Just kind of by accident...I found black " L I V E W R O N G " bracelets now being sold...can only hope the money goes to the foundation (and I'm pretty sure it doesn't)...
Added later...realized that sounded like I'm going to buy one. I'm NOT.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
All About Lance
Arrogant Prick...he called himself that. And...and those of you who know me know I've stood by his story all along...I ride a duplicate of the bike that he rode in the 2001 Tour....but I think he nailed it: He IS an arrogant prick!
IF what he says now is true, he's also right in that it is too late.
So...do I trash these...save them as a token of a huge hoax (that's a mild name for it)...or just toss 'em back in the drawer. (And..I have another bracelet somewhere still in the plastic...couldn't find it for the photo..didn't try very hard.)
I'm disappointed...not the first time, probably won't be the last. Arrogant Prick!
IF what he says now is true, he's also right in that it is too late.
I'm disappointed...not the first time, probably won't be the last. Arrogant Prick!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
A Favorite Tree
Count your blessings!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
I REPEAT: USE BCC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Recently I received an email from someone who I don't know...never heard of her before...and I'm having a really hard time not responding. She sent her "change of email address" message to 176 persons....AND DIDN'T USE "BCC". That's 176 people whose email addresses she put out there for the world to spam. She said in the her mail that her darling daughter-in-law had taught her how to change her email address. I SO badly want to email her at her new address and tell her she ought to have her teach her how to use the "bcc" function! I've gone so far to look up her address and have thought about snail-mailing her an anonymous letter. How she got my name and email address I don't know. Maybe she thinks I'm the other person in town with the same name. I find however (from past experience with ignorance) that reacting to such blatant stupidity can often just cause more of the same.
Perhaps someone (ya live in a cave, do ya???) doesn't know what "bcc" means. It's "blind carbon copy" and many years ago in the age of real ink and paper messaging, one would put "bcc" and a name or two at the bottom of the master (kept) copy. A clean message would go to each individual without the others knowing anyone else had received it. In today's world, it also means you aren't sharing everyone else's email address with the world!
So, if you aren't using the "bcc" function...DO!!!! It doesn't take one single keystroke more than the other way.
JUST DO IT!!!!
Perhaps someone (ya live in a cave, do ya???) doesn't know what "bcc" means. It's "blind carbon copy" and many years ago in the age of real ink and paper messaging, one would put "bcc" and a name or two at the bottom of the master (kept) copy. A clean message would go to each individual without the others knowing anyone else had received it. In today's world, it also means you aren't sharing everyone else's email address with the world!
So, if you aren't using the "bcc" function...DO!!!! It doesn't take one single keystroke more than the other way.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2013 !!!!!
Well.....so I got up, got bundled up and took Schiz out to do "her thing." Decided to sweep/shovel the drive and sidewalk. My shovel looks like a kid's toy and doesn't work even that well....handle either swivels on the wood barrel or the shovel-part swivels. Anyway...not much snow and I cleared it all pretty easily. Came back in...maybe 5 minutes later, looked out....and this is what's happening:
I just stood inside the front doorway to take this shot. I didn't go back out in to it. We need the moisture...I'm not complaining...exactly........ Happy New Year!
Monday, December 31, 2012
Hacienda in the Snow
Monday, December 24, 2012
Christmas Eve...and Waiting........
Well...it's nearly time. That jolly old fat man should be on his way. Here I sit, eating fudge (and then I eat Ritz crackers to counteract the icky feeling from eating too much fudge)...and waiting...and waiting...and waiting.
I'm only writing this because I thought it was only fair to forewarn the world...should that jolly old fat guy show up here and happen to be that Santa guy on the Chevy commercials....well, he's gonna be runnin' a little late for the rest of the world. WOOF!
Ok...well...back to waiting and watching..... Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
I'm only writing this because I thought it was only fair to forewarn the world...should that jolly old fat guy show up here and happen to be that Santa guy on the Chevy commercials....well, he's gonna be runnin' a little late for the rest of the world. WOOF!
