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

Our weekend has been a whirlwind of activity and it’s tempting to go to bed without blogging tonight but I hate to disappoint my adoring audience (Hi Vickie!).  Friday evening we played couples golf and we fortunate to be paired with friends Becky and Clarence AND get to play the back 9 which is my [...]

Thanks to all my friends who commented, emailed or called about my bike encounter a few days ago with the driver of ‘EZDZIT”.  Many people suggested I call the police and report the incident but I felt there was little, if anything, they would do since I wasn’t hurt and no damage was done to [...]

Happy Birthday to my firstborn daughter, Tammy.  As I type this post, it is 11:42 a.m. on Friday June 26 which makes her officially……20 years younger than me!  For those who think she is a mini-me, you’re wrong.  While the physical resemblance is strong – and Tammy is usually gracious enough to smile and say [...]

For some unknown reason, riding my bike to the gym sounded like a good idea this morning.  Of course that was at 8:30 and the temp was about 74 too.  So I jumped on the bike, rode to the gym, worked out and then ran a few errands. By noon the temp was 95 – [...]

Burl came home from work/golf the other day and asked if I’d like to play today with our friends Jim and Kathy.  He obviously got me at a very weak moment – or I wasn’t really listening – because I said “yes”.  Then I said to myself “what the hell have I gotten myself into?”  [...]

I hope my kids and grandkids aren’t counting on my passing to help fund their retirement plan for a couple of reasons.  First of all, I plan to enjoy life and spend as much as I can – hopefully leaving enough for a cardboard box for my ashes and a great party after my memorial [...]

A group from our church asked Burl to be the bus driver for them to attend “Altar Boyz” at Tent Theatre on Thursday night so I tagged along.  I was actually surprised that Burl was eager to go since I knew it was a musical and that kind of entertainment doesn’t usually trip his trigger.  [...]

Julia turns 6 next week and when I asked Ralph for birthday ideas, she told me that Julia loves wearing sundresses and suggested I make one for her.  I checked out three different fabric stores and was underwhelmed by their choices of cute material for little girls.  I didn’t want a cartoon character like Dora, [...]

Half the fun of taking a vacation is the planning that goes into it.  This trip will take us to all new sights after we leave Kansas City so we are picking the brains of friends who have traveled where we’re going. Tonight our friends Ann and Norb came over for dinner and brought maps [...]

I just had to include some new photos of the youngest member of our family – little Devin who is affectionately known as Asian Mike since he has his mother’s eyes and his father’s looks everywhere else.  He’s now 18 months old and by time I arrived on Friday, Burl had already taught him how [...]