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Short Term: to literally just get through today. My plate is full. Does anyone out there feel the same way? 🙂 Long Term: to retire to my small hobby farm with my family, my goats and my garden.

Comedian Tim Hawkins. The show had two highlights. One was his medley of 70’s songs. The other was a comedy bit on going tubing in Minnesota. Since my husband was born and raised in Minnesota, the bit was priceless.

The tangibles: we donate to our local food bank, donate pet supplies and toys to the local animal shelter. Here in Washington, you can turn in aluminum cans for cash. Instead of taking the cash for ourselves, we donate the bags of cans to a local kids’ club. This way, they can take the cansContinue reading “Be a good citizen and a good human”

I would love to spend the day at an animal shelter as a caretaker for the pets….walking the dogs, playing with the kitties, cleaning, feeding the animals.

I am focused on brands that save me money. They give me the best deal for my money, whether it’s per ounce or per pound. The only two brand Non-negotiables are Diet Mountain Dew for my husband and Dunkin Donuts K-cups.

There aren’t very many people on my list. Celebrities. NO. They are narcissistic and shallow. It’s hard to get advice from people who have more marriages than I have pairs of shoes. Sports figures. NO. I find it difficult to understand this. Grown men and women receive $70 million dollar contracts just to throw aContinue reading “To be honest….it’s a very short list”

Jeremiah 29:11 states: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Sports – especially major league baseball and NFL football. Hobbies – I love talking to people about their hobbies Kids – I will talk about my kids any given day of the week and love to listen to people talk about theirs

I grew up in a very small town in upstate New York. We had no car while I was growing up. This meant we did not travel anywhere or leave town. The only exception was going to summer camp with my church youth group on the bus. I left that small town for college inContinue reading “College”

More often than not, there were too many times I took action and I wish I hadn’t. Should have thought things through instead of just charging ahead.