Ninasusan

Happiness gently landed on my shoulders

Ninasusan

  • Marijuana should be legalized for medical and recreational use You are not taking my gun No more boots on the ground until every other option has failed Tighten security at the borders but make the path to citizenship attainable Failure to follow the path to citizenship, then by all means you are going back home… Read more

  • I have been building a friendship with someone I have been acquainted with for several years.  This is one of those friendships being built on shared interests and shared experiences.  I have felt connected to her for some time after learning of her struggle and recovery from past emotional pain.  We chatted PM last night… Read more

  • …and today I am finally feeling almost normal.  Looking back on the ordeal, I have these little tidbits of wisdom. an organ was cut out, cut yourself a break and rest keep ahead of the pain with the narcotic pain relievers once you get home use a stool softener ice, ice, ice the incision sites… Read more

  • and the big boy…ya…not so much.  Not that everything has to be a competition…but…looks like the girls are winning in my little tomato patch.  Just saying’! It’s been a rainy and cloudy few months.  I finally have my sinus headache to a managable pain level…I have been faithfully using my neti pot and used ice on… Read more

  • When I was just a young thing I remember grabbing my mother’s Good Housekeeping magazine and reading the short stories AND MOST IMPORTANTLY the various monthly surveys and personality tests.  I’m assuming I was trying to find assurance that I was normal.    Skip forward a few decades and now I’m totally entertained by Facebook… Read more

  • I believe I am a victim of my own circumstances and my own making…there are perhaps some genetics at play in my life because after all – and I quote my mother, “you come from a long line of big women”. Oh = holy mother of God…what a great excuse!!!! Heard it many times…said it… Read more

  • Camping….

    As many of you know, I now live in Pleasant Hill, Missouri.  Years ago, I lived in Pleasant Hill, Iowa.  Monday we returned to the Iowa version and camped at Yellow Banks Park.. the county park is situated on the Des Moines River and the river is up…actually there is a lot of flooding in the… Read more

  • The Coyote…

    Had a couple of people asking about our hybrid camper last week after I posted a picture in a blog.  I took some pictures while we were camping earlier this week.  We combined a doctor’s appointment with a whirlwind visit with some good friends and Katy and Adam….by camping, we saved some money and we… Read more

  • Two weeks and 5 days since my nephrectomy, I woke up in my favored sleeping position – on my left side.  It was just two days ago I whined to myself that if I could just turn over on my left side I could go to sleep.  This past week I’ve also been waking up… Read more

  • While sharing a big ole bowl of red grapes with Jaxon this afternoon, I had another thankful moment.  Grandparents say that if they had known how much fun their grandchildren would be they would have had them first.  Jax and I spent quality time eating grapes together – pulling them off the stem and determining a place… Read more