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

My post yesterday with Oprah’s fashion faves garnered a great response from my favorite fashion guru, daughter Tammy.  And why is she my favorite?  Well I don’t always agree with her but I think she’s more in tune with what women in Springburg are wearing – and you don’t even have to shop at The [...]

When I need/want fashion advice, I can always dial my daughter who is a 5-star captain in the Fashion Police.  I can depend on her to always let me know what’s “in” and especially tell me when I’m NOT (which is most of the time unless I’m wearing a purchase she approved).  But I can [...]

With the work behind us on our rental house, we’ve used this weekend for some fun stuff – or at least I have!  Burl still had a few loose ends to tie up at the rental yesterday morning but I was content to be at home, take the dog for a long walk, finish Halloween [...]

After a disappointing read with Pat Conroy’s “South of Broad”,  I was thrilled with “Mudbound” by Hillary Jordan.  Published last year, Jordan’s debut novel won the Bellwether Prize for Fiction which is awarded biennially to the first literary novel that addresses issues of social justice. “Mudbound” is set in rural Mississippi in the late 40′s [...]

Time once again for our monthly meeting of the minds and tonight we dined at Arris’ Pizza.  Robin had never eaten there and since Vickie and I both love it, the place fit quite nicely with our “Year of Italian Dining” theme.  We shared a large Henhouse pizza which was quite yummy – chicken breast, [...]

The 2009 edition of the MS150 bike ride is now history and after 164.4 miles, my butt is history too!  Yesterday morning I was up way earlier than should be humanly possible (5:15 a.m.) and after picking up Jill we joined our friend Mandy at the starting line in Clever, MO.  As the photo shows, [...]

If you like to read then you probably can relate to what I have to share.  Have you ever had that feeling of excited anticipation over reading a book by a favorite author?  That feeling that you just know you are going to savor every moment of reading and can’t wait to have the book [...]

We rarely miss going to church on Sunday – more on the part of Burl than me since I can get a little spiritually lazy!  But with an offer of going out to breakfast with him (his favorite thing to do – my least favorite!), he agreed to play holy hookey today. Instead we spent [...]

Yesterday afternoon a group from our church took a trip to Mansfield, MO and since Burl was the bus driver, I went along with the group.  Mansfield has one claim to fame – Laura Ingalls Wilder – and they capitalize on her notoriety quite well!  Our first stop was at the museum and to tour [...]

Saturday morning I participated in the Celebrate Life bicycle ride to benefit the Kevin Umlauf Foundation.  Kevin (1960-2006) was the owner of Sunshine Bike Shop and his foundation provides bikes, helmets and scholarships to underprivileged kids so I was thrilled to be part of the group helping raise funds.  I chose the 50-mile option since [...]