Sometimes you just want to hang around with friends.It was a hot and muggy day today, but donations of more than a hundred dollars made it easier to get out and get moving. It was the first day of Fall, and finally the Puget Sound area is getting ready for summer. How like us. Do without a Starbucks coffee Buy housebrand cereal (you won't like it) Walk in the neighborhood … [Read more...] about SIXTY PLUS DATEBOOK Cancer walk
Archives for September 2011
Sixty Plus Yippee Skippee
Quick note from Dorothy: What's going right. This section is dedicated to the good things that are going right every where we go. We have a tendency to miss the good things and focus on the bad ones. Playground at Chambers Bay For instance, hundreds of volunteers are working at Chambers Bay to build a special playground for the kids. The land is donated. This is not costing … [Read more...] about Sixty Plus Yippee Skippee
Sixty Plus Datebook Making Strides Against Cancer
Today my training walk for the Making Strides Against Cancer 5K walk took me to Steilacoom Park and the old Western State Hospital. It was a good day for walking - although the temperature was in the mid-70's there was no sun. And luckily not too many people to see struggling along and drenched in persperation in a way my Daddy would have considered most unladylike. The … [Read more...] about Sixty Plus Datebook Making Strides Against Cancer
Sixty Plus Datebook – Here’s Pie in Your Eye
Monday afternoon, my selfless training for the Strides Against Breast Cancer walk brought me to the Puyallup Fair and my yearly opportunity to judge the pie baking contest. I must say this turned out to be just a lot harder than I expected. Each of the judges receives a sheet with all of the items on which the pie is to be judged - originality. Was the crust brown and bubbly, … [Read more...] about Sixty Plus Datebook – Here’s Pie in Your Eye
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
I'm spending a lot of time getting ready for the Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K walk on October 2. 5K - That's oh, let's see about 3 miles. I can do that. I'm pleased and proud that my Grand daughter Shondra has organized her team. The fact is, all of us have been touched by cancer, so I'm shamelessly hitting my friends up to join in supporting us on the walk. If you … [Read more...] about Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
Sixty Plus Date Book: Making New Friends
My granddaughter went off to college last week, and the first thing she did when got to her new apartment was to displace a mouse which seemed to be living there. She said it was so tame she could catch it by the tail to put it in a covered dish for safekeeping. She displayed it on Facebook with the title, "Making New Friends", Grandmother stifled the urge to tell her it was … [Read more...] about Sixty Plus Date Book: Making New Friends
Sixty Plus Datebook – A most unusual day
I looked out the window awhile ago and two deer were walking past - and I mean right past. They had been on the porch eating the flowers, which they seem to look upon as a sort of chips and dips. Then, feeling happy, they strolled on over to the neighbors' house, to see what was on offer there. I guess my point is, that you don't have to be lonely. You can always eat the … [Read more...] about Sixty Plus Datebook – A most unusual day