Ninasusan

Happiness gently landed on my shoulders

August 2013

  • As best friends go….

    Well…some go…some think I’m going to kill them…hahaha..some are drama queen nuts…need I say more…have another drink. I knew I had met my BFF way back in 1975 when she was friendly to me in the elevator at Central Life downtown Des Moines.  She had been there a year and was moving up a couple… Read more

  • What is up with the tongue

    The other day someone mentioned in a blog that they wondered what is up with puckered lip pictures? ..the ones puckered to look like they are ready to kiss a 2 year old…are these lips supposed to represent kissable, sensual lips?  Someone else mentioned that they thought they were porn star lips?  Now I’m noticing… Read more

  • With no shower inspiration

    On the mornings that I have a good grip on reality, I get an idea in the shower of what I want to blog about that day.  I usually make it to work and really formulate the ideas while on my 6 minute drive – 7 minutes if I have to dodge wildlife.  By the… Read more

  • Integrity in government is a joke! http://www.kentucky.com/2013/08/16/2770040/fired-iowa-academy-instructor.html So…the former police officer and Newton police chief who was plagued with rumors of infidelity, moved on to state government at the local state police academy where he could teach young cadets what he knows and teach them the disciplines of becoming a police officer in the state… Read more

  • It is not lost on me

    Trying to wrap my mind around it I’m very exited about our move in the next several months to Missouri.  I am very thankful we found the house we did – it met every one of my criteria…the lake…okay pond…could be a little bigger but I am totally content.  CONTENT.  I’m even content when I… Read more

  • If you are driving down a country road at midnight and hit a deer and careen into a ditch, you want someone to drive by….if you are driving down a gravel road and run out of gas 1.5 miles from home…you love seeing the headlights of a neighbor coming down the road behind you.  If… Read more

  • Comparing Sunday night TV to the way it was “when I was young” – you know…one black and white TV and we had to walk across town, uphill and in the snow, in order to change the channel….I wonder why Sunday night became the best TV night in our house.  Actually it is the only… Read more

  • He and I attended the wedding of the son of one of my BFFs tonight.  (I have 2 by the way) (I’m very lucky)  It was the most enjoyable, romantic ceremony I have ever attended.  If I describe it as quiet – you probably won’t understand.  It was quiet and it was calm and it… Read more