Fun Stuff

by the chimney with care.  Well, we don’t have a chimney but we do still hang up our stockings.  Yep, even though my brothers and sister are over 60 and I am staring it in the face, even though we don’t have a niece, nephew, or child under the age of 30, we all still [...]

When our sons were little, we would go out and look at the Christmas lights during the holiday season.  I don’t know if they remember it as being fun, but I do.  It was an evening spent together enjoying and appreciating the efforts of those who decorated.  Besides, it was free entertainment!  (When you have [...]

We aren’t huge movie goers but venture into the theatre maybe once every other month.  I am not sure if it is for the movies or for the movie popcorn and candy :0 The types of movies we like tend toward comedies or "makes ya feel good" shows.  I am definitely not into scary or [...]

Tonight is Beggars’ Night in our town.  The night the children trade a joke for a treat.  (Apparently, our area is fairly unique in that the children have to do a "trick" to get a treat.)  As I waited for the doorbell to ring, I prepared Joe and my dinner with scenes of by-gone Beggars’ [...]

I have long enjoyed Halloween and had often dressed up when the children came to our house for Trick or Treating.  I know, I know, some of Halloween’s meaning is very, very serious stuff.  I choose to enjoy the fun of Halloween and dressing up instead.  (And I make sure my pets are in the [...]

Those of you who have read some of my previous posts probably understand that I do enjoy being out in nature.  I enjoy the sights, sounds, smells and feel of being outdoors, as long as it isn’t 99 degrees out with 200% humidity!  Actually, to me anywhere from 40 to 75 degrees is perfect weather.  [...]

I thought I should send the answer to the homophone paragraph I put in my last post.  If you took the challenge, here you go….the correct answers are in bold…
Little Mary decided to go fishing today.  She bated (baited) several hooks on won (one) line and through (threw) it into the see (sea).  Almost immediately [...]

Don’t-cha just hate it when you find out you aren’t perfect??  You’re going along just fine thinking, "Wow, I’m good" when BAM something slaps you up along side your head helping you to remember you aren’t God’s Gift to the World.
I really thought I was a decent communicator when it came to writing emails, maybe [...]

I enjoy riding my bicycle on the recreational trails close to our home. There are several from two blocks to ½ hour away. Iowa has converted old rail beds into recreational trails so there are many all-purpose trails throughout the state. One of my favorite web sites is the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation site: http://www.inhf.org/iowatrails/index.htm
but [...]

(the one on the left is the 1994, the one on the right is the 2008)
Yesterday Joe and I owned a 1994 red Gold Wing with matching trailer. And today we own a 1994 red Gold Wing with matching trailer and a 2008 red Gold Wing (no matching trailer, yet!).  Since [...]