A few months ago, I read an article that IPod was discontinuing the Nano and Shuffle music devices.  So I asked Gene for an early Christmas present and he found me a nice, spanking new gold shuffle to store my Christmas music on.  I know that I’m opening myself up for...

As I was walking the Cedar Valley Nature Trail today, a coyote ran out of the woods onto the path ahead of me.  I'm not sure what the coyote was thinking, but several things went through my mind as I stopped in my tracks and stared at it. The phrase "it is more afraid...

As I finished my very muggy three mile walk yesterday morning, I was hot and sweaty and climbing into my car when a pickup load of 20-something year old young men drove by. They hung out the open windows and pointed and called out wolf-whistles. I glanced around and...

Gene pulled some Omaha steaks out of the freezer last night and he turned to me and said, "Did you know our steaks have serial numbers?"  To which I replied, "Well, my boobs have serial numbers too.  Top that!"  He laughed and said he had nothing to add.  It does...

A few weeks ago, I got sick. How do I know this? Because I went to my doctor and she said, “You are sick.” Always good to have back up. But with the great health care providers at Virginia Gay, I’m on the road to recovery. Unfortunately, that road and a serious bump...

We had a run of bad luck last week. The front burner on our cook top quit working and then the refrigerator started making an awful noise. To be honest, I have hearing loss, so I couldn’t hear the noise in the refrigerator but it seemed to annoy everyone else,...

When the weather gets cold and I can’t walk outside, I get a little antsy. (Gene would tell you that this is a huge understatement and that there is family folklore about the trouble I get into when I’m bored and stuck inside!) So one of the activities that I often do...

I recently found out that I am going to be a Grandmother.  I cannot tell you how excited I was to hear the news.  If you had asked me several years ago what my reaction to this wonderful news would be, I would have told you that I would probably cry.  But I didn't....