Taking time in the midst of life to look for smiles every day…..

Archive for January, 2008


Class Reunion

Since graduating from high school in May 1967, I have steadfastly avoided the class reunions.  There have been four, one every ten years.  It was easy to put them off; I was always busy or had some other excuse.  As years went by, it just seemed that I would have less and less in common [...]

More than Enough

Today has been a good day!  Some of my smiles for today are as follows:

There was communication with someone very close to my heart.
I was able to spend some time with family and friends who are also very dear to me, and this time was filled with a lot of laughter.
Doris had a good day with [...]

This & That

I began my day by catching Fat Bird looking really cute and sweet in the front yard, so I took my camera out to see if I could get a shot of him.  Doris said he wouldn’t sit there and let me take his picture, but he did.  He stood right there and posed for [...]

Sunday Nights & Retirement

February 2nd will mark my first full year of retirement.  It has been an interesting year.  For months, I continued to awaken early, and I was sure I would never “sleep in” comfortably.  As the year has worn on, however, it has become easier and easier to do that.  I have stayed busy and what I [...]

Muffin #2

Yes, I know; I’ve already talked at length about Muffin.  However, I just figured out a way to post some pictures, so I thought I’d start with her.  These do not do her justice.  Keep in mind these are digital shots of 35-millimeter shots; in other words, pictures of pictures, but you can use your [...]

Encouragement

Today’s post marks the completion of one full week of writing a blog.  I wasn’t sure I’d get through one day!  I found myself wondering what to talk about today.  I really don’t want to take up space with words  just to be taking up space.  Then I remembered my basic intent for this enterprise was [...]

Rascal

Yesterday, I talked about Muffin, my feline child.  Today, I want to tell you about her friend and companion, Rascal.  Ordinarily you wouldn’t put the two of them together as buddies.  Rascal was a black and tan Doberman (mostly black).  I don’t know how  much he weighed or how tall he was, but he was [...]

Muffin

In yesterday’s post, I promised to share thoughts on some of the people who mean the most to me.  I would be remiss if I didn’t talk about one very special feline person!    Yes, she was a person; she certainly didn’t know she was a cat!  She is the inspiration for my blog [...]

Doris

At this juncture, I’m not really sure how to proceed with stories or thoughts to fill the pages of a daily blog.  I think I will just head into it by telling you about some of the people who mean the most to me.
Yesterday, I made mention of some possibly threatening health issues pertaining to [...]

Anxious Moments, Security, and Friendly Cats

It’s been a relatively quiet weekend at my house with both of us still recovering from colds.  The temperatures outside were very deep-freezy, as well, which tends to make most sane folks stay inside where it’s warm, curled up with a good book.
I did make it to church for both services today (even though the [...]


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