitty.  Burl’s birthday is Thursday and he got quite a kick out of having his name on the Hello Kitty cake. His theory was, hey it’s cake so [...]

I’ve learned a few things about parenting during my experiences.  Since this position doesn’t come with a manual, I always had to rely on learning from watching my mom and she was a genius.  Among the things I gleaned was the fact that you often have to resort to trickery or scamming to accomplish your [...]

Ralph and the girls arrived late this afternoon and it’s so good to have them here.  I hadn’t seen them since Thanksgiving which is way too long to go between visits.  At 5 1/2, Julia hasn’t changed much – she’s still a Drama Queen and the bossy big sister but has mastered writing her “L’s” correctly [...]

I’m in the throes of my new relationship with Facebook – those lusty days with a new squeeze when they consume all your time and energy.  It seems like every hour or so during the day I feel the need to either check the computer or my iPhone to see if anyone has posted to my wall or if [...]

Tammy mentioned on her blog today that she has a new drug and I concur!  Less than 24 hours ago, I joined Facebook and already I’m addicted.  But I’ve already heard from a couple of sorority sisters from Drury as well as a high school friend and it appears almost everyone in my Rotary Club is [...]

Happy Birthday today to Burl’s younger brother, Ed.  Burl and Ed are shown here a few years ago and I’m happy to report that thanks to their prowess as sharp-shooters, the town of Clinton was free from invasion while they were kids (ages 7 & 3).   I won’t tell you how old Ed is today but [...]

Super Bowl XLIII is history and unfortunately my team – the St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals came out on the short end of the points when it was over.  The Cards and Kurt Warner played an awesome game – and Warner had the best quarterback stats – but it wasn’t enough.  Of course, the fluke 100-yard TD [...]