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Almost Christmas.....
Well...here it is...almost Christmas! Hard to believe...and even somewhat hard to act like it's Christmas. I'm curious about how people in warm climates "do" Christmas. Most of our days have been in the 50's and 60's...that's not Christmas weather. We're supposed to be cold and snowy by now!!!
Actually, we did get about an inch of snow this past Wednesday/Thursday. I went to Joplin to visit my sister on Wednesday and the roads were clear. I came back on Thursday and there was a little snow here and there. Between Potwin and Burrton there were beautiful big drifts in the ditches. The old crops could still be seen with snow settled in the rows, but the wind had made huge drifts in the ditches. I heard later that Newton (right in between Potwin and Burrton) had had 2" of snow...Hutchinson only had 1". Hutchinson had 1" of snow...and about 6" of salt! My car (black) was dirty from the trip...very dirty...so I went and washed it. Tried to get home from the car wash place without getting dirty. HA!!! Wound up wiping it down again with wet towel and Windex and it now looks pretty smeared...and that's inside the garage. Bet it'll be a mess when the sunshine hits it! Hutchinson is well known for it's salt mines...and believe me, we SALT the streets!
Today is supposed to be back up in the 50's and then turn cold, so I really should try to get in another bicycle ride before year end. I'm at 4,218 miles for 2012. My friend/co-rider has nearly 7,000 miles!!! I was so pleased with my total (the most I've done in several years)...but WOW!!! Carol has truly "gone the extra mile." She does things like heads to Partridge for coffee...then decides maybe Arlington for lunch instead! That's about a 60-70 mile ride from her house. Back in the old days we did that...but I haven't done it for a long time. I admire her for her endurance!
I hope each of you have a great Christmas! May all your Christmas wishes come true. And God willing, I'll see you all after the holidays! Count your blessings...say your prayers...and be a good little boy or girl. Santa Claus is coming to town!
Actually, we did get about an inch of snow this past Wednesday/Thursday. I went to Joplin to visit my sister on Wednesday and the roads were clear. I came back on Thursday and there was a little snow here and there. Between Potwin and Burrton there were beautiful big drifts in the ditches. The old crops could still be seen with snow settled in the rows, but the wind had made huge drifts in the ditches. I heard later that Newton (right in between Potwin and Burrton) had had 2" of snow...Hutchinson only had 1". Hutchinson had 1" of snow...and about 6" of salt! My car (black) was dirty from the trip...very dirty...so I went and washed it. Tried to get home from the car wash place without getting dirty. HA!!! Wound up wiping it down again with wet towel and Windex and it now looks pretty smeared...and that's inside the garage. Bet it'll be a mess when the sunshine hits it! Hutchinson is well known for it's salt mines...and believe me, we SALT the streets!
Today is supposed to be back up in the 50's and then turn cold, so I really should try to get in another bicycle ride before year end. I'm at 4,218 miles for 2012. My friend/co-rider has nearly 7,000 miles!!! I was so pleased with my total (the most I've done in several years)...but WOW!!! Carol has truly "gone the extra mile." She does things like heads to Partridge for coffee...then decides maybe Arlington for lunch instead! That's about a 60-70 mile ride from her house. Back in the old days we did that...but I haven't done it for a long time. I admire her for her endurance!
I hope each of you have a great Christmas! May all your Christmas wishes come true. And God willing, I'll see you all after the holidays! Count your blessings...say your prayers...and be a good little boy or girl. Santa Claus is coming to town!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Long Time, No Write...huh?
It's been so long since I've posted to my blog that I nearly had forgotten my password. But, lucky you...I remembered it!
