There have been points in my life when I was just plain exhausted and didn’t feel like doing whatever needed doing: exercising, cleaning,...

You may not believe it unless you knew me back then, but yes, I was young and gorgeous once. Yes, I was. You don’t have to argue with me...

Confidence. Synonymous somewhat with lion (my personality blog 12/29/23), but attainable regardless of your main personality traits. It...

You knew I would follow up with some data info, right? I had to because there were a few new-to-me gadgets being used at the last...

Elaborating on last week’s blog, I was thinking about one of my favorite memories of surgeries (what? there are favorite memories of...

[For anyone who knows us, this is not in the present – no worries.] I am sitting in a surgical waiting room for the sixth time during my...

We sure had a break from typical winter weather the last two months, but when winter came at last, it descended properly with arctic...

While writing a blog on leaf colors last fall, this started coming to me. If I am more right-brained why do my lovely posts often...

Watching scary moves can be detrimental to our sleep. Nights when nightmares, demons, or imaginations run wild... Don’t drink a lot...

Have you ever taken a personality test? Were you surprised by the outcome? I took one once that also had a section that revealed whether...

What? No snow for Christmas – in Michigan? I am afraid it has been known to happen, although not very many times. I remember one year...

I am sitting in a hospital parking lot, waiting for my husband to return from a doctor appointment, so we can run some errands. I’m...

In one of my recent blogs, I said, “I could google it, but I would rather ponder over it.” And that got me thinking about the way things...

If you have ever attended Manistee Michigan’s Victorian Sleighbell Parade, you know how special it is. It’s a step into the past,...

A turkey that sings “Feliz Navidad”? Don’t we just get our holidays all jumbled together? Especially the stores? Winter clothes on the...

Many years ago, I read an article written by a marriage counselor on the key to a great marriage. The counselor, wanting to know why some...

Maybe you are a Type A, run-around-everyone-else kind of person and your spouse/partner is a one-thing-at-a-time tortoise kind of person....

Lovebirds…finches always seem to be in twos – and later in threes – in our yard. I am not sure if they are a couple, and then later dad,...

Ghosts, witches, pumpkins, clowns, or favorite fictional characters – who will you be for Halloween this year? Do you dress up? Have you...

You are probably wondering where I got the title for this week’s blog. My husband’s dad. “I'm off to the Jelly Bums” was his way of...