It Seems Like Only Yesterday

   That’s what they say about trouble.   In my case it’s more like inconveniences and not really trouble.   It all started about a week ag...

Last week I wrote about how so many of us were headed into the deep freeze with all this cold weather.  Well, I guess we got there because t...

  Like many other areas, we have headed into the deep freeze for the next week!   Our high today was 15 Fahrenheit and that is about the war...

Today is our 41 st wedding anniversary.  We were married on January 30, 1980 in the East Prayer Chapel at Unity Village, Missouri.  Unity V...

  Another week passes pretty much the same as the last.   Not much changes in my daily routine.   I don’t go out much due to the increase in...

  This is something we all encounter from time to time.  It can be in a store, online or on the phone.  Of course, there can be all levels o...

  It’s hard to believe that we are already nine days into the new year.   It  started out for us with a snow and ice storm on New Year’s Eve...

  I had planned on writing a post yesterday.  It would have been my first post of the new year.  (yes, I'm slow)  However, after watchin...

  We woke up this morning to a bit of an ice storm.   I know the picture looks like snow but it is actually ice.   A good day to stay home a...

Can you believe it?  Christmas Eve already!  I’m not completely ready yet but I’ll get there.  I’ve got last minute cleaning and baking to d...

  We have a Christmas tradition of going to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra show every holiday season.  Well, every Christmas except this one b...

  Christmas is finding its way here even though I am slow at getting started on my holiday preparations.  It seems like each year there is a...

  A very Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow to all my U.S. friends!   Preparations for a somewhat smaller holiday have been taking place here.   Ye...

I've inherited many small, yet special items from my Mother and Grandmother.  One such item is a small, hand carved toy rocking chair th...

  Some years we quickly slide into Winter with snow, ice and sharp winds.   Other years it is an easier process, more of a gentle teasing ...

  We voted this morning and I am happy to say it went smoothly and easily with no problems or delays.  Even though we live in a small town t...

We used to celebrate Halloween every year.  Before I retired I worked in a medical office where we all dressed up in costumes and celebrated...