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

Our Soup Group got together this evening at our house after a hiatus of who-knows-how long.  Doesn’t matter – it was just fun to have us all here and catch up on our visiting.  We were originally a group of 3 couples who would do periodic potlucks and one month we all brought soup – [...]

Burl returned from “work” yesterday afternoon with a semi-disgruntled look on his face.  I asked my normal “how was work today” question and he responded that he’d played one of his worst rounds ever.  He then revealed that out of 18 holes, he shot over par on 17 of them. Now Burl is not a [...]

It dawned on me earlier this afternoon that unless I make a new blog entry, friend Vickie is going to email the complaint line and I hate when that happens!  But I’m in the midst of a fairly uneventful week and there’s been nothing new on the national or international scene that makes me want [...]

The sermon we heard yesterday encouraged us to be flexible with our plans and know that sometimes what we think is our course of action will differ from what God has in store for us.  We laughed as we thought about Saturday when our plans to ride the motorcycle for our weekend jaunt were dashed [...]

Last evening we took a motorcycle ride with members of Burl’s Shrine unit and ended up having dinner at Peaceful Springs Retreat north of Fair Grove.  This unusual B&B caters to people with physical handicaps and every Friday night they serve an “All You Can Eat” fish fry for $9.95.  In addition to fried catfish, [...]

I’ve encountered several businesses recently that have either given me a big high or low.  So today I’m sharing my Picks and Pans.  Here’s my disclaimer – please remember that these are MY opinions – you are free to agree or disagree but please share comments nicely!  The Picks won over the Pans 5 to 3.5! [...]

Here’s my latest finished knitting item – appropriately named the April Sweater since it was the group knit project at my favorite yarn shop, She’s Crafty.     That stats: Yarn:  Noro Silk Garden Sock Yarn, 45% silk, 25% wool, 20% rayon, 10% kid mohair.  I used most of 2 skeins – approximately 630 yards. Needles:  6 [...]

Here’s a recap of our monthly gab session held tonight at J. Parrino’s! I recently had my photo in “Signature” magazine and when I complained about all the wrinkles, Tammy said they were laugh lines. A local banker is in an ad in the same magazine with hair that gives her the “just f’d look” [...]

According to an article on The Drudge Report, “Americans grow happier as they age, surveys find. And a new Pew Research Center survey shows the tendency is holding up as the economy tanks. Happiness is a complex thing. Past studies have found that happiness is partly inherited, that Republicans are happier than Democrats, and that [...]

Just an FYI to my one or two adoring fans (Hi Vickie!).  Our laptop is sick and giving us an error message that it can’t find the hard drive disk – a message that son-in-law Steve confirmed is not one we want to see.  It goes to Laptop Urgent Care tomorrow. In the meantime, our [...]