MY LIFE FROM LAKE ALMANOR AND BEYOND

For anyone who hates to have anything but perfect uncrusted scrambled eggs, I have a new method of preparation and I love it. You forkwhip a...

I am not positive if Maria will like me sharing this but the Author who put on the Writer's Conference last week critiqued a few of her ...

I have given myself the gift of reading the past few weeks. So often in my life I have felt reading was an indulgence I didn't have tim...

You Are 84% Happy It's unlikely that you know anyone happier than you. You know how to be happy, no matter what life throws at y...

Yesterday I was reading about Enos being influenced by his father and it triggered something in my memory. I went to the Biblebox that conta...

My sister Carole took the Keirsey test and WOW, they sure got this one right. Carole was born six years after me in our family of six child...

This afternoon I was reminded of the visit my Mom and Dad made to Richard and I soon after we married. We were living in a small apartment ...

Yesterday I had my fingers printed for the last item to send in to SBA. Since it is treated as a total new hire, I will be investigated bef...

Last summer my sister's daughter Laurie passed away. In the fall I created a little Mourning Garden in remembrance of her. The ...

Well, I took the Kiersey Tempermental Test Maria shared with us and as expected I ended up being the dull, boring, responsible one. All Gu...

Today I had to go to Susanville to the bank and Walmart and since Maria couldn't join me for lunch, Mitch did. We were talking about Mi...

It is the four year anniversary of John's death this week. These are just a few pictures I enjoyed reviewing. I am so thankful I had a f...

Today as I was checking out of the grocery store the thought came to me that I wanted to learn moderation in my life regarding sweets. As it...

I just awoke from a nightmare and was actually yelling "Help, Help, Help...several times. I was in a hotel corridor and as I reached th...

This weekend will be nine years since I moved in to 709 East Mountain Ridge Rd. It was on the two year anniversary of Richard's death i...

It has only been a few hours, but the results are in--gluten makes me sick!

I have eliminated Gluten from my diet for more than a week except for one small biscuit and one small angel food cake slice on Easter. I def...

I probably will not get called out on this Disaster and I finally understand why after talking to a number of people from the Herndon and Sa...

Today I worked most of the day in my yard and even washed my car!!! I haven't had this much energy in months. I had been raking the area...

Maria, Mitch, Melissa and Marjorie came over for Easter dinner. The menu was shrimp cocktail, cheesy biscuits, pork tenderloin, string bea...

From those of you who don't hear from Uncle Martin's granddaughter Lauren--here is her latest message from Dubai!! Gr...

Today while walking home along the road (which is still deep on each side with lots of snow) I could see we had six deer walking toward us. ...

I wasn't going to do this since I don't currently have a hubby on earth, but he is my eternal companion so here goes... Name: ...

I can live two months on one good compliment! -- Mark Twain This was the message of WalktheTalk today and how true. We all need that bac...

I was an hour late for church this Sunday because I totally spaced the time change. It reminded me of the first spring I was teaching school...

I have been studying the life of Dr. Russell M Nelson who was on the team that developed the first machine that could perform the functions ...

It is amazing to me how many things I can find to do when I am procrastinating doing something I don't want to do!!! Today I thought abo...

Learn something new everyday, as I have said before. On my walk today I stopped and chatted with a "Bat Control Specialist" and le...

Today I found a hole in one of my favorite red sweaters so I decided to mend it the way my mother used to darn our socks. I had watched her...

I loved this from Walk the Talk Network today. What Lucy said made me laugh-- Excerpted from The Richest Man in Town: Chapter Titled The S...

I am feeling so much better today than yesterday... So evidently fractured ribs are quite common. The young man who took my x-rays had frac...

On Thursday I picked up Linda at the airport and met Kristi and Kate for 4 days of moving the Stewarts from Incline Village to Reno, Nevada...

" Dear John", the letter read. And with those two words, a heart was broken and two lives changed forever. " A heartbreaker ...

Finished!! Both tile floors were finished earlier and it is hard to see the color here, but both bathrooms look great. Thank you chi...

I had a very enjoyable evening with Maria's son Mitch last night. We ate at my favorite "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and chatted....

Valentines Day gave me an excuse to spend the whole day just doing my favorite things. First-- Lay in bed just a little longer. Since I ...