Wacky Wonderful Words

After reading a blogger I follow Fish Of Gold's post, I have been inspired to start a new section for this blog which will highlight different words I run across that are simply awesome.  I love cool words, whether they are cool by meaning or just are fun to say.  FOG's blog post gave me … Continue reading Wacky Wonderful Words

Trust In Myself

Trust is a strange thing. Trusting that someone is being honest with the words they say and actions they perform. For most of my life it seems I do not have trust in people in general.  This is likely a personal issue within myself, I find doubt that someone is being honest, upfront, genuine and … Continue reading Trust In Myself

Peter O’Toole, With Great Respect

An actor I will truly miss seeing on the big screen is Peter O'Toole. When I was a child my mother often turned on the old movies, Lawrence of Arabia and The Lion In Winter were favorites of mine.  No matter the character he played in a movie or how large or small the role, … Continue reading Peter O’Toole, With Great Respect

Should I Care If You Choose To Not Pay Your Bills?

Someone I know admitted recently they have over $100,000 in hospital bills and does not intend to pay them.  This is an actual situation but I'm curious about it in a wider spectrum in the political and  healthcare arenas.  How does it effect us as a nation, as a financial structure as I'm sure this … Continue reading Should I Care If You Choose To Not Pay Your Bills?

Blog Success To Do List

Why is it,  professional blogger people, that once you become super popular and well liked you end up bringing in guest bloggers to showcase on your blog?  I appreciate to some extent that you are opening a door for their blog to become more successful but seriously, I just want to read your thoughts thus … Continue reading Blog Success To Do List

What! No Streamers, Baloons or Kazoos? Cake?

How can it be that a full year has passed since I started this blogging thing? It's not that I don't believe WordPress and it's little notification, it just doesn't feel like a year.  When I think back, the blogging started when we found out we were moving to Japan and I had to weed … Continue reading What! No Streamers, Baloons or Kazoos? Cake?

You’ve Got Comments

Remember the movie "You've Got Mail"? The excitement and anticipation at hearing those words when you log in to your email or these days when you are notified of a Facebook comment on one of your posts or photos. When I first started blogging, it was for my own documenting purposes, getting ready for Japan, … Continue reading You’ve Got Comments