I was reading an article on CNN that was discussing how college freshmen don’t think that watches are necessary anymore and I instantly flashed back to my 8th grade English and Social Studies class. My teacher, who you could call eccentric, had just gotten a new watch. However, it wasn’t just a watch, it was [...]
Archive of posts tagged Thoughts For Thursday
Thoughts For Thursday – How Smells Can Revive Old Memories For Me
When reading a post at ‘Budgeting in the Fun Stuff’ about nostalgic foods, it made me think about how smells make me nostalgic. So I thought I would share how certain smells take me to an entirely different time and place. An elementary school. It seems like all elementary schools smell the same, and I [...]
Thoughts For Thursday: I Am Not a Fan of My Neighborhood
As I have mentioned in a few posts before, I enjoy watching TV while walking on my treadmill in the morning. Besides getting some exercise, I get the chance to watch some TV shows that I might not ordinarily watch. So recently, I have been watching ‘Desperate Housewives’. Of course, I recognize it is television, [...]
Thoughts For Thursday: Passing A Driver’s Test – and More
This past Saturday morning, my son took his driving test. I have to tell you, that test is a very stressful time as a parent. Not stressful because your child will be driving, but because you want them to pass so much, and because you have to sit in the backseat during the test, and [...]
Thoughts For Thursday – Random Musings
Today, I decided I am just going to vent a bit. It is my Thoughts for Thursday post, so I am just going to share my random thoughts/rants. I have had it with BP and the fact they still have not fixed this oil leak. It is literally depressing to watch that oil spew out [...]
Thoughts For Thursday: When Was The Last Time…
We all have routines and rituals in our lives and sometimes, they abruptly come to an end, without any advance warning. My husband and I often talk about how you never know when the ‘last time’ something will happen. For me, a lot of these ‘lasts’ are tied to my kids. Two of my most [...]
Thoughts for Thursday – When Ridiculous Rules Make Life Much Harder
Where I live, there is a major street called Woodward Avenue. This street goes from Downtown Detroit and cuts through many suburbs to the north. Well, the other day, I was driving north on Woodward in the city of Bloomfield Hills, and there was a pedestrian walking against traffic in my lane, presumably coming from [...]
