The Sweetest Thing

On Friday, after spending most of the day away from home, my final stop included that of our town post office to collect our mail. As usual, I had managed to arrive right at their busy time. The local schools were dismissing their students and some of the townspeople had finished up their shifts for …

Star Struck?!

It happened one week ago today. I was on my last, unexpected stop after a VERY long working day and some running of errands. With the holiday season approaching, I was likely one of many charged with the task of gift buying. The time was nearing seven o’clock; an all-too familiar weeknight hour, and I …

Can We Make It Tomorrow Instead?

Would you go back and do it all over again? In some ways, I would and in other ways, I’d say a very polite, “No, thank you.”. Of course, perspective is all relative to time, isn’t it? Knowing what I know now, I’m glad I did many of the things that I did, but I …

“The Day is Half Over!”

When I was younger, I ran on a noontime schedule as much as possible. Anything beforehand was heresy. I mean, there was no need to be up with the birds since one could do whatever needed to be done later in the day, or at least that was my thinking at the time. Instead, morning …

The First Walking, Talking Facebook :-)

My dad has always been a frugal person and for good reason.  He grew up on a farm, his family had little means and there were four boys, which meant making due however they could.  There were a lot of hand-me-downs, a lot of handmade things and not a lot of extras, if any at …

The Gift of Gab Amongst Other Things

I am definitely my father's daughter when it comes to the gift of gab and being around people.  As a kid, waiting for him to finish a conversation or worse yet, running into someone else that he knew (which was pretty much everyone!), I can't say that I always appreciated his love of talk, especially …

Stew-y Goodness

Funny how your tastes change as you age.  If I think back to all of the things that I disliked eating as a child, I'm left to wonder what it was that I all had eaten exactly aside from peanut butter, bread, ANY kind of Ukrainian food, ham, rice, hot dogs, fruit, chicken/turkey and pasta …

45 Years of Wisdom Speaking, If You’d Care to Listen In…

I am in my 45th year of experience here in this world of ours and I'd like to think that I know a little something about something.  Well, sometimes, anyway;-).  There are moments in time when I will admit that it is hard to believe that me, little Sue of the family (the youngest and …

The First…

The first.... sighting, cry, smell, touch, suckling, cuddle, smile, grasp, laugh, coo, tooth, bite, word, step, birthday. Savor it all and the gift of each year after.

My Bestest Shadow Named Duke

  Well, it seems as though my definition of the word 'Shadow' has been forever changed thanks to this 'lil guy:-).  In looking back at one of my previous posts on WordPress, also tied to the word Shadow, I chose to write about Duke.  And, here I am again.  I guess he is my favourite interpretation …