A Daily Life

So many of our memories revolve around food.  Thanksgiving is coming up, followed by Christmas and the New Year.  Food is an important part of those celebrations.  Just the other day, I wrote about how an ordinary night our for supper turned into a special memory for no particular reason. In the childhood memories of […]

Several weeks ago, I posted about my desire to celebrate both big and small events in my life.  Today had two – it was Veteran’s Day and it was also one of the few days with a numeric synchronization – 11-11-11.  There aren’t too many of them, and I let last year (10-10-10) go by without […]

The pictures from chasing the fall colors are on Shutterfly and can be found at http://dogear6.shutterfly.com/.  Please remember that the copyright rules at the right apply. My favorite boy toy and I made a decision with our recent trip to stay again in a bed and breakfast, as we did in May when we went to […]

I walk most days during lunch.  I usually take my camera with for grab shots and have gotten a number of photos, from nice to really great.  This one though is just funny – I’d gone in this building to get a fast lunch at Arby’s and found several exhibits of Aliens From Outerspace, including this green […]

Earlier this year, the word of the day was drink and I wrote about how I like to drink water.  My sister took one look at the picture and said, “What about me?  I like to drink coffee!”  And she’s right, she does.  Her morning does not start until she has that first cup, yet […]

Ten years ago today, I called my sister early to wish her a Happy Birthday.  We had a wonderful call, then I went back to work.  A few minutes later, a terrorist event began on U.S. soil that was like a script from the Twilight Zone, complete with special effects that were unfortunately too real. […]

I’m not sure when special events went from simple (and usually lovely) affairs to all out extravaganza’s.  When my daughter went to prom, it was with limousines, fancy dinners, fancy dresses (and tuxedos for the guys), special hair-do’s and it was all expensive.  I don’t know how some of these kids could afford it or if they […]

I’m waffling on whether or not to rename my blog.  My favorite boy toy and I did some brainstorming on the weekend and came up with one really good idea, but it doesn’t quite fit the theme of my blog. I did recently shorten the name to say only “My Life In Photos”.  I removed […]

When I lived in Rochester, New York, I ate lunch most days in the atrium of the Bausch & Lomb office building, located across the street.  The atrium was huge and airy, with metal chairs and tables (like a picnic), and best of all, I could bring my lunch.  They weren’t offended that I didn’t buy it there. […]

The last vacation that I took with my parents before getting married was up in Canada.  For a change, we didn’t camp in a tent but instead rented a cabin that had real beds and a real kitchen.  It was quite a treat!  We took the dog with, which we also did not do very […]

My sister and I did not go trick & treating very often.  We lived in a fairly rural area with no close neighbors and my mother wasn’t very keen on us eating a bunch of candy, let alone from a stranger.  There were just enough occurrences of poisoning and tampering every year to make her […]

I love digital photography.  I can take an unlimited number of pictures, although I might need extra storage on my computer to do so.  If the colors are a bit off, the picture is too dark or too light, or just needs to be cropped down, I can adjust it easily through Photoshop Elements.  If I […]

My father became an Eagle Scout when he was 14 years old.  As part of the work towards this, he had to buy the ingredients for and cook a meal over a campfire for his troop.  I actually have the ingredient list in his handwriting, as well as the note he wrote the troop leader […]

One thing you’ll often see is me with water.  I don’t drink coffee, although as I’ve gotten older I do drink iced tea in the morning to help me wake up.  My favorite boy toy started drinking coffee when he was 16.  I didn’t need a wake-up glass of tea until I was 50.  He was […]

I recently celebrated my birthday.  I went out for lunch by myself to the Cheesecake Factory and in the course of talking to one of the servers, let slip that it was my special day.  I assured everyone that I did NOT want anyone singing Happy Birthday to me.  My waiter – a great guy named […]

I took the C.P.A. exam when it was still done with columnar paper, pencil & erasers, written essays and NO calculators.  It was 2.5 days of tests.  You had to pass two parts minimum and not overly fail the other two parts in order to “condition” so that next time you only had to take what you failed.  […]

My daughter graduated college in four years, having worked hard to get out so quickly.  She was happy to no longer be a pupil and get on with her life.  We were so proud of her – good grades, good looks, and a good job.  So much has happened since then of course, life doesn’t […]

Indeed – indicates emphatic agreement. Benjamin Franklin once said: “He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.” My grandfather was a very proud man.  He went from being the poorest of the poor […]

Undo -To reverse the effects of an action. Like most everyone, there are things from the past that I would undo if I could.  There was a movie out about this a while back – Jim Carey maybe? – in which the character realized that by doing this, he also missed out on the good […]

Invite (from Wiktionary) – To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. For her 50th birthday, my sister asked me to coordinate a party for her.  We went through lists of friends and family to invite everyone she wanted.  And did they come!  Here she is (in red) with her friend & […]