Good Intentions

Met with my girl friends for coffee as usual this morning. I had good intentions of eating well - an asiago bagel (not too many carbs) and low-fat cream cheese (morning protein) along with my juice of choice, Hazelnut coffee! Nice, sensible choices.

So we enjoyed our breakfast and shared two weeks worth of catching up (one of us, not me, spent last week with her family having fun at her cabin). Not that I didn't have fun - I was watching facebook for photos of my brand new great-granddaughter! (I meet her tomorrow.)

But, I digress. About an hour into our intense conversation, a lovely girl on staff at the coffee shop came by offering free samples of their different flavor danish. Of course I had to try one, infact mine had a small slice of apple, cheese filling and one cherry, so I got to taste all three flavors! Now, there went my good intentions.

But, wait there's more! About an hour after that (I know, about now you are wondering what we have to talk about for two hours) another lovely young lady came by and sweetly said, "Would you care to try our new coffee cake?" Not wanting to offend her, "Of course", I said. So after that the only thing left to do was plan to start with the good intentions "tomorrow" when I see Penelope for the first time!

The Steeple Chase

Now tell me, if your daughter told you that a former student of the school where my son-in-law teaches was at the Olympics and would compete Friday in the Steeple Chase, where in the schedule would you look? The Equestrian List, right?

After searching the list for a while, with no luck in finding it, I decided to use the search box. Now why would I think it was a Track and Field Event! Here are men taking the place of the horse - jumping hurdles and water pools. My grandsons have been in track meets and I have never heard of this before. Not in this context. The closest I have been to a Steeple Chase is while reading Dick Francis books, which include murder and mayhem in the world of racing in England!

Now that I had found it, I watched the video of the Olympic trials which he won. And found the results of his first preliminary race where he is second. Congrats to Evan and good luck as you go for the gold!

Note to self: You are watching way too much Olympic coverage!

Check out the photograph at the bottom of the page!

A Small Beginning

 I love to write but I hate to journal! So what am I doing writing a Blog? you ask!

I have a lot to say, I think, and what better way than to join the millions of other people using the internet and blogging to get it said. Yes, I know, what I have to say is not that important but, maybe some "one" will find it interesting.

"Wandering" is probably what you'll find me doing as I go from topic to topic. So bear with me or give me feedback on where you think I should head; maybe to the city, or the country; on the interstate or those country roads we have in my neck of the country; maybe I should travel, or stay home, go back to school, or get a job.

As you can see, I have no idea right now where this is going or where we will end up. So right now we are in the dark, in for a surprise, at the brink of a new experience, or maybe already at the "end of the road".

(The only thing I know for sure is

 - I'll be in London tonight for the Opening Ceremonies -

 watching my 42"HD TV from my family room!)

Wandering . . . .

Please come back . . . . this blog is under construction!

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