My husband and I love to ask our married friends how they met. Many people have fun and inspiring tales, and we love hearing them. I mean, love stories are inspirational, right? Whether your story includes a blind date, friendship turned to love, antagonists becoming sweethearts, or a rollicking romcom (thinking of you, Lorie and Justin!),…
I love puzzles. Word puzzles, crossword puzzles, logic puzzles, brain teasers, sudokus, even riddles. And of course jigsaw puzzles. That’s why, when we finished our traditional Christmas puzzle and my husband said, “Let’s do another one,” I was all in! The Beginning So we did another puzzle, and when it was finished, guess what! We…
What does it take to get a blog post written about the most important member of this family? It’s high time everyone gets to know the incredibly magnificent me, even if I have to write the post myself! So let’s do this thing! Come on in and let’s get acquainted. About Me I am a…
If you could live one day of your life over, what day would you choose and why? When I taught Business Ethics at our local community college, I used to ask my students this question. Their answers could be inspiring. The interesting thing about this exercise, to me, was the type of day they chose….
As our kids get older and start independent lives and families, they don’t always make it home for Christmas. It happens in the best of families. 😉 But this year feels a little (okay, maybe a lot) different because of restrictions not of our own making that may keep us from gathering all our loved ones around…
If you’ve read my blog, you know I love music. I love singing. I love listening to a lot of different kinds of music, but especially oldies that I can still remember all the words to, and songs from my teenage and college years that I can sing along with. Oh, also Broadway tunes. And…
To the guy standing out in the sun taking my order in the drive-through line at In-N-Out: I see your smile, and I appreciate it! (Side note for those who are In-N-Out deprived: when the lines are long they send someone out to the cars in line to take orders before you get to the…
Raise your hand if your Thanksgiving celebration is going to be different this year. Loved ones may not be able to gather as they usually do, travel may not be a possibility, you may be in a quarantine or lockdown situation—you may even have family members who are fighting or have succumbed to the coronavirus,…
My husband Richard lived within walking distance of Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California from 1961-1963, back in the day when entrance was free and only a few attractions cost any money. For him it was the local park and playground, so it’s only natural that one of his favorite foods in the whole…
Do you find inspiration in music? My husband and I do—but we sometimes get distracted by something within the music or lyrics, which usually winds up sending us to do research, because that’s the way we roll (and it may be part of why he’s so good at trivia and why I should be better…