Category: Family

  • Drinking and how it affects families?

    Drinking and how it affects families?

    Personally this is something that I think people need to look at more, especially with focus on the families. How can I say that? Because my father was a wonderful man but he was an alcoholic. He always had a drink in his hand and spent evenings after work (thank God he held a job)…

  • Wedding shower and snow day!

    Wedding shower and snow day!

    Woke up Saturday morning to snow. I really had not expected snow, but colder weather, yes. Two of our daughters had come to town to attend a bridal shower for Josie our granddaughter who is getting married in December. Our granddaughter loves winter and Christmas time. The shower was held out in the country, the…

  • Ups and Downs, Interesting time.

    Ups and Downs, Interesting time.

    My mind is simply running like a train, but I feel I am missing the tracks at times. It’s like my cup of coffee is running over but when I check it I find a full cup hours old and cold. Everyone is rushing, including me to get things done. It takes a lot of…

  • Budget! Decide yes or no

    Budget! Decide yes or no

    Updated from 2019 14 Suggestions to come up with a workable Budget. This plan is setup more toward a family, but a single person could also definitely benefit from it. You decide how to begin. It may take some time to find the right plan for you and your family. It’s OK to start small,…

  • October, beautiful

    October, beautiful

    Start of a new week! Last week just flew by and I did accomplish some things especially with my computer that has been very temperamental for me. Cleaned up as many downloads as I could and it is behaving much behaving much better. Overload not good. My fault. The weather has been beautiful here. Our…

  • What about the holidays?

    What about the holidays?

    Did you ever wake up thinking, oh boy I wish I could sleep later, of course, that has happened to all of us. Then your brain reminds you that you have this day all planned out, so move. Thinking a lot about my blog and focusing on lifestyle. Broad area I know but it seems…

  • Patience, a virtue

    Patience, a virtue

    Patience is a virtue and it takes a lot of hard work. How can I say that, because I had a very bad temper for a long time, but have mellowed over the years and have wisely learned to pick my battles. Keeping your temper requires ongoing work on your part and the part of…

  • Choices, you make them.

    Choices, you make them.

    Updated 3/4/23 Life is interesting it either is wonderful and everything is going your way or it stinks and you are getting slapped down every time you turn around. Well maybe you need to look at your life and make some changes. Oh, it is not you but everyone else causing the issues? They just…

  • Thinking! Thinking! and Thinking!

    Thinking! Thinking! and Thinking!

    I had decided a couple of months ago I would not buy anything more until my understanding of this blogging business improved. Well it is improving but very slowly. It’s like taking one step forward and ten back. Just think I have it down pat and all of a sudden I realize, boy oh boy…

  • Weight!?

    Weight!?

    Goal setting for 2022 and 2023 What a boring title you say and I have to agree, however the facts are the facts. We were at a restaurant not to long ago and, looking around most of the adults, even some teenagers, were overweight. I thought to myself we all need to work on what…