Thoughts for today:

I really admire my daughter Hilary. She really puts herself out there for all to experience. She is beautiful, creative, intelligent, a wonderful loving mother, daughter and friend to all who know her. I am really very proud of her in every way.

I wish I had more time to be creative. I have so many ideas of things that I want to do. It's kind of mind boggling to me. I must say that I am getting a little bit more done lately, so that's a good thing and I shouldn't bash myself so much.

I made three pillows for a woman's son who has autism. We had a lovely conversation and she really seems like an incredible woman. This young man is 30 years old and is non-verbal, but she's got him living in his own home with round the clock help and a dog and his own business of making dog treats. She also raised 5 other children! I think this woman is amazing!

I feel ready for a short vacation by myself. Planning to go to New Orleans in November to visit my son Shannon and wife Laney. Can't wait!

Need to see my friends more often.

Love the Autumn weather, warm days, cool nights.

This has been a long winter. It is the end of March and we still have a lot of snow. There has been a lot of ice and two of my friends fell and broke their wrists. I have a lot of compassion, since I broke mine two years ago. Because of all the ice, I haven't been out walking much and really feel like a slug. I have 5 pounds to lose. I hope the ice leaves soon so I can get back to the routine!

We have lived in this house 13 years. It's the longest I have lived anywhere. I feel pretty grounded here. We have been toying with moving back into town, but every time I look at a house, I come home liking my home much better. I'm kind of psyched to fix up and decorate a new place, if the right one comes along. I'd really like to build a house, something energy efficient.

I like change. Haven't had much change lately, but maybe I'm getting to a stage in life where I want to stay where I'm at. I like what I do for my work, I can't imagine being with anyone other than my husband, and our home is good. Is this an age thing? Perhaps.