An update from our family:   We’re amongst those far from home observing the world in turmoil via CNN International. As house sitters were still willing to follow through, we arrived in Bali ahead of travel advisories, armed with a decent supply of antibacterial wipes, purposely booking connecting flights through a city held up as…

On the dozenth run to Lowe's I thought to myself how could I be doing this again? It seems like yesterday that I was running back and forth to the home improvement store as we were selling our old house and rebuilding the one we're in. We've decided to sell the family "cabin," the vacation…

Looking over my photos from that January day, I realized I must have been in the mood for angles. It was a day of sightseeing in the desert with C's cousin and his wife. We headed south along the Salton Sea, that body of brown water that used to be nicknamed the Salton Riviera, a…

Let me start with the fact that bad habits die hard. A 15+ year history of blogging hasn't instilled in me the good habit of hitting the save button sooner rather than later. And when that's not done, the auto save doesn't kick in and you risk losing everything. Hence, my absence last week. I…

The Ham Scam is officially over, having received a full refund from Paypal. I'm happy to say it was a relatively easy process.  December’s art show was an overall success as well as a personal one. I sold four original paintings and cards made from prints. Remember this, started years ago, now more than half…

If you do it three times, does that make a tradition? SIL KC was with me for my 400th, 500th and now 600th geocache. While caching in the desert my junior catcher successfully searched between a dinosaur’s toes. Then we found a scorpion under a rock. We were’t actually looking for a cache, instead fulfilling the…

There were 19 members of the Wilboe families present in three houses in our snowbird community. There were a variety of levels of accommodation from one house dubbed the Taj Mahal, complete with elegant small swimming pool with seven mini waterfalls and spa… … to the garage mahal – the tent in a garage with…

The Wilboe Family Christmas Reunion produced many memorable photos. This one was meme worthy. Here’s the back story: the people at the table next to us noticed I was taking a group photo and offered to include me in one. Concurrently they read incoming texts as they appeared on my phone, hence the facial expressions.…

I’m partial to all things treasure hunting. Geocaching, mushrooming, bargain hunting in liquidation stores where items are returns from the likes of Target, Walmart or Amazon. Daughter M and I went to one last year that had heaps of open box Instant Pots. One whiff was all it took to realize they were after use…

I may have mentioned this in a prior post. I used to work with a wise woman, who would say “Everyone has a story. Some longer than others.” Complicated as it is, I’ll try to spare you length. Sooo, I followed the tracking of our Serrano ham, all 17.5 lbs of it. Presumably it had…