Lesson’s from a first time zucchini gardener

This summer I went all out and planted a garden. I thought I would be smart and plant 2 tomato plants, 2 cherry tomato plants, some red onions, 1 zucchini plant and some sweet peppers, jalapenos, and basil. I thought I had a decent sized raised garden; it is 6 x 6 after all. It […]

What you miss and what you don’t…

There are always things from my past that I miss, the flip side of the coin is the things I don’t miss. Things I miss: I miss my grandparents…I miss waking up in the morning and being surrounded by complete unconditional love. I miss the big family gatherings I took for granted as a kid. […]

Early morning quiet

I have a love affair with coffee. I probably shouldn’t because I like it with sugar and half and half but I don’t care. I like my coffee much stronger and richer than my husband so about a year ago I bought myself a nice french press. I had a couple of smaller ones but […]

Thoughts for a quiet Sunday

As a little girl there was no one more important to me than my grandparents. I loved them both so much. I spent a lot of time with them especially after my little brother was diagnosed with cancer and then after my parents got divorced my brother and I spent time not only during the […]

Coffee in the mornings

Lately the days are becoming a little cooler in the morning and my walk to work is dropping into the 50’s so I’ve been drinking coffee in the mornings. Is it because the light is changing and the sun coming up later? Who knows, but it brought up an interesting conversation at work because I […]

My happiness

My husband has always told me I have a beautiful smile. Maybe he doesn’t realize that he is the one who makes me smile that way. On Saturday he wanted “my help” to set up and test his broadcast gear for the upcoming University of Montana football broadcasts. Let me tell you, he didn’t need […]

Simple things

At times I think some of the best things in my life are the simple and easy things. At other times I feel jealous of what someone else has or what car they drive. I’ve been trying to be appreciative of the simple things in my life lately. Things like the fact that I live […]

Why write?

A friend asked me the other day why I had a blog. Why did I write something and then put it out in public? I thought a minute or two before I answered him and when I finally answered it was two short replies, one simple and one sassy. The simple answer was why not […]

4 am…

I’m not one to talk much on the phone, never have been. I do like to video chat with my son and his girlfriend and that was one of the main reasons we bought them a Portal and we got one too. I love being able to just click on their names and see their […]

Almost August!!!!

I can not believe where the summer has gone. My bosses just left on their annual trek back to Wisconsin and it seems like it’s too early in the summer for that to happen. I haven’t taken any real vacation from work this year because I have been saving my time off to be in […]