'Tis the season for lots of craft sales for me...as a vendor...and December 8, as the promoter of my own show. This will be the 4th year. Years 1 and 2 were held in my home; year 3 was at the Boy and Girl Scout buildings on the fairgrounds (3,000 sq. ft in 2 buildings - and we were practically stacked on top of each other); and now year 4: the Encampment building at the fairgrounds. We'll have 6,400 sq. ft...and just for what it's worth: I have a waiting list of over 20 people and tried to rent the other half of the building a few weeks back. Couldn't get it as it's going to be used for the police department's Christmas party that evening. So...we're still limited this year...but at least the vendors I do have lined up will have plenty of space. And next year - second Saturday in December (Dec. 14, 2013) - I have already reserved the Domestic Arts building...that's 13,000 sq. ft. I truly love doing this...both getting the show together, etc., as well as participating as a vendor.
My "real" work was as an accounting manager for a small (65-70 employees) company here in Hutchinson. I liked it a lot...but I never really had to interact with the public very much. For the most part, I really do enjoy that part of the craft market. Once in a while one get's somebody that's a major pain (first name Martha!!!)...I had one last week end. Not going to go into it here, but afterwards while I was feeling rather guilty and like an outcast, several people came to me and said they were behind me all the way. I lost a $77 sale....but it was worth it to let the bitch know I was on to her! Oh well....life goes on.
Two more shows this year. One at Lyons on December 1 and my own on the fairgrounds on December 8. So far this year they've all been very good shows for me.
I've kind of quit blogging for awhile because I figured everyone is sick of hearing the same stuff over and over....but guess what! Here it is again!!!
Still biking nearly daily. Weather has been incredibly beautiful here for this time of year. Upper 60's the past few days. Today was a little windy and everyone had "stuff to do for Thanksgiving" so we didn't ride today. But..so far this year...I have 4,084 miles! I really considered getting out today and just cranking around the neighborhood 'til I rolled up 16 miles to get that 4,100...but I didn't.
Tomorrow (Thanksgiving) I'm going to go out for dinner with one of my ex-neighbors. She came by the craft show I was at last weekend and asked what I was doing, and we decided to go out to eat. Started out we were going to each cook....then decided how much easier just going out would be! 'Course, that means no leftover turkey. I may still wind up buying a small turkey just so I can have turkey sandwiches. And I have everything to make cranberry relish to put on a sandwich. And I have everything to make a pumpkin log cake. And I have everything to make Snicker bar cookies. Here's a puzzle for ya: what's missing???? Oh yeah....veggies! Once again! Some things never change. Maybe I'll eat A veggie tomorrow...it won't be green beans - they're a waste of time in my opinion. I don't dislike them...they're just a zero. I like corn and peas and cauliflower and broccoli and even brussel sprouts...but not green beans....and NOT turnips!!! Turnips are NOT a zero...they're a negative 100!!! As are their red (sometimes white) cousins: radishes. Yuck. When I was a kid (been a while) everyone knew there were 3 foods I simply could not even be forced to eat: Turnips, tapioca pudding, and warm cereal (my mom was big on cornmeal mush...and if it didn't get eaten for breakfast, she put it in a can, cooled it, then sliced it and fried it in bacon grease for supper! OMG!!!!)
'Tis the season for lots of craft sales for me...as a vendor...and December 8, as the promoter of my own show. This will be the 4th year. Years 1 and 2 were held in my home; year 3 was at the Boy and Girl Scout buildings on the fairgrounds (3,000 sq. ft in 2 buildings - and we were practically stacked on top of each other); and now year 4: the Encampment building at the fairgrounds. We'll have 6,400 sq. ft...and just for what it's worth: I have a waiting list of over 20 people and tried to rent the other half of the building a few weeks back. Couldn't get it as it's going to be used for the police department's Christmas party that evening. So...we're still limited this year...but at least the vendors I do have lined up will have plenty of space. And next year - second Saturday in December (Dec. 14, 2013) - I have already reserved the Domestic Arts building...that's 13,000 sq. ft. I truly love doing this...both getting the show together, etc., as well as participating as a vendor.
