Ma'am ?

As I was leaving the grocery store yesterday, a young teenage box boy said "Have a nice day Ma'am" Okay, when did I become a ma'am?

When I hear that I think of older people, not someone my age. But in thinking about it, I do remember when I was a teenager, that anyone over 25 was ancient. Since I am long past that, I'm sure that I look old to teenagers. But it just isn't fair. I don't feel old.

Well today was the first day of riding my bike to work.

I was a total failure. My stupid arthritis in my knees won't allow me to do this. I was in severe pain after riding to work this morning. It is 3 miles and mostly downhill, but it still hurt.

So I called my daughter and had her drive my car to me and we loaded up my bike into my 1967 Mustang trunk, imagine the Beverly Hillbillies! I then drove her and the bike home, then went back to my afternoon job. So today I used more gas than if I had just drove to work!! Go figure, I am just going to pay the price, I will just be consolidating my trips.

Overall not a great day.

Goodbye Tree

We had to have a huge fruitless mulberry tree in our front yard cut down. It has terrible roots, they have ruined our front yard and was starting to invade under the house and tear up the foundation.

I thought I was really going to hate the look of our house after it was cut down, but interestingly enough I really like the look. It seems to make our house seem so much more open and inviting. Now to get the yard looking better. Seems like there is always a project to be done! LOL

Gas prices!!

Well, I drove by the gas station today and the price was $3.05 for regular. Since my car only gets 10 mpg this is killing me.

I think it is time to start riding my bike to work. I only have a 6 mile roundtrip commute, and 1 way is downhill, unfortunately, the way home is mostly uphill.

But I figure not only will I save money and save the environment, but I will lose the 15 pounds I would like to lose, and be in better shape. I can't start tommorrow though, because I have to deliver 225 newsletters to the Post Office for bulk mailing. I don't think I would be able to do that on my bike! LOL

My goal is to start riding my bike to work on Tuesday, September 6th. Hopefully, I will not get run over. Wish me luck!

Bandon, OR

Just another coast picture to share.

Left to right is Sara, Heather's friend; my daughter, Heather; hubby, Mike; and me .

Camping at the Coast

Camping on the Oregon Coast can be quite the adventure. You never know what the weather will be, but this weekend it couldn't have been better. It was cool, but never rained.

The ocean was beautiful and blue, not gray like it usually is when we go to the coast. We were able to walk on the beach and search for rocks and shells, as usual I brought home a bag full! LOL

We went with a group of friends, you would think that we all expected to starve while we were gone. We had enough to feed half the campground, not just our small group. I'm not sure how this can happen, but I think we brought back more food than I took. Everytime I turned around someone was saying, "Here take this home with you, we have more at home."

I also don't get why we think we have to eat differently out camping. I buy things for camping that we never eat any other time. So now we have enough junk food for weeks!

Grandpa's Garden

Shirley posted a comment about our grandparents and their love of gardening and sharing their bounty every year. Started me thinking about them, they have both been gone for quite a few years. I remember as a young girl, Grandpa letting us ride on his tractor, how much we all loved that. It was never very far, but getting to steer was a huge treat for us. This is a picture of both of them with some giant corn that my Grandpa grew, he was so proud of them. I miss them both!!!

Too Much Garden?

Last night we went to harvest from our garden. So we pick 12 green peppers, from 1 plant, 18 cucumbers, a bowl of tomatoes, and 2 1/2 big tupperware bowls of green beans. Why we think we need a big garden I will never know, 3 people cannot possibly eat all of that before it goes bad, or before it is time to pick more!! So off to work with my garden treasures. Well at least we didn't plant zucchini! LOL

Miss Independent

My sixteen year old daughter just took and passed her driving test, and now has a driver's license. It seems really strange to have her get in my car by herself and go somewhere. Last night she went to work all by herself. It is another milestone to growing up. This summer it seems as if she is growing by leaps and bounds. First it was a job, then a date, then driving by herself. Enjoy your little ones while you can, the next thing you know they will be Miss or Mr Independent!

My first attempt at blogging

Okay, so everyone seems to be doing this so I decided to give it a try.

A little about me. I am happily married to my wonderful husband Mike for 22+ years. We have one daughter, Heather, who is sixteen, and one 1/2 black lab 1/2 golden retriever dog, Lucy, who is 13 years old. We are a fairly normal family. We love camping, and hiking. This is a picture of us hiking at Avenue of the Boulders.

I love to scrapbook, read, and of course play on the computer. My husband and I are into classic cars, especially Mustangs. I drive a 1967 coupe every day, and we have a 1965 convertible for fun.