Even though I was almost 100% sure the “growth” under my arm was noth­ing because it had been there over 10 years and hadn’t changed one iota, it was still reas­sur­ing today to go to a der­ma­tol­o­gist to have him tell me it was just a nor­mal ker­ato­sis, one they could take care of then […]

If I had stayed mar­ried to my first hus­band we would have been mar­ried 36 years today. April 27th.  Some dates I just never for­get. Today he is prepar­ing to get mar­ried next Sat­ur­day. I truly wish him and his soon to be wife all the best. Life’s turns.…bittersweet.

This morn­ing it is 83 degrees out and  I have so many gnats on my front door and win­dow that they are black. They are swarm­ing and nasty. I just looked on the radar to see where­abouts this rain/cold we are sup­posed to get this week­end might be. There is a line of sleet/snow across the […]

I came down here, book in hand, to sug­gest that every­one, every­where, every age, read The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss, for earth day. I have thought it a very sad book about the des­e­cra­tion of the earth since I first read it. It is about the Once-ler who comes into the beau­ti­ful land and destroys if […]

I have to admit. When I mar­ried and  moved here almost 13 years ago, I knew lit­tle to noth­ing about horses.  Still don’t. Except that they eat a lot. Poop a lot. Get bur­dock and all sorts of obnox­ious weeds caught in their tails which can­not be brushed out so must be cut off. Hardly […]

This will prob­a­bly make a few non-Obama fans mad, but I hope not. I was won­der­ing? Is it just me or is every­one out to nit pick to death any­thing and every­thing Pres­i­dent Obama does? Hello! New pres­i­dent, new rules, thank God!! Yes, he met with a known Amer­i­can hater and dic­ta­tor. Did you not […]

I didn’t know, I swear I didn’t,  that my hus­band was pas­sive agres­sive when we met and mar­ried. I love my hus­band dearly, but this week.….….….….….… GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Porch time.  The best thing about spring, sum­mer and fall. Sit­ting out­side tonight on our front porch (or is it back?), sun set­ting, no breeze, no bugs, birds qui­et­ing down…it truly doesn’t get much bet­ter than that. We are so blessed to have two porches. One not screened in, one is. We will be adding onto […]

Yes­ter­day, dur­ing my grand­daugh­ters  “quiet” time,  she asked if she could watch “The Fox and the Hound”.  It is a recent addi­tion to her new favorite movies as I try to bring her not only my kids favorites, but movies I think are clas­sic. She set­tled in to watch it and I set­tled in to […]

Don’t ever spill water on the seat of a brand new car that tells you whether or not the “pas­sen­ger air bag” is on. The car doesn’t like it. Nei­ther do the techs where you bought your car. Too bad teenagers can­not afford new cars. Might work as birth con­trol. And if they do bor­row the […]