Foolish Dream.

I've given up.

 I accept the fact that it was a foolish dream created for the wrong reason.

So no more talk about RV living.  No more dream.

I will  keep reading all of your blogs, but I don't think I will keep posting.

Thank You all for your support all of this time, but not everyone can make it.

Cut off

Did you feel cut off?
Perhaps there is something sad about feeling abandoned when Blogger goes down.

I'm glad you are all back on my computer!

Eat That Frog, (or not)

"If you eat a live frog the very first thing each morning,

 you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that it's probably 

the worst thing you'll do all day"

Mark Twain

After visiting with Levonne the other day, I was looking thru the titles of "self improvement" ebooks available from the library, looking for one she was reading, when I came across a book called "Eat That Frog."

I had to check it out.  The title caught me!  

Like most self improvement books it had some good points, but also was a bit extreme.  It talks about making lists and setting priorities as a way of getting things done. The "frog" is your biggest, hardest task.  the book tells you to do that first and not procrastinate.

Anyone who has read this blog for any time, knows I keep "To Do" lists regularly.  I often set goals on what I want to accomplish on a day to day and month to month basis.

I keep it in pencil, so if I don't get something done, I can erase it!

If something is important enough, it will get done, eventually.

My approach is different!

I like to eat animal crackers,  

with frosting and sprinkles, 

and let the frogs hop away!

Yes, I procrastinate.  I  nibble away at my tasks, a little at a time. He who finishes first does not necessarily win.  She who walks in the sunshine and sees the birds, does!

Life is too short to eat frogs!  

Is it a "female" thing?

I think women need to get together with, and talk to other women more than men need to talk to other men.  


Men may enjoy hunting,  fishing, and watching sports together, but I don't think they talk as much as women do.


I went to visit Levonne again today, and we talked.  I felt very good after spending some time with her. 


I've been in a bit of a "funk" lately, and it was good to be able to talk about it.


 The last time we were together I was the listener.  This time she was.  


Thank you Levonne.  You made a nice lunch too!

What the FBI agent said about meeting other bloggers!

This is a story I have saved for several months, but I think my blogger friends will find it amusing.


When we visit our daughter in San Diego we usually end up spending some time with her friends.  There are four couples that all have kids in the same age range and live in the same neighborhood.  They call each other their "Point Loma Family," and we have gotten to know and love them all as such.


One of the couples happen to both be FBI agents.  Although we don't talk about their work, they have shared a feeling of above average caution about many things. 


At a Christmas get together we were asked about what we were going to do on our remaining days in the city. I told them we had plans to meet Evelyn and Ken, a couple from Wisconsin, who I had gotten to know from blogging.


When the "wife" learned that we had met on the internet she had all sorts of questions for me.  


She calls me "Grandma," and was actually concerned that we would get mugged or swindled. Apparently, going to meet strangers you only know from the internet is a dangerous business. And this may be true for kids and vulnerable singles.


But, whenever I think about her concern, I have to laugh.  When you have followed someone's blog for almost a year, you probably know more about them than you know about your next door neighbor! Lunch at Denny's is not a dangerous event.


It's hard to explain the "blogging community" to someone who has never been here.  I'm sure there might be some shady characters, but I also trust my own judgement.


So next time you have a chance to connect with one of the other blogging couples, remember my story.  


(And laugh.)

Do you write posts and then delete them?


I do. 


 Quite often.  


I delete them if they are to negative, or to whiny, or to critical. 


I delete them if they don't make  sense, or don't seem like they would be interesting to others.  


Not that I think most posts I write are interesting, sometimes I just write to keep track of what I'm doing and publish the post for myself.


I find writing  helps me think things thru, or vent my feelings, but when I do this I delete rather than publish.  


Sometimes I just leave a post in the draft state for a while.  I find revisiting my feelings helps me deal with them. 


Does anyone else do this?

Congratulations

Congratulations

 to our 

really brave and strong 

special forces.