Welp. The good news is, you’re in for a treat ! ! The bad news ? Those Chicago Bears lost their very first game of this brand new NFL season last night & I’m bummed. I share this poem only ONCE a year & lucky you, that special day is today. waaaaaaaa. ……………………. I’m stuck …

I’m hoping these repeated words help someone, somewhere today. ♥ Why you have to go home, Gramma ? he asked with those innocent, saucer eyes & my heart seriously melted. MEL. TED. Well… I stammered, as I rattled off a few reasons & desperately tried to contain my sniffles. sniffle. oooooooh, Goodbyes. I’ve never been …

So. There I was, walking the morning walk, minding my biz, but carrying a bluesy sort of feeling with me. And WHY ??!!??  I wondered, as I held back teardrops … WHY ?? It’s a perfect, late Summer day with sunshine, fluffy clouds, cool breeze, no biggie worries on my brain … makes absolutely no …

Ahhhhhh & Yep. A FANTASTIC Labor Day weekend I most certainly had !! and I truly hope you did too. But lost in my late Summer glee was a little tradition I began a few years back where I tell you of the various job choices I’ve made, which led to where I sit today …

One of Husband’s favorite go-to sayings is … telegraph, telephone, teleHALTON … because somewhere in this L O N G road we’ve traveled, he came up with a super crazy notion that Sibs and I find it absolutely impossible to keep a secret & hmmm. ABSOLUTELY. IMPOSSIBLE. ? ? ? ? ? Now, I’ll admit …

I’m still trying to decipher exactly where my mind was as I stepped out that door without, but yes, it’s true !! I left these guys sitting on the counter yesterday and did not realize until, until … oops. Too late. So. There I walked with a strange, surreal emptiness hovering. No tunes ?? I …

Grandson exclaimed as his bro and Grandpa nodded their heads in agreement. It WAS !!  I chimed !! 🙂  It really was 🙂 & what exactly made this particular watching of the boys so darn fantastic ??!?? Hmmm. Maybe because we hadn’t seen each other since early July so, yeah, there were zillions of things …

I’ll be taking this body of mine to Versiti Blood Center today & I find it near impossible to describe the joy I feel before, during and after. It’s pretty awesome. I go for a withdrawal every 56 days. I’d add ! like clockwork ! but life sometimes gets in the way and I have …

We turn our tv to the local news each a.m. to catch the weather and see what’s up in this world, but since most every BREAKING !! story those cheerful somebodies relate has a pessimistic tilt and since Husband and I are trying our darnedest to keep negativity to a minimum, flip the channel, asap, …

A friend once told me, I have an eye for contrast and at that particular moment in time, I probably responded with a Yippee !! or OK ! or Weeeee !!  not really grasping the delightful-ness within the compliment, gifted & hmmm. hmmmm …   Hey, Contrast ?? I think I love you. & !! YaY …