I’ve always been interested in and loved handmade quilts. When I was in my 20s I tried a quilting class, but found it too frustrating. I did...

Yesterday I looked out my back hallway window to check on Lucy Lou, who was sunning her old doggie bones in the late afternoon sun. I notice...

My father is now is hospice care. He has been for a few weeks now. I thought increasing his care to include hospice would be more difficult ...

I had planned to spend Sunday afternoon puttering around happily in my garden. I had put my sister, Suzanne, on a plane back to Atlanta th...

On July 23, 2008 my Dad turned 90 years of age! On the 26th we gathered at the health care center where he lives to celebrate. Above and to ...

My sister, Suzanne, has always said that if there is such a thing as reincarnation, she would like to come back as a spoiled American hou...

Did you ever hear a song and/or melody that haunts you and you can't find the name of the song or who wrote it? During my life time I ha...

God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference...

It seems the last couple of years my family is falling apart. There have been a lot of changes starting with my Mom's death in 2003. A y...

Today I went to see Dad, who is in a health care center and has Alzheimer's. When I got there, right after lunch, he was in line waiting...

I've been thinking about my previous blog about the church festivals. I went to one last night with my gal pal, Terri, who is single and...

Here in Wisconsin, many of the Catholic churches have some type of festival during the summer months to raise money for the parish. Some of ...

Here in the mid-west we are flooding. While I have had some water in my basement, which my shop vac sucked up rather well, my co-worker, Jud...

Last winter looking out my windows at over 90+ inches of snow, I didn't think I would ever see green ...

My dear friend, Sally, is a miracle. After over a week in ICU with an unknown type of pneumonia, she is recovering. She has been in her own ...

It's after 3:00 am and I can't sleep. I went back to the doctor yesterday so now I am on round two of meds for bronchitis and a...

I'm trying to put things in perspective. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. While my dear friend, Sally, is fighting for her ...

Tonight one of my dearest friends is in the ICU of a hospital in Kalamazoo, MI fighting for her life Sally, my chosen sister, my confidant, ...

My oldest nephew was potty trained pretty early. The only thing the he a difficult time with was wiping his butt after pooping. Being a thou...

Thanks, Earthbound-Spirit, for another fun quiz. This, after eating a chocolate donut! Click link to take the test: http://www.oneplusyou.c...