Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

#27:  A problem you have or have had in the past What kind of question is this?  Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t have any trouble sharing my problems . . . and there are numerous posts where I have written about my problems.  Honestly, today I do not want to start thinking about my problems – because once I start listing them, the list just seems to grown exponentially.  Therefore, I have made an executive decision and I am going to address another subject. Who was your best friend growing up? My first best friend was Colleen Hirschi.  We lived next door to her for first, second, and third grades.  I always thought that it was so cool that our birthdays were only two days apart!  It seemed to me that we played together every day.  We loved to swing and climb on jungle gyms.  One time we took our sisters (who were also the same ages) to a pond and caught a whole bunch of little, tiny frogs and then tried to sell them!...

I have pondered this question many times over the course of my life, and I always seem to come up with the same answer.  I think that I would like to purchase a nice house, not very big or expensive, but one that is designed to be very functional surrounded by a nice yard with lots of shade trees and a deck.  Don't want this - too much cleaning!!!! Something like this would be nice! I would like to have a reliable car for both Kim and I.    Subaru would be great! Other than that, I don’t think that I would feel the need to run out and purchase anything.  I would like to be able to give a small chunk of money to each of our children and to our siblings.   I think that I would like to invest in a good agency to care for Kim and I when we are old and unable to care for ourselves. And of course, I wouldn't mind doing a little travel. Add caption The only real extravagance that I would get is our own personal “Alice” fro...

Someone who fascinates you and why This topic has been very difficult for me, many people fascinate me in many different ways.   I think I have finally narrowed down the topic, not to one specific person but to a group of people.  Because I was born with a serious gap where my creative gene should be, I am totally fascinated and enthralled with people who are creative, those who can see or hear or imagine something that the rest of us do not see and turn it into a work of art.  Included in that group are crafters, decorators, writers, as well as performers. I see people take literal pieces of garbage or household items and turn them into wonderful additions to their homes - and I totally amazed! One person who I have been particularly fascinated by recently is T.J. Davis.   T.J. Davis He is the creator and writer of a fantastic character named Juanito Bandito which plays at the Pickleville Playhouse at Bear Lake.   El Ba...

Your favorite movie and what it is about I don’t really have a favorite movie, but I do have a favorite genre.  I LOVE musicals.  I love how people just break into song right in the middle of any situation.  They sing when they are happy, they sing when they are sad, they sing when they are in love or when they are in trouble.  Sometimes I wish that real life was like musicals!  I would love to break out into song for seemingly no reason – oh wait!  I already do that!  However, I am fully aware that I am on the only one singing, that I am frequently off key, and that I can never remember the words.  In my ideal life I would have a perfect memory and know all of the words to every song, I would have the ability to sing in perfect pitch with the ability to harmonize to anything, and all of my friends would sing along with me. Of all of the musicals in the world, I guess “Singing in the Rain” is the one that I go to the most often....