Launching with a lack of knowledge and errors
What a year it has been! Ever since I got bronchial pneumonia boarding the train for New York, October of 2023, we have had to deal with one thing after another. Seven months of 4 doses of antibiotics and steroids finally got me on track again with that issue. Then Russ started coughing and coughing, Read more about #233..Geez It’s Been 7 Months, Toss the Jello[…]
 I am soooo ready to play out in my flower plots but it is sooo cold out there! Trees are blossoming…flowers everywhere and still we are in the deep freeze. The garden has been plowed, thank you Terry Goforth, the seeds are waiting and here I sit. Next week, hub side-kick is instructed to Read more about #232…Winter, Spring, Sprinter[…]
This is February after all. So this week has been 70’s and then 80..and now this morning snow and 12 degrees. My friends have been asking what all have I been doing outside? The weather never determines my activities. Everything in my life is planned by 4 seasons. Spring does not officially start for almost Read more about #231…70 Degree Drop In One Day…This is Missouri[…]
Feb 23 and it’s going to be 70 degrees. Of course I have spring fever! The miracle is that hub-side kick does also. We ordered up BLACK windows and BLACK doors! ! ! 3X3 sheets of gray flooring. OMG! I am painting up everything I can find in flat black. So I have a black Read more about #230…Black/Gray & Coral…Weaving a Common Thread[…]
Flowers are true love, chocolate the finest gift…if not diamonds… This morning I experienced the next level of love. Hub side-kick took some time thinking about this. I have been awaiting therapy for arthritis pressing on my nerve endings in my neck and somehow I had fallen between the cracks with an appointment and 4 Read more about #229…Valentine’s Day at a New Level[…]
Geez, It’s been 3 1/2 months since I last posted! So much has happened to change my life. We had to get ready for our train trip to Schenectady New York in October. Prepare all the flower plots for winter…the farm…equipment, winterize the motorhome, the house, pack, leave the house clean…so much to do, not Read more about #228…I’m Back…Reflecting…[…]
Many of you call me a workhorse with endless energy. Have you considered that 5 children had something to do with it? There is NO goofing off when you live with a crowd. I once hung a sheet of paper above my washer and dryer. End of the week…16 hash marks for loads done! And Read more about #218…But, Joy Cometh in the Morning[…]
I am not without problems. I’m splitting the personality so I can trick myself to lose weight. So there’s me the body, BUT now me the mind. The body has run amuck! Now for THE plan. Visual persuasion is my latest thing. I’m down 4 lbs. in two weeks, a Hallmark miracle! ! ! The Read more about #215…Got the Mind Right, Got the Plan[…]
How we miss you. It must be that the two of you were such class acts because you were originated in New York. We had such wonderful times with you at the Eagles Lodge dancing the night away. You saw me thru all my single years with sooo many stories about me you DIDN’T share…and Read more about #211…Dancing the Night Away…With Elaine & John Chirieleison[…]
I’m having my coffee right now and reflecting on “The Church Experience!” We attend Grace Calvary Church in St. Joseph MO. Let me explain exactly what “church” is…a typical Sunday. Almost to the door of church, “Oh Russ, we left our bags of groceries in the car for the food drive”. He immediately turns around Read more about #210…The Truth About Church…The Real Truth[…]
