Sherry's Blog (4)

I am back from vacation and feeling refreshed and renewed! We had a great trip, nine days of riding to different locations in Tenn, NC, Georgia, and MO. It was wonderful to hang out with our friends and tour the countryside. Some of the highlights were Graceland, Lynchburg, and Nashville, High on the list was taking some of our buddies through the biker's "right of passage", Deals Gap, 318 curves in 11 miles on the side of a mountain, once you have navigated that, you can handle pretty m… Continue

Over 2 weeks tabacco free and I am still amazed at this thing! The E-Cig or "electronic cigarette" is like the little wonder I always knew someone would come up with, but I never thought it would be in my lifetime. In the last 10 years I have tried every stop smoking system to come down the pike, (well, except for acupuncture and hypnotism, that is-yikes!), with varying levels of success until the ultimate and inevitable fall off the wagon. Six months or so ago I finally announced to my family t… Continue

Since the first of the year , Bill and I have been going to the gym 3 times a week and working out. (Ok, the Dr had a little to do with this new incentive in our lives, it wasn't a totally original idea.) But our goal is to lose about 30 lbs each. Bill has a pretty good routine but most of what I do is walk and hit the bikes. It has been a struggle some days but I am up to about 3 mile walk each time now and it is a real crunch for the last one. At first it was a little intimidating when you hav… Continue

I scanned the rows of boxes strewn and stacked in what was now my new living room, I looked around thinking how often I had admired it on our visits there. A friend of ours had built this house you see, from foundation to chimney top. Not only was he a skilled craftsman, but since he was building it for himself, he had spared no expense in the materials, and used only the best. It was meant to last him a lifetime and he and his wife put a lot of thought into the features they wanted. Now, I don… Continue