My "real" work was as an accounting manager for a small (65-70 employees) company here in Hutchinson. I liked it a lot...but I never really had to interact with the public very much. For the most part, I really do enjoy that part of the craft market. Once in a while one get's somebody that's a major pain (first name Martha!!!)...I had one last week end. Not going to go into it here, but afterwards while I was feeling rather guilty and like an outcast, several people came to me and said they were behind me all the way. I lost a $77 sale....but it was worth it to let the bitch know I was on to her! Oh well....life goes on.
Two more shows this year. One at Lyons on December 1 and my own on the fairgrounds on December 8. So far this year they've all been very good shows for me.
I've kind of quit blogging for awhile because I figured everyone is sick of hearing the same stuff over and over....but guess what! Here it is again!!!
Still biking nearly daily. Weather has been incredibly beautiful here for this time of year. Upper 60's the past few days. Today was a little windy and everyone had "stuff to do for Thanksgiving" so we didn't ride today. But..so far this year...I have 4,084 miles! I really considered getting out today and just cranking around the neighborhood 'til I rolled up 16 miles to get that 4,100...but I didn't.
Tomorrow (Thanksgiving) I'm going to go out for dinner with one of my ex-neighbors. She came by the craft show I was at last weekend and asked what I was doing, and we decided to go out to eat. Started out we were going to each cook....then decided how much easier just going out would be! 'Course, that means no leftover turkey. I may still wind up buying a small turkey just so I can have turkey sandwiches. And I have everything to make cranberry relish to put on a sandwich. And I have everything to make a pumpkin log cake. And I have everything to make Snicker bar cookies. Here's a puzzle for ya: what's missing???? Oh yeah....veggies! Once again! Some things never change. Maybe I'll eat A veggie tomorrow...it won't be green beans - they're a waste of time in my opinion. I don't dislike them...they're just a zero. I like corn and peas and cauliflower and broccoli and even brussel sprouts...but not green beans....and NOT turnips!!! Turnips are NOT a zero...they're a negative 100!!! As are their red (sometimes white) cousins: radishes. Yuck. When I was a kid (been a while) everyone knew there were 3 foods I simply could not even be forced to eat: Turnips, tapioca pudding, and warm cereal (my mom was big on cornmeal mush...and if it didn't get eaten for breakfast, she put it in a can, cooled it, then sliced it and fried it in bacon grease for supper! OMG!!!!)
With that happy thought (gag), I'm going to wrap this up. Here's wishing each of you a wonderful Thanksgiving. Please be sure to count your blessings! I guarantee I do count mine OFTEN!!! They're many. In fact, here's a recent Hobby Lobby purchase of mine. I say it all the time and when I saw the metal piece I knew I had to have it.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Lookin' Out the Back Door
It's been really pretty here. I hadn't ridden for a couple of weeks because I was babying an eye issue..but last Sunday Carol and I rode to Nickerson (32 miles) and Monday Carol, Mary, and I rode to Partridge (43.84 miles!!!) So pretty much Monday was kind of "lost" after that. Had a shower, had some soup, that about covers it. I hadn't ridden much in the past two weeks and it pretty much used me up. Sure felt great at the time though.
We didn't get in a ride yesterday as I had an eye appointment (and got a good report on healing.) Carol and I had planned to ride this morning and a big dark cloud was looming overhead, so we didn't. By the time the clouds passed (and a tiny dribble of rain), the wind was up. Tomorrow maybe.
Friday, October 12, 2012
More about "The Dog"
I've said it more than once...even more than twice: She's gotta be part cat!!!
I said, "There goes the trash truck..." and this is where she decided was ok to go to see out. And then she stayed there for awhile. Goofy, huh? No...that's Schiz...also apropos.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Update on Schiz face!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Cousins Visit
My cousins, Shon and Becky (sisters) came to visit today. One from near Manhattan, the other from near Topeka. Both are extremely artistic and talented. They brought me a house-warming/birthday gift...one, a bottle of chocolate wine that looks and sounds delicious...and two:
Becky hand-painted this picture of Schiz!!! And she NAILED it!!! Here's a shot of Schiz with a little longer hair about a year and a half ago
Isn't this just great?? I love it!!! Thank you!
