Happy New Year everyone! Just sitting here reflecting on the evening ahead and the memories from the past year. What’s ahead for us is a dinner with family then home to care for our American Staffordshire/Lab mix, Tucker, who is terrified of fireworks. Our Gracie doesn’t love them either, but …
Anyone who knows me well, knows that I need to stay home the day after Christmas. Pajamas until after noon, coffee half the day — not leaving the house except to walk pups. There have been very few exceptions to this luxury I give myself after a week or two …
On December 4, I visited Red Rock Canyon National Park on my last full day in Las Vegas. As it was only 30-minutes from Nellis AFB, it was the closest place I found to get into the mountains and see a canyon. I’d heard wonderful things about the park so …
Yesterday, I spent a good part of the day on The Las Vegas Strip with my daughter, Lauren. My first visit in May 2018 gave me enough bearings to show her some of the highlights. Lucky for us, she has an M Life reward card that provides free parking …
This week I am spending time with my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter who have been transferred to Nellis Air Force Base. I’m sad to see them go, but the base is only 18 miles north of the Vegas Strip. Lucky me! Tonight we all headed to The Fremont Street …
On October 14, 2018, we visited the John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA…main goal? To see The Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit, “Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission”. I instigated this visit for my husband, Keith’s, sake, but thoroughly enjoyed the exhibit and the other parts of the museum we were able to experience.
I love fall as it is called in my area of the world — autumn for others. It’s my favorite season with cooling temperatures, reduced humidity, all things from the harvest to eat including pumpkins, apples, butternut squash and more. I love the smell of smoke from fireplace conflagrations, snuggly …
At 59, I am under less stress than I’ve been in a long time…well, I should be. I have three grown daughters, a two-year-old granddaughter who is the light of my life, an amazing husband, a son-in-law, a son-in-love, a great church, wonderful friends, two dogs, three Glofish (look them …
We are on the cusp of another foster pup heading to their loving forever home. I’m so thrilled for Chief and so sad he is leaving us. Chief has been with us for three-and-a-half months…longest foster to date. This is going to be a hard one. We are used to …
In August 2018 I visited the San Francisco Bay Area for the third time. As this does not make me an expert in getting around the area, I feel qualified to share the lessons I learned. I’m a big proponent of public transportation whether it be a subway system, train …
