Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on October 25th, 2008 in day-dreams, miscellaneous stuff
It was nice this morning so I decided to go for a walk in the neighborhood. It’s interesting what you see decorating people’s homes right now. Halloween decorating is the thing this month. You won’t find any decorations for Halloween at my house so I enjoyed seeing what others have done. Norm and I are [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on October 21st, 2008 in gimp girl life, life in Scottsdale, life with Norm, world events
OK, I bet you’ve been waiting for this one! Norm, my often wonderful husband, arranged a birthday celebration for me with some of our friends at Norm’s favorite restaurant, the Pink Taco. We got there early to make sure the table seating arrangement was just right, but we could have gotten there late because
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on October 18th, 2008 in life with Norm
My birthday turned out to be a rather fun day. I used my Red Robin free birthday burger coupon and it was delicious. Normally they give you a sundae on your birthday but I requested a banana shake. All of my favorite servers and management staff at the Tempe Red Robin gathered around to sing [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on October 15th, 2008 in faith, family, favorite things, gimp girl life, life with Norm
Tomorrow I will be another year older. I figured out that I will be exactly the same age my grandmother was the day I was born. Incredible! I can’t imagine being a grandmother at my age when I don’t even have any children.
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on October 12th, 2008 in sunday thoughts, world events
It’s not so good to watch the news anymore. Everything is bad as far as the media is concerned. Especially when you look at the stock market. I do not own any investments in stocks or bonds so on the one hand I’m not personally affected by all that I hear these days. However, according [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on October 9th, 2008 in politics
My friend Richard sent me this letter from his friend Tom who is a barrister (lawyer) in England. They are amateur astronomy buds. Tom has lived with the National Health Service all his life and knows first hand the dangers of socialist medicine.
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on October 8th, 2008 in politics
OK, I don’t know about you but last night’s town hall meeting was rather depressing, not to mention boring and downright stupid at times! Listening to it gave me a headache and made me start to think perhaps I should find more ways to cut spending at home since the government’s going to take more [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on October 8th, 2008 in politics
How is it that health care is a right for everyone but life is not?