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Slept through the celebration

Marlene — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:36:05 +0000

How did you celebrate the new year? I wanted to stay up, and my hubby and I even broke open a bottle of champagne! We each drank two glasses (we sipped) and turned on the Dick Clark celebratory television show. I’m sorry to say that we both fell asleep (me on the sofa, him in his recliner) around eleven pm and woke up about around one am. Oh well, we missed it! But you know what, the new year is here just the same. Hopefully this is not the LAST new year our civilization watches!

Boy is it hard work

Marlene — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:26:39 +0000

My sister and I started taking clogging classes a few weeks ago, and let me tell you this; it is hard work! Yes, it is a lot of fun, too, but we certainly work up a sweat! And I do NOT like to sweat! So I have to come up with a plan of action for that one. I’ve been wearing long pants to class, and I think perhaps if I change into yoga shorts and a sleeveless shirt that I should be more comfortable. I am enjoying the comraderie with my sister in the class, and we’ve been inviting one of my sister-in-laws to join the class too. I hope she does; that would be such fun!

All in the family

Marlene — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:37:38 +0000

When I told my sister-in-law that my sister and I were taking clogging classes near where her house was, she said she had never heard of it before. I told her it was a form of dance, and it was a lot of fun. Since her hubby is reluctant to dance with her when they go out, I invited her to join us clogging. She said she would love to try it out. Well, she DID come to class and she enjoyed it a lot. Now it looks as if there will be the three sisters clogging together in class every week! What fun!

The shoes arrived

Marlene — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:45:09 +0000

Well the clogging shoes that I bought off of EBay arrived. They are a little bit snug on my feet, but I think that they are made of leather and that they will stretch. Besides, I only wear them for an hour a week, so it really won’t be a big hardship for me to wear them for that period of time. What is really weird about them, though, is that there seems to be some kind of lining that bunched up in the toe box, and that is a little bit uncomfortable. I don’t know what to do about that. I don’t know if I’ll get used to it, or if frequent wear will soften it up. What do you think I should do to make them more comfortable?

Clogging shoes from Ebay

Marlene — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:38:45 +0000

Since we went to clogging class we realized that we need to wear special clogging dance shoes. The new ones cost around $70, which is way above my budget. Especially since we’re new at clogging and don’t know how long we will be able to continue taking the classes. So I checked Ebay and found a pair of beat-up-used shoes that might be in my size for sale for only $5.00. I went ahead and bid on them, and to my surprise I won the auction! So I’m looking forward to getting my clogging shoes in a couple of days. It will be good to wear them to classes instead of dancing in my socks! I love Ebay!

Clogging

Marlene — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:32:44 +0000

My sister and I decided that we would try our hand at clogging. Hmmmm…. I should rephrase that – we decided we would try our FEET at clogging! A lady that I met through a business networking group told the group that she enjoys clogging and I had never heard of it before. Not wanted to look or sound stupid, I went home and Googled it. Turns out it is a form of dancing. My sister and I really enjoy dancing, so when I found out that there were clogging lessons to be had locally I asked my sis if she wanted to give it a try with me. She said she would, so we have gone to about five or six classes. Boy is it a work-out!

This looks like such fun!

Marlene — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:08:16 +0000

This looks like an Improv Everywhere stunt – but I don’t think it is. Apparently it’s a commercial for Volkswagon. But the fast lane slide sure looks like a lot of fun!

FAST LANE Volume 1 @ Yahoo! Video

Funny song – The Mom Song!

Marlene — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:43:49 +0000

A good friend sent me the link to this video/song. It took me a while to figure out how to put it into a post to share it with you, but I really laughed so hard when I saw/heard it that I just HAD to do it! I hope you get a really good laugh out of it too!

DisneyWorld vacation

Marlene — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:20:59 +0000

Guest post by Monica Kochelee

A few of my friends and I just got back from a vacation at DisneyWorld. We flew down and took a shuttle from the airport to the condo that we were renting, and then used the condo’s courtesy shuttle to go from the condo to DisneyWorld and back again. There were lots of restaurants within walking distance of the condo so we never had to rent a car.

What a great trip that was! I loved walking around and people watching more than anything else; that is something that I seem to enjoy doing a lot.

I think that the Haunted Mansion was my favorite attraction at the Magic Kingdom. And at Epcot Center I really liked the boat ride through “The Land” where you ride a boat through some greenhouses and listen to them talk about new ways to grow food. I thought that was very interesting! And at MGM I think my favorite attraction was the Backstage tour. But I really enjoyed watching the parades, and all of the streetside performances. So much fun! I would LOVE to live down there and work at DisneyWorld! Maybe I’ll apply for a job there and IF I get it then I’d move.

Mud slinging

Marlene — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:03:34 +0000

I keep hearing about how Donald Trump is running for president on the Republican ticket. One of the things that concerns me about that is how many very heated and nasty public disagreements he has been involved in.

One of the biggest jobs of President is diplomacy. I haven’t seen much of that coming from Mr. Trump. I find it difficult to fathom that he could actually be elected. But if he wants to spend a lot of money on a politcal campaign, I’m sure the economy would be grateful for having his money circulating among the working class!