Growing up, I wasn’t like other kids.  I didn’t need to experience something myself to learn from it.  I listened to my mom’s stories and learned from her experiences.  I never felt the need to test things for myself. I had what I thought was a difficult childhood.  There were good times and bad times. ... Continue Reading →

One day, when I was a teenager, I was walking through the town square on my way to the bank. There were many people milling around. I didn't know what was happening and was not interested so I kept saying, "Excuse me." as I zigged and zagged through this throng of people. Suddenly these humongous... Continue Reading →

I believe in signs from "beyond". For some people it is cardinals; for others it is butterflies. Some believe it is coins that they randomly find. Some believe it is a specific squirrel (it's a interesting and funny story that I may tell later). Others believe it is a phrase or word. I believe all... Continue Reading →

Yes, I wear a mask when in public even though I have been fully vaccinated. I do it for you. I do it for those around me. I do it for children. I do it for the elderly. I do it for everyone in between. I do it for me - because it is so... Continue Reading →

Hello, I thought that I had set it up to automatically post my blogs to Facebook. This is a test of that. Thanks for your patience.

I admit it . . . I'm a cheapskate at heart. LOL I LOVE a good deal; a sale; a freebie. I LOVE ways to save money. I am going to start this blog to list things that I do and any other suggestions that others have to save money. I am going to add... Continue Reading →

Twenty years ago, my husband leaving me forced me to drastically change my life. I had been winding down my career and now had to ramp it up. I found a job working with 4 other women who, I thought at the time, were there to show me all of my future relationship/marriage options. There... Continue Reading →

On top of COVID-19, a black man, George Floyd, was murdered by a white police officer who kneeled on Mr. Floyd's neck until he died. Mr. Floyd kept repeating that he couldn't breathe but the officer knelt there, as he would on the neck of deer that he had just shot, waiting for it to... Continue Reading →

A lot of people (mostly women) are opening up about being in a toxic relationship at some point in their lives.  Most of them knew that what was happening to them at the time was toxic but they felt that they were unable (or unwilling) to get out of it for one reason or another. ... Continue Reading →

March 15, 2020 - Never in my lifetime has something like this happened.  I don't know that there is anyone alive who has been through something like this.  This virus, COVID-19 (aka Novel Coronavirus), is a pandemic.  The world has been through pandemics before but that was a long time ago.  Rapid communication among nations... Continue Reading →