I spent the morning making 50 burritos. What a blessing. Yes, a bit of work, and my back is a little stiff from standing at the counter for a couple of hours, but it is with a sense of satisfaction that I stacked the little foil papooses five across and two high in our baking…
Thank you, Lord, for mundanity. It gives me peaceful sanity… Mundane: very ordinary; commonplace, routine. Merriam-Webster We’ve been too busy. We’ve been gone too much. All planned, all wonderful, all wearing, all wearying. Ahhhh…but we are back H-O-M-E from frolicking! Today was the day to wake at half past six, to fall back asleep because…
We had planned a week in Idaho to see family and attend my great niece’s wedding on a Sunday. But then, one of my closest friends asked me to participate in her very last-minute wedding in Oregon, the day before my niece’s long scheduled date. So…what’s a gal (who loves both brides) to do? Get…
I love themes, I’m not gonna lie. Events, parties, rooms, my Sunshine Shed-to-be, and now my blog. A few years ago, Tony and I bought a little second home in northern Idaho. We were traveling back and forth from Springfield about every 2-3 months, staying for at least a week, so we could see Tony’s…
BUNCO…it’s really just a silly little dice game. Twelve women sit at three tables of four, and you earn points by rolling three dice in a series of six rounds. When a person rolls three-of-a kind and all three numbers match the number of the “round” that is being played (1-6), all mayhem breaks loose!…
My dear friend Susan gave me a beautiful pair of mixed metal earrings at least 25 years ago — maybe for my 40th birthday! As she handed me the little wrapped package, she told me the gift reminded her of me. When I opened the little box, I looked at her in disbelief. They were…
Alas! I’m a bit of a failure at retirement!! You’d think succeeding at NOT working would be much easier than working 8-10 hours a day for 45+ years! When people asked, “what are you going to do once you retire?” (amongst seeing my grandkids, traveling with Tony, volunteering, etc.), I would always say, “Now that…
