I read with a little sadness about what is happening to a lady who I knew distantly when I worked in New York, Brooke Astor. She’s a very wealthy woman and has made many contributions to different charities and universities and at the time was pretty active lady in her society. I even had the opportunity to meet her and she is a gentle soul. Apparently her son is accused of siphon off her money for his own interests. His own son accused him of not taking care of grandma. Now they a...

Have you ever wondered about some people’s signature, how they sign their name? I have! Yes, I have nothing better to do with my time uh?! Yeah right! I just wondered at it because I’ve seen two signatures where I couldn’t even make out the first names of the persons signing the document. What use is a signature if no one can even tell that it is you? I don’t understand it. I know signatures are unique, that’s what’s special about them. It’s your very own personal marker. Howe...

Fridays at work is supposed to be the laid back non hectic day right? At least most of the times. It’s the day before the weekend. Time to let that breath go and breathe a little! Or even time to really catch up on some of the stuff that 'you' have to get done since you've spent a week running around after other people! Oh no. It’s like some people decide that they are actually doing work on a Friday. It’s like they stroll through the rest of the work week and then comes Friday and ...

This must be a crazy day for odd news, or an odd day for crazy news, or I’m just finding the news that soothes my odd, crazy mood at the moment! One thing for sure, it’s making me feel better because I can’t help but laugh at some of these! I’ve listed the links below: Urine (again!) in coffee at work - Link Man on trial for computer theft, steals courthouse computers! - Link Man, drunk, goes into bears cave, got bitten, bites bear in retribution! - Link Ma...

I can’t believe some of the stuff that’s out there. Apparently, there is a new type of road side litter out there. And this one’s a doozy! [Note to Mason, I know you’re not involved in this mess!] You know when you’re on a long trip, and you can’t stop to take a bathroom break, at least not for us women, we have to stop! However, men out there, have the slight advantage over us that they can just grab a bottle and relieve themselves. My hubby used to do it when he was a cab dri...

I realise not too many people post about clothing and stuff like that, unless they're looking for something. I am a lover of fashion, especially accessories. I love handbags, shoes, and jewellery! I like reading up on what's in and what's out and taking what I like and making it my own. I've always been keen on fashion for as long as I can remember. I found some good information on O, The Oprah Magazine on line about accessories. I thought this information on Shoes would be enligh...

Well, the day is practically half over. It was a fun-filled day of enjoyment! I wish I had a camera to take pics but I didn't. And I didn't feel like getting the cellphone (my daughter's or hubby's) to take some although I wanted to, just too lazy to leave the pool! Enough of the beer for the weekend, stretched into today since it was a holiday. And (my English teacher would be very upset with me for beginning a sentence with 'And' but I digress!) I've got to cool it on the beer because...

Why do women want to have perky breasts, whoever said women’s breasts have to be standing at attention? Why is it this the body image stereotype that young girls and we as women use as guidelines to us having a perfect body? Aren’t we making it difficult for ourselves when we do that? Not all women are the same body size, or type for that matter. We come in all different sizes and shapes. Whenever you see one of those makeover shows with a plastic surgeon working on a woman’s breas...

Armpits that are clean shavened just look better to me and I definitely think it does a lot for hygiene too! Who wants to see someone in a great looking outfit that’s sleeveless and upon raising her arms, there’s the armpit hair in all its glory! Ugh! I’m sorry, but that’s just unattractive! And there are those who like to use too much deodorant that leaves a white streak or goop curled into the underarm hair! Double Ugh! It’s not attractive! Maybe it’s just me who doesn’...

I heard the excited chatter of voices all around me. I was waiting for my oldest daughter and our neighbor’s girl as well to take them home. This is my routine now, I take a late lunch to get them home. It was a hot day and inside my car was hot. I was waiting patiently while watching the clock. Several students passed me, all speaking at the same time, each with something more important than the other to talk about. Then I overheard one conversation which made me listen more intent...

I’m not sure I like the idea of this at all. In fact, I definitely wouldn’t like to find out that I or my children have been eating foods that have been altered unnaturally. Unfortunately, from what was said on the news report I saw on Good Morning America today, we most likely have been eating that type of food! Truthfully, I can’t remember if I’ve heard about this before. If I did, then I must have been sleeping in some other reality! I didn’t grasp too succinctly the report b...

I’ve always found reading to be fascinating. I just love to read. I was always a good reader and speller in my classes during my primary and high school years. I try to instill in my kids the same love of reading and love for books. Reading will take you everywhere and anywhere I tell them. It helps to build your vocabulary, you learn so much, especially the meanings of words you never knew. One of my favourite things to do is to play with words. I also like to try to decipher t...

Apparently the Girl Scouts in Akron, Ohio are taking people who took cookies and never paid up to court. Yep, they're sueing for money owed to them. It's a lot of money too, about $9000! One woman owed as much as $3000! Wow! I guess those cookies are that good! The woman who owed the $3000 has agreed to pay in installments until she pays it off. Those little scouts are dead serious, so in the future if you can't pay for it, put the cookies down and slowly back away from the tab...

From time to time I like to write about my religion. I don’t think I’m preaching to anyone. I don’t expect anyone to get converted. That is not my intention when I share my thoughts, my experiences or my stories. I hope that in sharing what I do, that someone will be able to relate to what they are reading and if that someone is going through a rough time or feeling in anyway at odds with what’s going on in their life, that what they read will get them to re-think their situation and...