Talk Derby to Me!!! Let the games begin!! The Derby festivities have begun and although we’re just getting started, the city is sprucing up and ready to roll!! We are ready to welcome thousands of racing fans to a city that loves this time of year! Tomorrow, there will be a balloon glow in anticipation of the hot air balloon race on Saturday morning. There will be two glow events and a rush-hour race on Friday morning before the big race on Saturday morning. I’ve said for years that one of these days, I will book a hotel room and take in as many of the official activities as I can. I’ll need to save up for awhile as it could be expensive but there is so much to see and do and I’d love to try to be like a tourist! This year, I’ll be at Opening Night in the Churchill Downs Turf Club. I am excited to be there for the first night of the 150 th Derby season. On Saturday night, there will be fancy clothes and a fascinator or hat for everyone! I purchased this package as an auc...
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Staying Busy…it’s my Jam! As I type this tonight, I realize that I did not have a blogpost last Wednesday…so much for jumping back in!! This time, I am going to use a couple of excuses, things that have gotten in the way. I can’t feel guilty though because sometimes, it just happens. I had a lovely weekend with my daughter, collecting on my Christmas present, which was a weekend at the Louisville Marriott, a Broadway show, and a Drag Brunch. We also enjoyed a long nap and lots of mother/daughter talk and laughs. My buddy Gabriel sent a couple of videos letting his Mom know that he missed her and that he was being good and kind. I decided to send him a video and he responded right away to Katie with these words, “Ummm, Mom, hi. I wanted you to know that those videos I sent were for you, not CeCe. Oh well, I guess I sent too many videos.” Now, I don’t have to tell you that once we stopped laughing, I was highly insulted. I thought I was over it but once I returned home, it wa...
I’M BACK…AGAIN! I had this ready to go a couple of weeks ago, trying to get back into my normal Wednesday blogpost, but for some reason, the evening got away from me and my good intentions to get back to “work” on my blog, just went out the window. Let it be known, I’m back. This post will address the “Where have you been?” “Are you okay?” and “I miss you!” comments I have received from some of my beloved followers. My last post was at Christmas time over three months ago. I am so sorry! To say I’m not sure what went wrong would be the truth on some levels but on some levels, I’m pretty sure that it was just a time of being in a FUNK … F ully U nder the spell of N egativity and K erffluffing (causing confusion & disorder)! Yep, I was in a funk. Now those of you who know me, know that FUNKS are not my style! Trust me, I do not like funks and I rarely allow myself to go there. This time was a little different. I actually got into the funk before I even realized it. ...
Merry Christmas and Happiest of New Years!!! For those of you who have been wondering or worrying about me, I’m fine! I have been held captive by a damn Kidney Stone but I’m slowly getting back! Yes, friends, the kidney stone from hell, Pearl, made its appearance. Here is how it played out. I had my friends for work to the house for a happy hour. We were enjoying the evening, when suddenly, I got a stabbing pain on my side. I thought it was caused by the way I was sitting so I started shifting around in my seat. No change. Then, I started to get this wave of nausea like never before. I kept taking sips of water (although my friends thought it was a cocktail!) and still, I thought I was going to lose it…literally! As they got up to leave, I felt myself swallowing over and over again, trying to keep from burping. As soon as the last guest, walked out the door, all hell broke lose for me. I don’t want to be graphic, but between the pain, the puke, and the fe...
As always, I’m THANKFUL!! T’was the night before Thanksgiving…Yes, it’s one of my favorite days! Food prep, gift wrapping, and preparing the December calendar! This is a great day!! Cue the brakes! WHOA !!! It’s now Thanksgiving morning. Yesterday was a great day, it is one of my favorites, but damn, I nearly forgot it was blog day! I did indeed start the blog, but that’s as far as it went. So as I watch the annual parade, I’m finally getting this blog post out! Let’s talk about why I’m thankful this year…because there is indeed a lot! I turned 65 this year with a party bus and some awesome people! It was a real treat and I was showered with love!! I went to Nashville with Katie for our annual girl’s getaway and was tickled to travel on the Drag Queen party bus and I was awed by my first visit to the Grand Ole Opry house. Katie & I had good fun, eating drinking, sitting by the pool. It was a treat to get away for a few days! I survived some of th...
It’s beginning to look like…Christmas! Well, I guess I can be called an “influencer” this week! It seems that my Halloween tree-decorating inspired others to start decorating. To those that hate this, I apologize, but to others who are glad to get started, good for you!! All of you make me proud! After putting up the tree, it seems that others have decided that getting an early start isn’t so bad. If it makes you happy, brings you joy, why not? It’s a lot of work to decorate the whole house for the holidays. Why not take your time, especially if you are retired, and get it done. Don’t you think sitting by the fire over Thanksgiving weekend, looking at your tree, will feel good? As the weeks (a little over 6 weeks until Christmas) start to close in, our calendars fill up with a variety of things to do. Some things are fun traditions, some things are work requirements, some things are friend gift giving and of course for many, there is traveling. So, why not mark t...
‘Tis the Season… I’m guessing most of you know what happened in my world yesterday. Of course, I saw precious pictures of my grandsons doing their trick-or-treating as the two pilots. I scrolled through Facebook looking at many of your grandchildren and even your creative selves. We had dinner, played our nightly dice game, and then after Joey & Steve left the house, it was time for me to get down to business. The bar tree needed to be setup. Yes, my friends, my bar-themed Christmas tree had to go up! And so it began…I tuned in my Alexa Christmas songs and went to work. I had prepared my night stand in my bedroom for the tree. Remember, my room is my space and when my tree goes up, I feel joy! The tree is just over two feet tall. When I ordered it, the tree was “pre-lit” and when I received it, it was pre-lit alright, with 50 lights. That just wouldn’t do, so I added another 100 and even then, I felt like it could have more. So after “fluffing” the tree a bit...