“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into somebody else’s plan.  And guess what they have planned for you?  Not much.”  Jim Rohn Start planning! Start making decisions that are in your own best interests.  Start dreaming about the future, you control it.  Set a new goal and think about […]

This week’s quote if the week,    “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”  – Elbert Hubbard On that note, here are some smiles for us today… FUNNY WOMEN…

This week’s quote of the week is all about joy.

I was thinking it would be sweet to make Wednesdays our ‘quote of the week’ day.  So let’s begin with something fun. “Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” – Benjamin Franklin

So, I need your help in relation to my upcoming humorous book, I Don’t Drink Alone and Other Lies. One of the lies I tell in this book is: “I can still stop traffic”. Of course, I clarify this lie with a grain of truth (as I do in all the lies I tell in […]

I’m thinking there are two types of people in this world: those who mend and those who discard. Actually let me add a third type; those who want to mend but cannot. They take their mending to have it done by a pro (smart folks). I used to be in the second and third category […]

In case you didn’t know, I’m an artist. It’s not something I’ve talked about here in any depth, until now. My journey began with drawing and painting classes when my kids were in school. It’s been quite the journey; both in length of time and lessons I’ve learned along the way. I’ve shared a few […]

I typically have more than one book on the go. I will read one on my kindle and also one paperback (real life) book. I don’t know why, but it is necessary to me to have a book in my hand at some point during the day. It’s as if my kindle, e-reader doesn’t count. […]

Welcome to a new decade, my friends. This whole new year thing kind of snuck up on me. I know I say that every year but when it hit me upside the head that a whole new decade was starting…well, I began to question my goals here at the blog. “And what does January hold? […]

“Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight?” The words to that old Elvis song always tug at my heartstrings. I picture my grandmother mending socks, humming along to this song playing on her kitchen radio. She became a widow quite young. She wasn’t even 60 yet. She lived alone until the day she […]