After lunch at the Anchor Inn, a stop at the DQ for sundaes, and a great visit with lots of laughs and memories, they had to head back home. I could spend a lot more time with them...we never run out of topics to discuss!!!
Count your blessings....you'll be amazed!
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Mission Desk
I'm beginning to get fairly well settled in my new home. And...I love it! For the past three days I've been cleaning windows (inside and out) and wooden venetian blinds. Lots of them! 8 windows in living room, 7 in master bedroom, 1 big wide double window in dining room and 1 in kitchen. All that's left is the guest room...and it'll just have to wait.
Well...it's now 24 hours (or more) since those first two paragraphs were written...and my how stuff changes!
My camera decided not to work...wasn't batteries...finally got it to turn on...took pix...thought I was downloading them...but now can't find them. Got message "no new photos"...and my sweet disposition thought: Oh my...maybe I need a new camera. SO.....I went to Wally world and bought a new camera. Not a real high dollar fancy job...that would be a waste for me...but a nice little Nikon. SKINNY!!!!! I'm still learning but I think I like it. So..now I'll try to add some photos to this post:
Photos1 - 2 - 3 above..add about 4 hours time...and you get photo 4!! Wasn't too tough at all...once I figured out that #6 screws are not #9 screws. Kept thinking "well...these aren't gonna be big enough to support this...", then figured out I was using the wrong hardware! DUH!
These are living room windows...now clean inside and out and wooden blinds wiped down individually with a damp rag...sorry, but Swiffer just doesn't do it for me.
And hidden behind these drapes are three more just like the living room windows...these are in the master bedroom however.
And this one is in the dining room...and there's another one in the kitchen (and two more in the guest bedroom..but they aren't done yet!) Remember "back in the old days"...ever go to the library and look something up on a fish (fiche???)...and after awhile you feel like you're going to tip over and fall off the chair? Well...cleaning blinds does that too!!!
And the latest news of the day: someone (much nicer term than I've been using) hit my mailbox and polycarts in town at "my other house"...the one that is sold and we close on Monday. WHY couldn't they have waited one more week? Anyway..no great damage other than I need to get a new mailbox post and mailbox put up for the new owner. Tomorrow.... already got the handyman lined up.
If I'm not drunk Monday evening I'll not know why! This has been the most frustrating house sale I've ever been involved with...and I've been in a few. More on that MAYBE after I have her money in my hands! Ok...one short story....long small window beside front door...frosted design but one can still see through it...I'd had plain white contact paper on it, but had removed it when I put the house up for sale. I mentioned that to the buyer at the time of inspection (as she'd commented that she'd need some covering on that window)... So....she called me...asked if I still had that contact paper! HUH? Yeah...sure...No, I threw it away. Then she wanted to know if I had anymore and I told her no....and the beat goes on! See, I told ya so! Come on, Monday!!!!!
Count your blessings.... I do. Oh yeah...been a little rainy or rainy-ish here...haven't ridden much in the past few days...but I have about 3600 miles for the year so far! And I've lost a few pounds too..and with my diet that IS amazing!!! Micky D's 3/$1 chocolate chip cookies...VERY familiar with those!
Friday, September 14, 2012
An Update of Sorts...Kinda ...
Much, much, much has happened in my life in the past six weeks or so...but honestly, not much I care to post here.
Mainly I've bought a different house. I've moved. I've sold the other house. I'm still riding quite a few miles every day...usually between 32 and 42 per day. I've been so busy I can't even tell you what my total for the year is right now. I've kept it...it's on another computer...and it's just not currently handy. But we ride nearly daily and usually about the same number of miles.
