Thoughts About Vehicles
Hubby and I drive older vehicles. We bought a brand new Honda Accord in 2002 and we still drive it. Our Toyota pickup is a couple of years older and looks pristine. We take good care of our vehicles so we can drive them for a long time. We are an enigma to most car […]
Thoughts on 2016
Can you believe it? It’s 2016. This year is a big one because I and many of my friends reach 60 years of age. It doesn’t scare me and I hope it doesn’t scare them either. I feel very blessed to have lived so long in good health. Others of my cadre have not been […]
New Thoughts on Retirement
I had lunch with a friend last week. She and I worked together for seven years and she retired a few months after I did so we have a lot in common. We both love retirement, but we both miss our friends at work, but not enough to wish we were back there. We talked […]
Thoughts on Hosting Family
We live a long ways from our families so we when we have the rare opportunity to host family members, it’s a thrill! I even break out the apron and plan meals to cook. I don’t do that when it’s just Hubby and I. Our meal planning usually consists of, “What do you want for […]
Thoughts on Traveling Through History
Back home again. After almost four weeks of travel, it was good to get back into my own home. My half-way neat home turned into a storage area until we got all the bags, boxes, and sacks put away, all while wondering how we ended up at home with so much stuff. It seemed to […]
Thoughts on Second Once-In-A-Lifetime Trip
I am a very lucky mother. My daughter is one of my best friends. Not every mother can say that and I’m blessed to be able to say it with truth and conviction. I was also blessed in that she and I didn’t go through the angst that normally passes between mothers and their teenaged […]
Thoughts on Being a Night Owl
When I was working, I went to bed at 10 pm, got up at 5 am, went to work by 6 am, got off at 2:30 pm, and had most of the afternoon to do things. I work well in the mornings and less well in the afternoons. That made me a morning person, right? […]
Thoughts on Public Speaking
In Texas, I had my first public speaking engagement as an author. I was so nervous! I excel in saying the wrong things or making a fool of myself. This was another opportunity to do that. To my surprise, it turned out just fine. The people of Cross Plains, Texas are very friendly and caring, […]