Ninasusan

Cleaning out flower beds and found a pile of fluffy hair…..      I never saw this living in the country! Read more

Interesting learning experience this morning as I so often call Oprah’s ah ha moment.  I thought to myself this morning that I should do my morning 3 three laps on the stairs before Young and Restless started…but then my protective self said….well, you could do that but you’ve only had 2 cups of coffee this… Read more

May 6, 2013….nearly 3 years ago….we were out and about with a realtor looking for a house to buy.  She took us to several houses which roughly met our criteria…I was a bit discouraged so when she mentioned the house in Pleasant Hill, I was on the verge of saying…ya…I’m tired…lets just try another time.… Read more

This was me yesterday    Fourth day of a sinus headache and ear ache.  I was also having some vertigo.  Ugly.  I had an acupuncture treatment on Wednesday…had little needles sticking out of my face and behind my ears.  I think it helped get the flow started…then he asked me if I had used my… Read more

Here HE is….my beloved Every night he sits down with his bowl of peanuts and a bag for the shells.  I totally expect to look out the window and see critters looking in at him called by the noise of shelling peanuts!!  But darn if he isn’t cute! I like the Facebook feature which takes… Read more

Sometimes I think we are so closed to “different” that we miss out on a lot.  Different opinions, different ways of doing things, the refusal to roll with it because it is change, my mama told me it was wrong…so it’s wrong!  I have a hard time with people who are set in their ways… Read more

I had a weak moment the other night…..for just a split second, I missed Iowa winter.  I was letting Franny in about 11 and very large snowflakes had started to fall.  I had an urge to put on a jacket and walk around the pond in the dark while those huge snowflakes gently landed on… Read more

My dad has been gone just over 15 years and I still get that ache in my throat occasionally when something brings my thoughts into focus of him.    This mandolin was very special to him and hung in various places in our home while I was  growing up.  I’m sure it belonged to one… Read more

What a difference a day makes.  Spring is here and I was thinking it was getting to be about time to move the plants outside.  I just don’t think they have been happy since I moved them indoors in October……but…..it’s probably going to freeze overnight the next couple of days.  Yesterday was a beautiful spring… Read more

I think conflict is very healthy.  I learned that when someone disagrees with me I have 3 options….a brawl, a respectful discussion or ignore and move on.  I choose one of these options depending on how important the topic of disagreement seems to be.  Politics…I usually just move on.  Religion…I can have a healthy, respectful… Read more