On one of our rides we discovered (well...I'm sure it wasn't undiscovered or lost..it was simply the first we all knew about it) an incredible, beautiful garden. HUGE!!! I assume that's somewhat what a commercial garden looks like. The Amish lady that was out in the garden told us they have seven children and they all help. We were on bicycles that particular day so we didn't buy anything, but a few days later the three of us took a car and bought some fresh veggies. Yummy!!!! They have simply everything and it's an extraordinarily well groomed garden.
Yesterday we had rain. You know, that stuff that falls from the sky and it's wet. Well, we actually had a great rain all day long. Evidently it seemed a lot nicer that what it actually was, as the weatherman said we had some small amount (like .34 inch)...and it seemed like we surely had at least an inch! We need rain so badly that we're excited to get ANY! At my new place I'm told I should expect to see deer and turkeys on a regular basis. Yesterday turkeys were in the neighbor's yard and they were soaked....still struttin' their stuff, but black and slick with rain. I have a wooded area behind my house that I lovingly refer to as "my woods." I keep peeking out the windows at dawn and dusk hoping to see a deer, but not yet.
Some of you will remember that I had a bit of a conflict over a different place that I'd tried to buy and the dingbat that was selling it changed her mind. Long story...not here. I can only say that someone was watching over me...I love this new place. It's unique and I think just gorgeous. A good friend of mine came out and kept saying over and over again, "Wow."....."Wow." Later she called and said she had come up with the perfect expression to describe my place: "Wow." I feel the same way. Neatest place I've had yet!
Life is good and I'm always happy to count my blessings...they're many!!! Count yours too.
Mainly I've bought a different house. I've moved. I've sold the other house. I'm still riding quite a few miles every day...usually between 32 and 42 per day. I've been so busy I can't even tell you what my total for the year is right now. I've kept it...it's on another computer...and it's just not currently handy. But we ride nearly daily and usually about the same number of miles.
On one of our rides we discovered (well...I'm sure it wasn't undiscovered or lost..it was simply the first we all knew about it) an incredible, beautiful garden. HUGE!!! I assume that's somewhat what a commercial garden looks like. The Amish lady that was out in the garden told us they have seven children and they all help. We were on bicycles that particular day so we didn't buy anything, but a few days later the three of us took a car and bought some fresh veggies. Yummy!!!! They have simply everything and it's an extraordinarily well groomed garden.
Yesterday we had rain. You know, that stuff that falls from the sky and it's wet. Well, we actually had a great rain all day long. Evidently it seemed a lot nicer that what it actually was, as the weatherman said we had some small amount (like .34 inch)...and it seemed like we surely had at least an inch! We need rain so badly that we're excited to get ANY! At my new place I'm told I should expect to see deer and turkeys on a regular basis. Yesterday turkeys were in the neighbor's yard and they were soaked....still struttin' their stuff, but black and slick with rain. I have a wooded area behind my house that I lovingly refer to as "my woods." I keep peeking out the windows at dawn and dusk hoping to see a deer, but not yet.
Some of you will remember that I had a bit of a conflict over a different place that I'd tried to buy and the dingbat that was selling it changed her mind. Long story...not here. I can only say that someone was watching over me...I love this new place. It's unique and I think just gorgeous. A good friend of mine came out and kept saying over and over again, "Wow."....."Wow." Later she called and said she had come up with the perfect expression to describe my place: "Wow." I feel the same way. Neatest place I've had yet!
Life is good and I'm always happy to count my blessings...they're many!!! Count yours too.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Friendships
One of the women I ride with every day sent this to me...it struck home!
They Teach It at Stanford
In an evening class at Stanford the last lecture was on the mind-body
connection - the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of
psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things
that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman whereas for a
woman, one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture her
relationships with her girlfriends. At first everyone laughed, but he was
serious.
Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that
help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences.
