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

I’m losing a friend at the end of September – not a human friend fortunately – I’m losing my favorite LYS (local yarn shop), She’s Crafty  which is closing after a couple of years.  Anna, the owner, has been my go-to person for remedial knitting help and  has been a great advisor when I’ve been [...]

Several people have asked me recently why I have remained silent on my blog about the proposed national health care plan so here’s my short and sweet response! I normally don’t touch too much on political topics because everyone has their own opinion.  I respect the rights of others to feel passionately about their beliefs – just [...]

Gorgeous day today – perfect day for a bike ride and after a 7:30 a.m. board meeting, Jill and I were ready for 25-30 miles on the Strafford loop – until I took my bike off the hooks and discovered a flat on the front tire.  I was thinking, “no problem – it’s front tire” [...]

I’m already practicing  my speech for the Wife of the Year award because after playing golf three times in six days, I just know I’m going to win.  How can I miss?  Today we played again with our friends Ron and Barb and I was glad we had a late afternoon tee time because we were limited [...]

The week has been a blur and as a result, I’ve written a few posts in my mind but haven’t had time to get them transferred to my blog.  Since we took a mini-vacation on Monday and Tuesday, the rest of the week was short but still packed full of activities.  I did manage to [...]

I’ve been very lax in blogging this week and as a result, two of my favorite bloggers posted topics that were on my radar. Check out friend Nancywho blogged about the “College Freshmen Mindset List” published annually by Belolit College.  I’m always fascinated with this list because it reminds me how quickly our world changes.  [...]

I can’t remember when I last had a garage sale.  I consider them a lot of work for few monetary rewards so for many, many years (at least 12-15), I have opted to periodically purge my closets and take everything to the Plaid Door Thrift Shop.  They provide fair market value guidelines and issue tax [...]

Welcome to the August 2009 edition of Women of Substance which was held tonight at the Metropolitan Grill.  We deviated from our Year of Italian Food to enjoy the benefits of the 417 Magazine Dining week where two can dine for $41.70 – or one for $20.85.  There were 3 appetizers from which to choose [...]

We took a mini-vacation for the last two days and being in the 4-wheel vehicle was much more relaxing than our recent sojourn on the 2-wheel variety – no mechanical problems, no helmet hair and no worrying about rain gear!  Some friends invited us to join them playing golf at the Lake of the Ozarks [...]

Our granddaughter Julia has experienced some important milestones in the last few days – events that are earth-moving for her and a little bittersweet for Ralph and Blair as they watch their first-born growing up quickly. Julia has been eagerly anticipating the loss of her first tooth all summer since several of her friends have [...]