I like Mazdas, have always. We've never own any of the fancy ones. But I like them because they are dependable. We had a 929S our first from a dealership in NY, for many years. We had to get rid of it recently because of it was old and we really couldn't afford to fix it up the way we wanted, like new again, and probably would have not been worth it anyway. Recently, I aquired a second Mazda, a 1990, ancient to those people who like to have those shiny new cars, but I simply didn't wa...

Sometimes we don't realise that we should be prepared for the unforeseeable. Then we run into situations that would not be as bad if we had only taken the time to prepare for them. My mom used to say, "better safe than sorry". I think I may have mentioned that already! Even for us here in sunny Florida, the weather does get colder than usual. I woke up the other day and my car was so wet from the dew and it was freezing cold to the touch. Any colder and there would have been ice o...

I've been following the story of the Kim family who have been missing since November 25, right after Thanksgiving. I was very happy to hear that the mom and the two children were found alive and well on Monday. I prayed the dad would be found alive also. Alas, that was not meant to be. It just breaks my heart to hear this news, even though I don't know them, I am sad that their family trip ended in this way. Link

There are more important things going on in our world today, I know that. There are better things to talk about than another silly celebrity that gets into trouble or do or say something stupid. Yeah, I know that too. However, there are just somethings that you can't ignore and this is one of them. Gywneth Paltrow, award winning actress gave an interview to a Portuguese magazine. This is a quote from what she said to the interviewer: " I like living here [the UK] because I don't fi...

I posted some of my Thanksgiving pictures on a recent blog and also included one with my youngest daughter and me. San Chonino mentioned that he hadn't seen a picture of me before. I hadn't realised! So I got some pictures together and thought about posting them. Some of you know what I look like. I know what some of you look like. How about another round of sharing self-portraits? Putting the name and the 'voice' with the face so to speak! It's alright to only post one photo! ...

Myrrander wrote the following article Link . I do understand where he's coming from with his views. What I felt when I responded to it though was why are we letting people who only have one thing in mind, making money, ruin it for us? Sure they do what they usually do, these retailers, because that's what they have been doing for years, and with each passing year their tactics become even more anti-Christmas. Because while Christmas is also about giving something special to the ones ...

Yep, yesterday was December 1st. That is the official countdown to the big day, Christmas! At least for some of us grown folks, the kids have already been counting since Holloween! And that's so sad....darn retail people! We got our first office basket, a very large, make that extra large one filled with all kinds of goodies! Wow! It had something for everyone. The basket itself was pretty nice and large too. You could use it for a pet basket bed and he or she would have room for...

I did the required blood work on Monday. It seemed so long ago that I went for my physical but it was two or three weeks prior to that. I got the call from my doctor that everything was ok! I was glad to hear that the fear I had about being diabetic was for naught. Just because my dad had it doesn’t mean I have to as long as I take good care of myself. My thyroid is fine which good news it is to hear too. At my age you hope to hear that your body is not as bad as you think it is! ...

After taking a shower, a warm one to iron out the kinks in my body and wake me up, I dried off and stepped out onto the mat. I didn’t have the hot water on too much yet my mirrors were quite fuzzy and I could only see the outline of my body and face. I took a closer look and realized you know, if I could only look like that I would be drop dead gorgeous! I’m curvy and all I saw were curves in all the right places!LOL! I didn’t’ see the belly fat, or the cellulites or the rolls in m...

I watched a program on television sometime ago and they talked about people whose headstone read like a mini novel! Recently I saw on the news where some headstones of the future will be a video or ‘live’ picture. Wasn’t there a movie like that starring Robin Williams? And if I remember right in the movie Serenity, the people who died had something like that on their headstones. I thought that was just so cool! What would you want your headstone to say about you other than the r...

What is it that lets people get lost in the cracks of their life? It’s very easy to do so. When you have no one who cares enough about you to help lift you up when you need it. How can you pick yourself up when everything else in your life is going against you? For example, there are so many children outside in this world who are so lost. They have nothing and no one to help them, or so it seems. Sometimes they do have parents but these parents are of no help to them and cannot prov...

There are just certain times when you're having one of those days, when everything goes wrong, when it seems you can never get it right, when you question why me. There are times when you feel melancholy and there's a cry inside of you and you want to soothe the yearning within that reaches out. Sometimes it all seems too much and you wonder when will it all just come together and fall into place. ******************************************************* Sometimes you wonde...

I have friends who enjoy watching the different cooking shows on television and we often get into discussions about the different shows and the chefs who are featured. One of my friends often express his dislike of Bobby Flay which I never understood. I of course didn't because I only saw Flay in passing (channel surfing) and never really cared too much for his shows. I've sat and viewed them time and again, but it just didn't appeal to me. The most I've ever watched Flay was on Iron Chef...