Physically this quality “girlfriend time" helps us to create more serotonin -
a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling
of well being. Women share feelings whereas men often form relationships around
activities. They rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they feel
about certain things or how their personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes. Sports?
Yes. Cars? Yes. Fishing, hunting, golf? Yes. But their feelings? Rarely.
Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our sisters/mothers,
and evidently that is very good for our health. He said that spending time with
a friend is just as important to our general health as jogging or working out at
a gym.
There's a tendency to think that when we are "exercising" we are doing
something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out with friends, we are
wasting our time and should be more productively engaged—not true.
In fact, he said that failure to create and maintain quality personal
relationships with other humans is as dangerous to our physical health as
smoking!
So every time you hang out to schmooze with a gal pal, just pat yourself on
the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health! We
are indeed very, very lucky.
Sooooo… let's toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it’s
very good for our health.
Life isn't about surviving the storm; but how you dance in the rain.
They Teach It at Stanford
In an evening class at Stanford the last lecture was on the mind-body
connection - the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of
psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things
that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman whereas for a
woman, one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture her
relationships with her girlfriends. At first everyone laughed, but he was
serious.
Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that
help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences.
Physically this quality “girlfriend time" helps us to create more serotonin -
a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling
of well being. Women share feelings whereas men often form relationships around
activities. They rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they feel
about certain things or how their personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes. Sports?
Yes. Cars? Yes. Fishing, hunting, golf? Yes. But their feelings? Rarely.
Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our sisters/mothers,
and evidently that is very good for our health. He said that spending time with
a friend is just as important to our general health as jogging or working out at
a gym.
There's a tendency to think that when we are "exercising" we are doing
something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out with friends, we are
wasting our time and should be more productively engaged—not true.
In fact, he said that failure to create and maintain quality personal
relationships with other humans is as dangerous to our physical health as
smoking!
So every time you hang out to schmooze with a gal pal, just pat yourself on
the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health! We
are indeed very, very lucky.
Sooooo… let's toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it’s
very good for our health.
Life isn't about surviving the storm; but how you dance in the rain.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
It's R A I N I N G ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Well, that may not seem like such a big deal to some of you, but we central-Kansans are in dire need of rain. Yeah...means I didn't get to ride this morning...but it's beginning to clear off a little (and we didn't get NEARLY enough rain) so I may get in a ride yet today.
My "main" riding buddy is in Colorado for the next week or two but Mary and I rode to Nickerson yesterday morning. We had planned to ride today but it was wet. Tomorrow and Thursday Mary has other plans so I may have to just get out there and DO IT! So much easier and so much more fun with others.
I stopped by over at a friend's house this a.m. and she has a not-quite-6-month old Yorkie. He's up to 3 lbs. 5 oz. now. Without a doubt the cutest thing I've ever seen. Brutus! I didn't have my camera with me but I have to get photos soon (if I can get him slowed down enough.) They're having a 6-month birthday party for him September 4...maybe then.
Hope you're getting rain if you need it...hope we get a little more.
My "main" riding buddy is in Colorado for the next week or two but Mary and I rode to Nickerson yesterday morning. We had planned to ride today but it was wet. Tomorrow and Thursday Mary has other plans so I may have to just get out there and DO IT! So much easier and so much more fun with others.
I stopped by over at a friend's house this a.m. and she has a not-quite-6-month old Yorkie. He's up to 3 lbs. 5 oz. now. Without a doubt the cutest thing I've ever seen. Brutus! I didn't have my camera with me but I have to get photos soon (if I can get him slowed down enough.) They're having a 6-month birthday party for him September 4...maybe then.
Hope you're getting rain if you need it...hope we get a little more.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Too Funny Not To Post
My apologies in advance...but this just cracks me up! A cousin sent me this as an email and it just made me laugh!
I suggest all men should boycott Kohl's until the cruelty stops!!!
I suggest all men should boycott Kohl's until the cruelty stops!!!
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Neighbor's Cactus
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)