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

With the advent of the Kindle and the Nook, Burl was certain he has found the perfect gift for me.  Good thing I figured out his intentions before he spent the money!  I’ll admit it – I’m an old fart when it comes to reading – I love the feel of a book in my [...]

Happy Birthday today to our dear son-in-law Steve.  Steve married daughter Tammy 14 years ago and has been a great addition to our wonderful, wacky family.  Best of all, he knew his lines perfectly from day one – “Yes, Dear!” Steve is our resident computer geek and techno advisor as well as being a fantastic [...]

A letter to the editor in today’s issue of The Springfield News-Leader talks about “the seven cannots” – a very common sense list of conservative guidelines.  Since I’m often skeptical of sources quoted in these letters, I turned to Wickipedia to learn a little more about The Rev. William John Henry Boetcker who in 1916, published [...]

When Burl and I met several years ago, he was drawn to my internet dating profile because I had put a check mark next to “golf” under the “things I like to do list.”  Somehow, I didn’t think anyone I’d want to meet would be too attracted to “knitting” and it looks like I made the right call. [...]

Another Women of Substance lunch gathering today.  We chose Grad School which is downtown in the old Rasta Pasta location.  We’d heard good things about it and since we normally try to shy away from chain restaurants, it seemed like a great idea.  Wrong! I gave the menu a B+ – it was different from [...]

A couple of weeks ago I probably would have guessed that wabi sabi was a kind of sushi – but then I picked up a copy of Woman’s Day from the reading rack at the gym one day and read it while on the Stairmaster and read an article on wabi sabi. Wabi sabi – a Japanese approach [...]

When days are rainy, I can always entertain myself (after I get home from the gym) with a good book or some knitting.  Good thing I enjoy both because I’ve had plenty of practice these last few days and after a day or two of non-rain – which I think is known as “sun” – [...]

I have a black thumb.  I also have delusions of grandeur about making things grow but let’s face it – I forget to do the simple things like water the plants and if I didn’t have Burl to take care of this simple chore, nothing would grow in our back yard except for the weeds [...]

Every Plan A needs a Plan B – and sometimes a C, D, and E.  And if I’m looking at my plan for my own life, I’ve already been through entire alphabet several hundred/thousand times!  This week we had plans to attend a motorcycle rally in Mtn. View, AR with some friends.  Reservations were made [...]

Remember me?  I’ve been MIA for the last week – for several days I was occupied fulltime being Grammie to Lydia and Julia (with Burl’s help).  Days with the girls are a whirlwind of activities and fun and now I know why Ralph goes to bed so early! The kids left for Vegas on Thursday [...]