My book arrived on Monday, August 21, 2006!    From my office I heard a truck lumbering up our mountain driveway, but because I was expecting the book to arrive by FedEx Ground, the UPS truck that pulled up didn’t excite me...

I somehow never  thought I’d see the day when I drove past a gas station, saw that unleaded regular was selling for $3.98 a gallon, and think I was witness to a “bargain.”   Last year, when gas “temporarily”...

Oh my God!  I never thought it would happen to me.  I’ve turned into a computer geek!  Lord knows, I don’t know how it happened because it wasn’t that long ago that I didn’t even want to turn the thing on.  I...

I found out recently that "recycling service" is built into my garbage pickup contract.  It's only been  three years since the divorce, when I got the house and the yard and all the ways of doing things that my ex had been doing them for...

  Hello Phenomenal Woman!Sweet greetings to Significant You!   You know it is said that every 2-1/2 minutes, we have a negative thought.   And every negative thought will cost you something!  And many times it will cost you...

I've read that one of biggest pitfalls to having kids is that couples tend to forget who they were prior to breeding (though I personally think the the loss of perky breasts is high on the list). As a Gypsy Nester, one who is looking forward to life after...

What better way to get a little closer to your teenage daughter than to trek across Europe her style!  My daughter and I always wanted to see Europe, so for her high school graduation I thought it's now or never and booked a mini Eurotrip for just...

The Desire of Ages,Chapter84." Why are ye troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?" (Luke24:38,NKJV).After Jesus revealed His identity to the travelers to Emmaus, they hurried back to Jerusalem, although the hour was late. They knew the eleven...

A little over two years ago, I suffered from depression.  I gave up the career I thought I had always wanted to be full-time stay-at-home mom. I suddenly found myself no longer the same person.  I was no longer contributing an income and our...

In the third grade I wanted to be "somebody" and thought I could sing and dance my way to stardom. When asked for voice lessons, my Dad asked me to "try out" for him and my Mother at 7pm that night. I worked all day on my rendition of "Sunny", dressed up...

Trick or Treat? By Tatjana “Irongeezelle” Eggink & Cliff “Irongeezer” Eggink Since October is the month of Halloween, Irongeezelle thought it might be apropos to provide a mixed bag of morsels, most tasty and most foul:...

I am to understand that readers are not writers???Does any one want to talk about books?Well I will mention the two I am reading right now and see if anyone responds.I am into book five, 'The Half Prince', of the Harry Potter series. These are such fun to...

So off I went to Austria and Italy, and had a fabulous time. While in Austria we attended lectures at the University of Innsbruck and I found I loved being back in the classroom. That combined with all the workshops and programs I had been taking back...

Tropical Strom Fay: The 3 Stupidest Things I Saw OK...I have been in hurricanes before and tropical storms and I have seen some pretty amazing and dumb things. However, as tropical storm Fay pesristed for days and flooded out most of the state of...

To begin with, I was writing this blog right after Friday the 13th.  I thought I posted it, but apparently I didn't hit the submit button or was interrupted.  Anyway, on Friday the 13th I was washing dishes and was rinsing my last pot when the...

My brother was worried about saving his 1000-finger banana plant; I was worried about saving my life. I’m not a major worrier, but when there’s a tropical storm/hurricane in the front yard, I get a little apprehensive. I mean, when the water...

Writing is a great release of your thoughts and feelings. No matter what  subject you write about,  just the fact that you are writing, is unlocking your thought processes, using your memory, and exercising your brain.When we get older, we eat...

Hello and good to 'see' you.  I wanted to introduce myself, give you a chance to see who I am and figure out if you really care what I have to say.  It's my first blog online but I do keep a journal (started book 2) of things that happen to me...

Not being the most motivated person in the world, I developed my own work-out regime. I call it the 5-MININUTE WORK OUT. I do it 5 times a week. (I thought 7 times a week would be overkill.) The beauty of my fitness routine is that you can always find 5...

Being an entrepreneur...or a “Jill of all trades and a mistress of none,” which is how I’ve always described myself...I’ve found myself involved in some pretty bizarre employment ‘opportunities.’My first job was on top...

It started when Marc and I grabbed a seat -- the first time we'd rested in hours.  Marc, Jason and I were at the Major League Baseball draft, covering an amazing event.  Former player Dave Winfield helped organize a symbolic draft for surviving...

As young people prepare for high school graduations around the country (my own daughter included) I thought it would be cool (do they say that word anymore?) to come up with a Top Ten List of Baby Boomer Graduation Songs.  These are the songs my...

Thank goodness for people with money, fame and desire. They're the ones who show the rest of us what's possible. In 1991, NBA superstar Magic Johnson announced that he had HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. We all thought Magic was going to die. 17 years...

Yesterday when my 21-month-old grandson came home from daycare, he ran right over to me and gave me a hug.  Now granted, he could only reach my knees but it was definitely a big bear hug!  He does it quite often as a matter of...

Proceed with caution. I know what I'm talking about. I've done my research. I've been to nearly every 50-plus nook and cranny of cyberspace and let me tell you… This one is way out of the ordinary. Here are some of the reasons that stand out right away....

CAUTION: GB MEMBER VIDEO AHEAD...KEEP READING ! ! ! What do you get when you mix the following elements: An “amazing” sense of adventure, a 13 page application form, a video camera and my sister, whom I’ve known for 36 years? It’s quite...

I am that girl.  I am the one watching you in the restaurant, ordering a double cheeseburger with fries and a coke.  You see me at the football game, staring at the child who is shoving down a chili dog, chasing it with nachos and tugging on...

What the heck is going on? If we were prizefighters I think our corner would have no choice but to throw in the towel!  Life seems to have become an Irwin Allen movie. There's a disaster around every corner. All unexpected, all unprecedented,...