First, the new winners are: Niki Davis and Therese.  Congratulations, both of you!  Your signed books will be headed your way soon.  (What's that you say?  YOU didn't win?  Well, the old adage certainly applies here: try, try again.  🙂  There is a brand new round...

There's a wonderful sign on a board near my favorite supermarket, which reads: Thanksgiving is not a day, it's a lifestyle. Amen!  Even in these trying times, we all have a lot to be grateful for, methinks.  Starting with each other.  I am SO very thankful for each...

Wow.  Here's my advice about that cold going around right now--don't get it!  It's a lulu.  I'm upright and fully dressed, so I see that as progress.  🙂  I spent my weekend recovering, listening to books (this time it was "The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing" by Mira...

Nobody panic.  I'm suffering (as dramatically as possible) from a garden variety head and chest cold--not the dreaded E-virus.  (Thank heaven.)  Reports of my imminent demise have been greatly exaggerated. In order to prevent my own personal pandemic (Spokandemic?),...

First, the winners.  Gwyn Beams and Janet Clark, come on down!  🙂  If you aren't Gwyn or Janet, do not despair--all you need to do is comment and you'll be entered in the new contest, which begins now.  (Yes, at this very moment.)  Make a comment and, presto, you're...

Last week's winners are: Millie and Alison.  Congratulations!  And all though you wouldn't know it by the missing blogs, there is a new contest underway right now.  Just comment, and you're in. Weight Watchers: Errggg!!!  Still stuck.  (And more determined than...

In other words, this blog will probably amount to a hodge-podge of Random Linda Thoughts and Observations.  🙂 Weight Watchers.  Sigh.  The battle continues.  I'm still stalled out, and more determined than ever to break through this plateau, no matter how long it...

Don't panic!  I'm not playing with matches or anything like that, though I have been known to smoke up the kitchen and permanently bond bread wrappers to the sides of innocent toasters.   🙂  I came across a magazine called "Pyrography"--commonly known as...

Congratulations to Linda Kroesche and Dennis--you're our winners for last week.  🙂  There's a brand new contest running now, so if you'd like to enter, simply comment on this blog and you're in. Sadly, my brother-in-law's mom, Betty Lang, passed away.  She was a...

Prayers are needed for my brother-in-law's mom, Betty Lang.  She's a brave lady, and she's mighty ill right now. On a (much) more mundane note, my weight was down 1.6 pounds this week--a relief after all this time stuck in neutral.  I continue to exercise and eat the...

First, our weekly winners, who should have been announced yesterday.  🙂  Alas, both Debbie Gamble and Beverly Majkut have been notified and, ladies, your autographed books are on their way to you now.  (I was out of commission yesterday, for all practical intents and...

As you might have guessed, I was recuperating from my (very wonderful) travels yesterday, so didn't get to this blog.  Our winners for last week are: Brenda Ireland and Cathy Green.  Congratulations, my friends--enjoy!  (Not Brenda or Cathy?  No worries.  Just comment...