Just had to put this out there.....

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Barack Obama

ps - this is not a lie :-)

OH MY GOSH

Ok, so I know I haven’t blogged for a long time. I would like to say that have just been too busy to blog but in fact – since I am now an empty nester – that is not the case. Oh yes, there are those occasional trips to the dog groomer, but nothing like the volleyball games of yor. So, in fact, I have not blogged because I have had very little to blog about. Work, Home. Bed.

BUT….now I have news! So much has happened within the last couple of weeks that the “’I’ve been too busy to blog” excuse really does apply. It started with an article I wrote to MORE Magazine (geared to those over 40) about how anti-aging is really just another name for cosmetic surgery. Anyway, they had one of the editors call me (Jacob Davis) to clarify some things and we hit it off over the phone. We exchanged email address and began corresponding ..and then talking on the phone, just before Christmas. He flew out to spend some time with me, in person, for a few days just a week or so ago and it was INCREDIBLE.

ANYWAY………….long story short, we just decided to go for it and we are planning to get married on Valentines Day next month. I know what you are all thinking, but trust me THIS TIME….I know he is the one! He is 52 years old, lives in LA, has two grown children and is funny and intelligent while being soooooooo handsome at the same time (as you can see by the picture).

No, I am not retiring for at least a year so we will be doing the long distance thing for awhile, but because he is a pilot and flies his own plane it won’t quite as bad as if we had to rely on commercial airlines.

He treats me like a queen. I am sooo happy…feeling like a giddy teenager, but so confident that things will really work out for us.

I knows this is sudden but I just wanted all of my friends and family and those I love to know what is going on in my life. And, that Jake….is a fake. Unbelieveable that I have to make something up to blog about. Gotta go for now…..off to the dog groomer’s.

America, the beautiful..

Today is Constitution Day.

Sage Creek Elementary School students had the honor and privilege of coming together outside to have a flag ceremony conducted by our local Troop 128. Beneath a clear blue sky and with our majestic mountains in the background, the flag of the United States of America was raised and unfurled in the early morning breeze. The student body, from kindergarteners to sixth graders, solemnly, respectfully put their right hand over their hearts as they recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Following the pledge, students in a fifth grade class, sang “American the Beautiful” while weaving the music of the bell chimes throughout the melody and harmony. As the song finished, Retired US Army Staff Sergeant David Gardener, in full uniform, spoke to the students about what it meant to him to be an American as a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He reminded our students of the freedoms we enjoy as Americans and about those who serve in the armed forces to preserve them. Sergeant Gardener lost his leg during his last tour of duty. Our own American idol, who poses as a third grade teacher by day, closed the program by singing a stirring arrangement of our national anthem while all in attendance reflected on the freedoms and sacrifices that make our country strong.

America, the beautiful and home of the brave.
An experience to remember for all who were there.

I'm glad I was one of them.

Anger Management goes to Washington

{Leave your Hitler mustaches at home.}