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

Well we barely made the March edition of Women of Substance but being the dedicated and resourceful women we are, it happened.  And it was so much more upbeat than our gathering last month when Vickie was facing surgery for breast cancer.  The surgery was successful as was the treatment and her physician is now [...]

This morning I said a very un-tearful good riddance to this ugly bathtub and shower.  Having lived with it for 7 years, I can attest to the fact that I can do anything for the short haul – I just didn’t think it would be 7 long years but hey, when you sleep with your [...]

I recently mentioned to Ralph that one of the items on my list of “101 Things To Do In 1001 Days” was to try a new recipe every month.  She rolled her eyes at me and had a good laugh but she probably tries a new recipe every day.  However, I’ve never given Martha Stewart [...]

If you want to experience the Lenten season in a time-honored Catholic way, nothing beats the Friday Night Fish Fry.  Our friends Ron and Barb invited us to their parish in Marshfield last night and even though fried fish is pretty far down on my list of stuff I want to eat, Burl loves it.  [...]

This evening Tammy and I attended Red Hot Nights sponsored by CoxHealth.  It was held at Zan which is a new club where Agrario used to be on Patton Alley and while the decor was interesting and it was a great venue for this event, it’s probably not a place I will frequent. I got [...]

It’s so nice to be home again!  Safely too!  Much as I love to travel, nothing beats coming home and knowing I get to sleep in my own bed tonight. Ralph and I got so much done over the last few days – didn’t move much stuff to the new place but did lots of [...]

Ralph is about to become a Soccer Mom which makes me….Soccer Grammie!  Julia is starting soccer later this week with a group of 5 and 6-year old girls who are all new to soccer.  True to Julia’s nature, she is reluctant to take on anything new even when it involves new shoes – she is [...]

I doubt there is anyone in the US who doesn’t know that President Obama stuck his foot in a heap of crap on the “Tonight” show when he compared his bowling score with kids from Special Olympics. Sure, he apologized to the head of that national organization – but remember how vehemently Mr. Obama reacted [...]

My friend, Laura Ward, invited me to a Gold Party today – billed as a party where you leave with $ instead of spending it, plus food and drinks to boot!  What’s not to like?  With the price of gold at a recent all-time high I figured there was nothing to lose. I scoured through [...]

I’ve been obsessed this week with sewing Easter dresses for Julia, Lydia and Bella.  I started on Monday with what I thought would be the most time-consuming part – cutting out the patterns.  It didn’t take long for me to realize that somehow, I didn’t have enough material – not sure if it was operator-error [...]