TGIF!

I love the weekends!

don't you?

I didn't always...

once, many moons ago,

I had to work almost every weekend.

It was a good job, 

some even considered it a 

"dream job"...

but it took me away from

those that I loved the most...

So,

it had to go...

I grew up and no longer wanted 

the "good life" that took me to 

exotic places...

I wanted to enjoy 

the very special

"quiet moments"

a popsicle with my son...

my dog licking my feet...

the sun warming my face....

my father's stories...

my mother's meatloaf....

laughter with my girlfriends...

all of it could not wait 

not one more minute

without me.....

So,

enjoy where you are planted....

Take care of YOU this weekend!.....

smiles

A travel tip that will save your life...

Sometimes...

I kid, but not about your life, my dear...

Seriously,

if you plan to travel great distances

(an what travel isn't great?)

you have to learn to be responsible for yourself.

One of the tidbits I learned 

"on the jumpseat"

in my previous life as a flight attendant,
was that you take care of your legs.

That meant wearing support hose for years before

I even hit the ol' 30 yr mark.

Please don't ask me to explain the 

scientific reasons, (remember, I have a degree in History)

I only know that if you don't take care of your legs,

you will at the very least end up with 

road maps for "gams".

Then if you are super stupid and ignore this advice for
TOO long, you will endanger your life....
because as we age (can you believe I said that?)
our circulatory system becomes....let's just say "tired"
and when you sit in one place for long periods of time
your feet and legs collect all the blood that should
be in your brain helping you to think.....

This brings me to today's tip...
Wear these

I know...
these are men's socks...
(my sweetie just came home from China, so they were handy)
BUT 
most importantly, they are travel socks...
Compression socks to be 
more precise. 
They are like support hose, but are knee socks.
I don't know about you, but I haven't put on a pair of support hose
since I stopped flying for a living. 
But, I will wear travel socks to save my life.


Travel socks help in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis, or DVT.
Blood clots that is.....painful, ugly, even death.
So...
there you have it,
my travel tip of the day... 
smiles...

I'm so tired.....

really....I mean it....tired...

and I have actually slept quite well since my sweetie has returned...

but, maybe 

it 

is

my 

age...

anyone

got Geritol???

Busy as a Bee!....

Winter Slaw is the best!

and the easiest, when you have one of these..

YUM!

Then there is that expensive "chillin" box that we bought for 

the kitchen re-model

"cabinet depth, stainless steel, side by side"

PAIN IN THE NECK!

We have had it "fixed" twice...

and still, the little door that allows ice to be dispensed

doesn't close well enough to keep the ice from becoming a solid mass...

So....we struggle to get the ice handler out to defrost it...

chop the ice off the inside mechanism...

run cool water over the ice handler/boxie thingy

make sure that the button works again..

put a piece of plastic down to cover the floor...

and together we work on fixing the ice maker....

DO NOT BUY THIS KITCHENAID!

Ah....on to better things...

a gift of hen eggs from a farmer friend...

a completed apron for a friend of mine...

who has taken up cake decorating 

(maybe she will make me one!)

An opportunity to give a sweet young couple a family portrait...

My first Apple Tart...

Yes, it is not my recipe, but "her's"

A rose from my sweetie

A lovely couch that I found at a used stuff store...

clean it up...and I know right where to put it...

In my office!

hangin out with Not Yo Momma...

Just below the flower posters I bought years ago from 

Martha...

Inspired me to clean the ol' place up...

find a place for everything...

and everything in it's place...

dust it off..

organize...

under the watchful eye of my sweetie...

And Wha-Laa! 

I feel like a new person...

amazing how good being busy feels...

smiles