Thankfulness has been my motto for years, and I’ve never been more thankful than I was over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend this year! Two New Knees – Thankfulness Indeed As many of you know I have spent the last six months pretty much in self-imposed isolation. I needed knee replacement surgery on BOTH knees! The […]
Meemaw To The Rescue…
It’s not often I can come to the rescue for any of our family members. God knows I’m not a great swimmer, and I can’t scale tall buildings in a single bound. Heck, I can barely walk to the corner without complaining about my creaky knees. But several weeks ago I got a frantic call […]
Get Rest; A Field That Has Rested Gives A Bountiful Crop – Ovid
Ahhh…REST. It was time for me, and the Roman poet, Ovid, said it best. “Get Rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” As many of you know, I spent the months of November and December in a whirlwind of activity. I worked with a wonderful computer guru to add another layer of […]
Family Before Blog Posts…And Family Comes This Weekend
Hello Dear Readers! As you might imagine, our Western adventures didn’t end with our flight to Las Vegas. In fact I can’t wait to tell you all about our days spent in Nevada, California and Oregon! But we’re planning to spend this Labor Day weekend with our family, so I’m taking a short break from […]
Treasured Memories – GrandCamp 2018
All good things must eventually come to an end. And so it was with GrandCamp 2018. Once again it was a treasured time filled with lots of Family, Food and FUN. From backyard baseball games with cousins galore… To “official” games where the cousin’s cheering section was loud and proud… To ballpark foods like this […]
Two Sisters Explore Sisters Garden – Johnson County, Iowa
Sometimes those Indy sisters can’t agree on an activity. And in this case Big Sis decided to stay in the car and peruse her smartphone while her younger sisters did a little more exploring with me. And that adventure took place only a few miles from the farm where I grew up. We made a […]
Back To My Childhood Farm – GrandCamp 2018
Some GrandCamp events are important enough to repeat year after year. Like heading back to the farm where I spent my childhood. I’ve shared stories about that special place before…like THIS POST . But this year we only stopped long enough to say hello and check out the pond and the “wildlife” that still inhabit the […]
Sushi 101 – California Rolls Here We Come!
Ahhh… Sushi. An old Japanese proverb says we will live 75 days longer if we are lucky enough to eat something we’ve never eaten before. So naturally I began to wonder how much longer I would live if I learned to MAKE something I’d never made before!? Hmm…. Shortly before our Indy grandgirls arrived for […]
Finally! All Seven Grands Together For GrandCamp 2018
As our grands get older it’s becoming more and more difficult to get all of them together. Between baseball, soccer, softball and more mini camps than you can shake a stick at…they are busy bees all summer. We had to squeeze in “Cousin Togetherness Time” wherever and whenever we could. So one overnight was all […]
From Biscuits To Biplanes…All In One Day – GrandCamp 2018
Biscuits and Biplanes? Please allow me to explain that unlikely combination. A rainy morning is the PERFECT time to stay in bed, but my, how times have changed. Kids no longer grab a comic book or watch cartoons in their pajamas. They are now glued to their electronic devices! And biplanes were the farthest thing […]