One of my favorite birthday gifts this year was the one I received about 8 months ago from my daughter. She paid for a subscription for me to something called “Storyworth.” I received an email that explained the gift I was being given and what was involved. The concept is deceptively simple but I’m finding […]
A dear friend wanted to take a last minute get-away to Mexico at the end August. Since this is my year of “Yes!” I went with her. But I’m learning that traveling during a pandemic is a much different experience than previous trips. The noise, music, laughter, and crowds were all missing. Added to traveling […]
After two days of learning about our Viking Heritage, it was time to change it up and have a cousin’s day! For Day 3 of Nana Camp, we invited my niece’s three kids to participate in a day planned just for them. All seven cousins worked on making tie-dyed T-shirts – our first time! Then […]
One of the reasons I retired was to spend more time with my grandkids, while they were still young. In the early months of the pandemic, during the spring of 2020 when many of us started working from home and our kids transitioned to online learning for safety reasons, we just didn’t see each other. […]
Over the years I have really enjoyed bike riding. But as I’ve aged it seems like I spend more time going uphill than down. It is easy to coast down a hill creating a gentle breeze with the wind in your face. But traveling back home, I call climbing up a hill on a bicycle […]
I read somewhere that retail sales have been surging on lipstick, dresses, and shoes. I imagine this is because, following a year of mandatory masks and lockdowns, contrasted with vaccinations and lower infection numbers, the entire world has decided to reschedule weddings, parties, family reunions, and travel for the summer of 2021. We had been […]
One of the many blessings of retirement is the opportunity to help out my son and daughter-in-law. Now that I’m retired, whenever they need a Nana to “stand in the gap” they know they can call. If my schedule is open, I’m there! As working parents and with all of the transitions associated with virtual […]
During our desert southwest road trip, on the day we took a break from golf, my husband decided we should take a 14 mile hike to the Kolob Arch. Yes, you read that right, Fourteen Miles! Zion National Park is huge and the main event, so to speak, is the famous part of the park […]
One morning on our road trip we took a break from golf and went to Snow Canyon State Park in Utah. Just about 20 minutes from the town of Saint George, Snow Canyon is an overlooked gem of a park. https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/snow-canyon/ They’re many different kinds of trails with funny names. “Red Sand” lived up to […]
A good friend of my husband generously invited us to share his condo in Saint George, Utah for a week in May. Now that I’m retired and not tied to a work or vacation schedule we decided to do something that we haven’t done in years, a “Road Trip”. In addition to planning for hiking […]
