Tag: Life

The year of the staycation?!!

On By Barbara StroudIn THOUGHTS, TRAVEL1 Comment
CHARLIE AND BARBARA - FOLLY BEACH - APRIL 2010
What are you looking forward to this year? Infinite possibilities fill my brain… I’m looking forward to doing something different this year. After many years of big money vacations, packing for a few weeks, lugging everything on a plane and heading out… I think our plans are to have several “staycations”. I mean we do live in CHARLESTON! People love to spend their vacations here! So I’m thinking we will do the same! How nice it will be to not have to cram ourselves onto a plane, board the dog, and all the other “stuff” that goes along with taking a nice relaxing vacation, ha ha… Maybe a trip or two to Kiawah, Hilton Head, the beaches (I mean they ARE so close!) and just hanging out  by the pool in our own backyard! Now we’ll have to remember that we are on staycation, no cleaning and all that business… It can wait a few days! I’m looking forward to spending some time with Fred without him thinking about work and everything that needs to get done! Hear that Charlie? THE BEACH!! Woohoo!
What are you looking forward to this year? Until tomorrow…

Eat, Pray, Love… what would you do with your final hour?

On By Barbara StroudIn HOME, THOUGHTSLeave a comment
Image via http://www.imdb.com

Something to think about… (thanks to WordPress for the topic) WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD ONE HOUR TO LIVE? Hmmmm. Not something I like to think about… I would want to spend time with my husband, I would want to talk to my family (after all I only have an hour, not enough time to jump in a car and get to Summerville OR on a plane and get to Michigan!) and I would want to take a few minutes to write a letter to those who have made my world a much better place. I would want them to have something that shows them how much I truly loved them and how deeply I felt about them. Then I would just want to be close to Fred and say goodbye to Charlie…  I. WOULD. PRAY. Oh, and if I was so lucky as to have a box of See’s dark chocolate caramels in the house I would go ahead and eat them, well, I would save Fred a few, but what the heck… might as well. I would still want to quick brush my teeth at least. Then I think I would set the house up for Fred, make things exactly as he likes them.  Personally I’m hoping when we’re very very old, once we’re no longer healthy, that we fall asleep in each others arms and wake up in Heaven. If that happens, no one needs to be sad for me I will be thrilled! What would you do with your final hour? By the way, Eat Pray Love was a good movie if you need something to rent! Until tomorrow…

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Share something that makes you smile…

On By Barbara StroudIn HOMELeave a comment
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The WordPress daily post subject today is to share something that makes you smile… OK, it seems rather sad that I pick a phone as the “something that makes me smile”, it’s not actually the phone (although, I have to say I love this phone, and it DOES make me smile, well, most of the time)… It’s what’s ‘inside’ the phone.  A sweet message from Fred (my husband) that he left several months ago. I love his messages, his kind words, his enthusiasm, THAT is what makes me smile!  What makes you smile? An interesting subject no doubt, I had so many possibilities, then I tried to think of something where I could have the post and the image go together and tada… Blackberry Bold it is…

Here’s to many things that make you smile today! Until tomorrow…

Happy New Year… and New You??

On By Barbara StroudIn HOMELeave a comment
Photograph via http://www.vitamix.com

Happy New Year and welcome to 2011!  It’s going to be a great year, right?! I’m starting off the year with one resolution crossed off my list (starting this blog!!), ok, so I don’t really do resolutions, but at least SOMETHING crossed off my list, which feels good!

After a month (or so) of eating food that I really shouldn’t have been eating, it’s time to scale back, find something halfway healthy and get a grip. I would include a photo of our own Vitamix, but this one is prettier, ha ha… Have you ever tried a Vitamix? Awesome smoothies, they can crush ice in an instant they can even make soup! If you get a chance, give it a shot, maybe you can sneak some veggies into your day, hee hee.

I am excited to be starting another blog and I look forward to hearing your comments throughout the year. My other blog is a photoblog, you can check it out at http://almostdailypic.wordpress.com, it began as a project to try to figure out HOW to blog. It quickly became an addiction! 

Until tomorrow…