Are you referred to as the woman who is “Shopping”? Meaning looking for the “ perfect boyfriend”. Are you working every angle you can to find him? Here’s a little hint . . . women who are known to be interesting and perusing their own personal goals are more appealing to men than the woman who is in hot pursuit. While you […]
Late one night, Ruth- Ann came home from a date with her boyfriend. Her crestfallen face was streaked with tears.” You look as gloomy as a treed coon”, said her mama. What’s wrong, darlin’? “Billy- Ray proposed to me tonight,” Ruth Ann replied. ”Well, hush my mouth!” her mama shouted with joy. “Ain’t that the […]
Country folk paint their sentences in the most vivid and original analogies when it comes to what love is and isn’t. They sew simple words of emotion into quilts of truisms, and season their language with zesty wit and biting rage. There is always an element of truth in these beliefs from the nation’s backwoods and front […]
Some gals holler, others get very, very quiet. How do you let people know you are mad? Personally, I’m a walker just let me go for a long walk and talk it out to myself and then I return a different gal. How about you? Are you a cupboard door slammer or maybe you just get very, […]
Are you wondering how to get your grandchildren moving, spark their imaginations, and make the evening so much fun, they’ll want to come back next week? I just read a list of activities suggested for grandparents by Grandparents.com and I have added a few comments of my own to their list. I hope you enjoy reading a […]
Have you ever notice how much energy children have? Granted, they’re flinging around bodies that weigh twenty to sixty pounds while you and I weigh… never mind, let’s not go there. But my point is that kids are indefatigable or another way to put it is that some times they seem to be incapable of being fatigued.I noticed the other day after a few hours […]
Kids are taking over the world and I’m not talking about all the doctors, policemen, politicians, and attorneys who seem to be getting younger and younger every year. I’m talking about children. Real children. More specifically, toddlers they could be your nieces and nephews, your grandchildren, your neighbor’s kids, or in some cases, even your own […]
Last summer I was performing one of my favorite grandmotherly duties, which is spoiling my grandson’s rotten! Their names are Jeremy and Jesse. This particular time we were eating ice cream on a hot summer day. It was a special treat, and they were enjoying it thoroughly. Suddenly, Jeremy scrunched up his little five-year-old face and started pounding […]
“Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.” Author George Burns. ” One of the problems about retirement is that it gives you more time to read about retirement.” This is Bob’s story about life after retirement. Dear Friends, It is important for men to remember that as women grow older it […]
Baby Boomers are cruising to places like Alaska, the Caribbean, New Zealand, Australia, and Italy and where ever the cruise ships will take them. My friend Ruby‘s nick name is the “Golden Princess.” Ruby announced to her family and friends that she has decided to go on a Princess cruise instead of going to a nursing home. […]
“Kids Say the Darndest Things” was a segment on a television show called House Party. Art Linkletter was the host on CBS radio and television for many years and his interviews were never scripted, the kids said what they really thought. It could have been called ”Straight Talk.” One thing we can count on is that children are still saying the darndest things and […]
