Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
The traditional fair outing photo! Check out my shoes and her hat. Both fair purchases. We both bought these shoes after a bit of a tussle 🙂 I had to dig around to find another pair so there would not be a fight. The theme of the fair this year was a salute to heroes... Continue Reading →
OK, not really dead, but my once every three months or so hormone headache from hell surfaced on Wednesday morning and as per usual is only now thinking about leaving. No amount of pain meds dents it. I barely slept Wed night so I worked from home. Worked being a marginal term since I only... Continue Reading →
Whatta weekend. So after the hike yesterday I got stuff together and shopped for supplies for the Powerhouse tryouts today. Then got my nails done, then came home for a quick cat-nap before heading downtown for the Padre/RedSox game. I met several friends at The Field for some brews and dinner. Great time - surrounded... Continue Reading →
As everyone knows, the plan is on to tend to myself and also create distractions to keep me from focusing on missing DS2. Since it is now past a week since he left, this is usually when the challenge is greater since I am used to him being out of my house for a week... Continue Reading →
Last summer I handed down my digital camera to DS2 for his birthday and bought myself a newer one. The new one was on sale and only a couple of megapixels better then the old one, but with a few more features and better zoom. We are not fancy picture takers by any means and... Continue Reading →
First off, ever since this topic seeped into my brain yesterday afternoon, I've had this going through my head:We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.Argh!! Maybe if I pass it on to someone it will leave my head!So as I was driving home yesterday watching the pelican soar above the... Continue Reading →
I forgot all about this! Friday afternoon the site hit 10,000 visits! Wow.Torrey Pines GoddessBy Details > Visit DetailVisit 10,000[ [>>]Domain Name (Unknown) IP Address72.186.141.# (Unknown Organization)ISPUnknown ISPLocationContinent : UnknownCountry : UnknownLat/Long : unknownLanguageEnglish (U.S.)en-usOperating SystemMicrosoft WinXPBrowserInternet Explorer 6.0Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)Javascriptversion 1.3MonitorResolution : 800 x 600Color Depth... Continue Reading →
It's the first official weekend without a baseball game!!! What to do with all that free time???Shopping at the mall with my gift card and a coupon from Childrens Place since DS2 needs shorts badly. A trip to the County Recorder's Office for a quit claim deed to take the house out of the trust... Continue Reading →
Squib - oh yeah, I remember that brink wall too!! Teased our driver about it when I was in Florida and she pulled another funny one on me. Cracked me up.RamblingMom - I am still waiting to see what my obligations are in Chicago. Between YearlyKos activities, the outing to Wrigley and my planned return... Continue Reading →
Check out this site: MusicOutfitters - scroll down a bit to the BillBoard top 100 listing and choose the year you graduated high school. Here are the top 10 from my year, 1983:1. Every Breath You Take, Police 2. Billie Jean, Michael Jackson 3. Flashdance... What A Feelin, Irene Cara 4. Down Under, Men At... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 