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Does Time Really March?
This morning I find myself still waiting for my new granddaughter's birth. I've been told she is to be named, Elizabeth Ann, and she's very much wanted. But Elizabeth is just not in a hurry to get here, so we wait. Time is ticking and we all have schedules to keep such as spring flowers to be planted, gardens to be tilled, Easter church services ( Read more... ) -
Wee bit of Irish
St. Patrick's Day and I gotta wear the green! Hope you all out there remember to sport the color today. Even if you don't think you've got a wee bit of the Irish flowing through your veins, it's fun to join in the party. The study of psychology explains the need to belong and how it affects how we identify ourselves. But, I can tell you as one ( Read more... ) -
Whiny Chauffeur
Occasionally, we'll spot those new mom's in stores with their newborns, rushing out for some item they need in their pajama pants, hair pulled up in that I'm-Trying-To-Look-Messy-On-Purpose hair style with no makeup, bleary-eyed as if they haven's slept in days. We all have sympathy and remember back on our own days with our newborns and think ( Read more... ) -
Danger, Danger, I'm at Large
Okay, I drug my well-travelled, recently sick and somewhat droopy butt (a personal insult I've finally accepted as true, heaped upon me by three observant but too honest daughters) over to The Rush for a SPIN CLASS a/k/a The Class Designed to Suck The Breath Right Out of You and Make You Want To Wear a MaxiPad For The Rest of Your Life. For all ( Read more... ) -
I've Gone Country - Not
Many of you know that my oldest daughter, Rebecca, is the mother of four little ones, and expecting another any day (or minute) now. I'd been on a trip out west and then home since last week, only to spend a few days sick. The grandchildren were standing on their head for Nana to visit and see their newly tilled and, somewhat, planted garden. So ( Read more... ) -
Ostentatious Beginnings
My pocket Thesaurus say this regarding the word ostentatious: affected, flamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, overdone, pretentious, showy, or the opposite: quiet, restrained ( Read more... )
