Technicalology

For Mother's Day Mac surprised me with an iPad. An iPad! I don't even know how to forward an email or even do my blog! I am technicalogically impaired and the worst part about it is I refuse to learn. My kids are all jealous that I got this little honey but it's gonna take a MIRACLE for me to learn how to use it! Thanks a lot, Steve Jobs!

Virginia is for Lovers

Mac and I went to D.C. to visit our good sis and bro-in-law a few weeks ago. We went for 36 hours total. Took more time to fly there then it did to stay there!




As usual, Jill and Scott were fantastic hosts!

Every Penny Counts

I was watching the Dr. Oz show and he was explaining that if your purse is too heavy, you will have troubles with your back and posture. He was looking into women's purses and he pulled out all kinds of things and he told the ladies they need to clean up their purses. So I needed to survey my purse. Uh-oh, that is a big job. For years and years I have kept a ton of change in the bottom of my big purses. My children inform me that they lived off that change at the 7-11 for years. I never missed that change because I never knew how much was there.

Every so often my purse is extremely heavy and it hurts to carry it on my shoulder, so I know it is time to clean. That change helps me a lot if I just run to the store and grab something- I always have change.

My neighbor had a bottle of change and had her kids guess how much. So I decided to do the same. But the funny thing was is she got 42.00 dollars over a long period of time and I filled up a jar just within one sitting of cleaning out my change. $32.20 was in the bottom of my purse just this last time. No wonder my shoulder hurt. My kids took guesses and Maggie won, in fact she was only off by 20 cents. Oh my. Don't spend those all at once, Freda.

Not much happenin'.

This is my life right now. Not much to post. I'll let you know when something happens around here.

Making Blankies

We have been making blankets for the Disney volunteer day. We made a whole mess a' blankets and figure we can take a good chunk of the family this fall with the free passes we've earned. I can't wait to take my grandkids! I will buy them cotton candy any time they ask. I will also get me a bunch of frozen bananas and Dole Whips. I can't wait to go!



If you want to volunteer for the free Disney day, go here. So worth it!

Lucky Dozen

I just got my 12th root canal. 12! I really might as well get implants at this point. W.O.M.- Waste of Money. And to think I even work for a dentist.

Shalom from Israel!

We enjoyed a great post-Christmas/New Year's celebration in Israel. We went to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and packed in quite a few things I've always wanted to see. (You know me, I have to check things off my list or I'll pine about it for years.) At first I was worried to go (and I didn't dare go alone with just me and Mac) but when we got there I saw there was nothing to be worried about and we had a great time .

Here I am at the Damascus Gate entry to the Old City of Jerusalem. It was easy to get lost there! I was mad we spent so much time wandering around when we could have been seeing things I could check off my list. What a waste.

Mac and I at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Christ was allegedly crucified. Now it is a big Greek Orthodox cathedral. I got this scarf in the Arab market and I couldn't haggle myself so I had to have my daughter do it for me. Otherwise I would have been taken for a ride.


One great thing about the expensive Israeli hotels is they all have a fantastic buffet breakfast. We ate these breakfasts and had no need for lunch and sometimes not even supper. Naturally the person who benefitted the most from these breakfast buffets was Mac and he certainly put any crowd at the Golden Corral to shame. I think the hoteliers weren't too pleased when he came through because he ate them out of house and home. This is just one of the many plates he loaded up. Sad, really.

Here I am around the Old City. Or Gethsemane or the Mount of Olives, I can't remember. I stick out like a sore thumb on my trips abroad even though I am a seasoned traveler. I left my Tinkerbell jacket at home this time but I did bring my "Italia" visor.

Mac and I enjoying some falafel at a busy restaurant in Jerusalem. We loved these and Mac stopped and got two more after this. We pretended not to notice the cigarette dangling from the cook's mouth the entire time. And no one got sick really so we're fine.

The view from our hotel of sunny Tel Aviv. We spent New Year's Eve here by ourselves after our kids banished us from hanging out with them. We ran into them anyway, ha ha. Joke's on them.

The boardwalk at the Tel Aviv Port. Nice Mediterranean view.


Hanging out on the boardwalk at the Tel Aviv Port. Our kids wanted to eat one nice meal here but Mac was too cheap so they ate a nice meal and we walked over to a sandwich shop. Money = pleasure = pain here.

We ended our vacation in sunny Arizona with my BFF Janny and her hubby Clint. It was 72 degrees and we ate oranges off their tree, took a walk, and stole furniture from the neighbors. Thanks, Janny for letting us stay with you!

We had a blast in Israel and Arizona and I can't wait to hassle my kids about another trip very soon!