February 29th

Sadie Hawkins Day, Leap Year, whatever you call this day it has a history, do you know why it takes place every four years?

From my friend Sherry at the Red Raven:

Today is an "ephemeral ghost". It marks a "leap" in time, when the calendar is adjusted to make up for extra seconds accumulated over the preceding three years due to the rotation of the earth. Have fun and enjoy the day !!!

I remember in High School we always had a Sadie Hawkins Dance where the girls invited the boys..after all turn about it fair play...let them sit by the phone and sweat that call..right?? Well I took full advantage of this day and asked one Mr. Mike Dorsey to that dance my junior year and like they say the rest is history!!

What ever this day means to you I hope it is a good one, and thank goodness it is not my Birthday!! However come to think about it I would be a lot younger!!

Item number 2 - get in shape

The next thing on my "retired list" after getting organized was to get back to eating right ( I use Weight Watchers online, LOVE IT!! and it is easy for me to use and get results!) and to.... hold on to your hats....EXERCISE!!! Now mind you every time I went to the doctor and he asked me how active I was I said...are you kidding I work retail! lots of lifting unpacking climbing ladders etc....and he let me get by with that for "being active" well no more so we joined the Y. We went today for our first session with a personal trainer that worked up a program for us, showed us how to use the machines, added the proper weights took notes then after working out on all of the machines.... left us to ride the bicycles for 15 more minutes!!! Brutal!! But all in all I will say I enjoyed it! I am not sore (YET) and am actually looking forward to Thursday...hopefully I will feel the same way when Thursday rolls around but for now...the Y and Tim get two thumbs up from us!

Let's get Organized!

Well it is Monday and from what I remember about growing up you always start a new project on Monday, whether it be an actual project, diet, new way of thinking, what ever it always seem to just feel right to start it on a Monday...so no more excuses I am tackling this closet THIS Monday. I have never liked the way this door works it just seems like so much wasted space to the left and right behind the section of wall and besides twisting into a noodle and reaching into the back corner does not bode well with me anymore....so solution?? have hubby open the doorway up all the way to the corner, replace the "header" (top of door opening) and put on new doors...simple right? He didn't argue so I am going forward with my plan....if you don't hear from me in a while please come check the back left hand side to make sure I survived!! In the meantime here is a link to a great organizing tool I found online, now don't get me wrong I haven't completely sat down and followed all the suggestions but I found lots of her suggestions good...just sayin' it's Monday! Click HERE if you want to take a look.

As many of you know I plan to "redo" each room at home one room at a time...I skipped a few steps in our front bedroom so I will have to revisit it later but for now it is better than it was...we had an over sized sleigh bed in here that drove me crazy..too big...not my style...and too hard to make up. When Mike said he HAD to keep these two pictures from his office I couldn't imagine WHERE in my house I would put a picture of a fisherman and a wharf of all things!!
But he doesn't ask for much in the way of decorating so I came up with this idea...IF he would help me take down that sleigh bed and bring back my antique bed I would make his pictures work in this room...so this is what we came up with. I will come back and clean out the closet, repaint probably in a lighter color but for now I am enjoying the "update"...what do you think?

Ah retirement!! We have been "at home" now almost three weeks and this is the first day I have had to myself...and what am I doing?? laundry!! Don't get me wrong I love spending time with Mike and our new puppy Cooper but after all these years of doing what I want when I want during my days it is an adjustment...the highlight?? the fact that Mike has started making the bed each morning!! It is the little things that count I know and I love it! It makes me feel like I am in a hotel each and every time I walk in our room and the bed has been made!

My other new favorite thing is Pintrest....have you tried it yet? Love love love it! I will admit most of the things I am "pinning" are new recipes but again...if you are going to have to cook you might as well make it fun and interesting! I will be sharing lots of things in the future that I am finding from recipes that I try to decorating ideas but for now if you want to "follow me" HERE is the link to my pintrest board and I look forward to seeing what you find too!
See you soon

Today is our 44th anniversary! We celebrated by going out for breakfast and buying groceries! Ha...exciting right?

Well the one good thing that I found to share with you is the amazing Cinnamon / pecan pancakes at Waterloo Ice House at Southpark Meadow..they are unbelievable...made from scratch (huge) and melt in your mouth good..so when you need a little pampering treat yourself to breakfast out...it will start your day off with a smile for sure. Do you have a favorite breakfast??

MUSINGS??? Really??? What is a musing you ask...well the best I can tell it is a very old word for thoughts, meditation,and the sharing of knowledge, besides it just sounds cool!! So that is the name I came up with for our new blog. Now you ask WHY??? well after lots of emails, face book postings and discussions I have been asked and asked again to have some way after the closing the shop that we could share different things and a blog is a wonderful tool for doing just that. So here we go with the first posting. I hope as we go forward you will share with us and share us with your friends so they can help out with this adventure too....so come on aboard and be a part of our musings!

First order of business...please share any of your favorite blogs, websites or face book pages that promote a small business that you love...lets start a list and support these guys all that we can...ready set....share in the comments below....