I was in New York City last week doing the Christmas scene with my sisters and 12 million of my closest friends. It was fairly crazy. Actually; it was absolutely crazy. (I literally saw a rat jump on people in Times Square.) We rode the subway, walked 75,000 steps, ate...
I woke up to snow this morning. Basically, winter for me has started. My first inclination is true hibernation - to crawl into a cave (or bed) somewhere and emerge afresh and anew in March (preferably losing weight in the process) but, alas I’m not a bear. So, I will...
Got my flu shot last week. Going to get boosted again for COVID this week. During the first part of November, I’m going to get my second shingles shot…sigh…I feel like a pin cushion. BUT - I’d rather have a sore arm than be sick. I’m a bad sick person....
There’s a difference in rural versus urban. I grew up in Sioux City - and it was urban (by Iowa’s standards). Because I grew up in the city, I didn’t do farm stuff, I wasn’t part of 4-H … I don’t get “fairs.” My school’s enrollment was about 1500 students...
The definition of a bridezilla is “A woman whose behavior in planning her wedding is regarded as obsessive or intolerably demanding.” The whole concept is terrifying to me. To be obsessive or intolerably demanding? Shocking. (“Steve,” my inner voice says, “you are frequently obsessive and intolerably demanding.”...Long, deep sigh...) The...
I recently got back to playing music with my band from church. We’ve had a couple of practices in the past couple of weeks. I haven’t played with them since 2016, but things came back to me fairly quickly and it was awesome. The group had been playing together since...
I was discussing with one of our Orthopedic surgeons the other day about their new “robot” back in surgery. I said, “So, you can be somewhere else and do the surgery?” He replied, “No, no, no. We are still there completely - the robot just allows for increased precision.” I...
A friend was posting that she was moving because the house she was renting was going to be sold. There were a lot of comments on her post stating that moving is one of the worst things possible. I’ve told friends and family that I understand they will need to...
We were supposed to have strategic planning with our Boards and Leaders in March and April. Every time it gets “weathered” out. God, in His infinite wisdom, doesn’t want us to plan for some reason. We were explaining our projects to the Providers last week and to some guests from...
I wrote an article yesterday entitled, “No One Goes to Chuck E. Cheese for the Pizza.” I don’t think I’ve ever had Chuck E. Cheese pizza, but I’m pretty sure people go there for the experience. The kids want the fun, and fun will be delivered. I heard a speaker...
