It Already Does

On a regular basis!!  I'd like it to stop for a change.

Sharl and Janie's Excellent Adventure: The Route

So yesterday I was figuring out what route we want to take, heading up to Seattle and back down again to end up in Las Vegas and then Fresno. I came across this site that lets you put in you different destinations and then maps it out for you and gives you the directions. So this is what I came up with:

Now I don't particularly want to go up I5 in California and Oregon so we are going to deviate from this a bit, by taking the Pacific Coast Highway past San Francisco all the way up to about the top of Oregon and then cross over. I've read that it is a really pretty drive with lots to see, and I figure we can stop whenever something catches our eye, which also means lots of pictures to come.  Anyway, after that stretch of highway, we'll follow the rest of it the way it is mapped. 

Trying to figure out what to see and do is rather overwhelming I have to admit though.  Part of me just wants to wing it, and that is the plan for the most part, but then again I also want to have a little bit of a plan to see things too. Like in Seattle, I know I want to go to Pikes Place to see the original

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Then of course, like I mentioned before, I would like to go to headquarters to their store.  Looking online, I saw a couple of other places I would like to visit while there before heading out. Ah decisions decisions.

But at least we have a route.

I Need To Remember This

With all that is going on I have to keep trying to keep this in mind.

Puppy Joy

It's funny how puppies can find joy in just the little things, like frolicking in a kiddie pool and a spray of the hose, which is what CaliGirl did today:

It was fun watching her and seeing how much she enjoyed playing in the water. Makes me wish I had a much bigger pool and getting in it with her and playing.

Janie and Sharl's Excellent Adventure...Take III?

So here we are in June, and originally I was going to go out to California at the end of the month and then drive back here with Janie.  But, due to changing plans of others, I won't be able to do that after all.


However, we have a Plan B now, and I will be flying out there in September and we will drive up to Seattle, Washington, to the Starbucks Headquarters where they have a store you can buy all kinds of Starbucks stuff in it that you can't get anywhere else, and of course travel to the original Starbucks itself, where it all began. I've always wanted to do that, so I suggested it, and that we drive up the Pacific Coast Highway to get there.  Coming back, we will go through Idaho and Utah and Nevada, with our last stop in Las Vegas. We are going to take about 10 or 11 days, give or take, and just have fun with it.  I'm really looking forward to it, especially since this summer is going to be so different than the past 12 summers.


So here's to Take III...

The Books We Read

I used to buy books all the time and re-read them but as time has gone by I stopped because I don't ever re-read them or have anyone to trade with and then it just seems a waste of money, so I go to the library instead.

Even When Things Go Wrong

Sometimes I think we forget to do this.  I try to every time I pray but I know once in a while I don't. But He has given me a lot of blessings and has done a lot for me and I thank Him for all.

Message From God

Someone posted this on Facebook a couple of days ago and I am trying to keep this in mind. I thought it was interesting that it was posted, considering how I have been feeling. A message from God perhaps?

Elderly

Earlier today I was reading this article and it mentioned a 70 year old woman and the person referred to her as elderly. It kind of startled me because I thought, wow, in a little over 10 years I  will be 70 and that would make ME elderly!!  To say the least, I don't like that!!  I texted Vanessa about it and she said something like, would we even have to wait that long?  Are people in their 60s considered elderly?? No way!! They can't be. Can they??

Maybe you are only as old as you feel/think, but others only see an elderly person at that age (whatever that age is).  But just the thought of being elderly makes me sad.  And what's funny (or not), even before my mom died at 80, for some reason I just didn't really think of her as elderly, even though I suppose she was. And her friend Beverly, who is 82, I just don't think of her that way either, maybe because of the way they presented themselves and were always busy when possible. 

At any rate, even when I am in my 70s, I hope others don't think "elderly" when they see me. Hopefully I will still have the same mindset as now and will be healthy and busy so that "elderly" will be the last thing people will think.

Of course this isn't to say not to respect your elders or to give them your seat or bring them whatever they might need. It's just the thought of being "elderly", as in "old". And I do remember Mom not considering herself to be "old" either.

You're as young as you feel, even if you are elderly.

I don't want to be elderly.

Feeling Lost

When I was home last week, I had this very distinct feeling of just being lost. Not knowing where I belong, where I should be, where I should live. Just....lost.  I don't think I've ever quite felt that way before and I didn't like it.  Actually I don't  like it. Because I still feel it. Even though I am home, I'm not happy here, and yet this time in California I wasn't particularly happy either.  I do my day-to-day things, but I feel like I need to be somewhere else, with someone else, or maybe nobody else.

Being in Mom's house without her was hard; and to make it worse no tv or internet or even good music to listen to (though I could have listened to my IPod now that I think of it), and I didn't really get to hang out with friends much either as they have their own lives and families going on.  It was just a very strange, lonely visit for me and too much time to think.  After Mom died I thought I really wanted to live there,  but now I'm not so sure. And I know I don't want to live here anymore.

Just....lost.....