tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:32:11 +0000CSAon making a homeresolutionsmemoriesroad tripphotographsB4Bbook reviewKansas AuthorDodge Cityprocrastinationscurrent doingson writing38x365life with kiddosanother silly quizhere my mind wanderslove my 4-legged kiddosnothing in particularhttp://goobmom23.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Tracy)Blogger1104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-620034409754331139Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:58:00 +00002012-02-25T09:59:38.855-06:00here my mind wandersAnd yet another week gone by... this one has not felt as leisurely, however. It's been rather full... and it's not over yet. I'm taking my sharpshooting kid to a match in Holton today. I plan to make a stop in Topeka. We'll call it a bit of mother/daughter time. I'm looking forward to the road trip with one. Anytime there is an opportunity to spend time with one as apposed to three, I learn all http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/dF2l5vM1CWg/inside-my-head-i-must-be-longing-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/dF2l5vM1CWg" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/02/inside-my-head-i-must-be-longing-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-4474490538184066663Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:32:00 +00002012-02-19T19:35:55.426-06:00current doingsThat's the only explanation I can come up with. I had more time, so I did not blog or do much writing of any kind this week. I don't know why it works that way, but that seems to be the way it often goes with me. I guess leisure time just leaves my mind wandering elsewhere. Since I've shared this far, here's the update on eating raw vegan. My cheats: I cooked two vegan meals this week. I added ahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/7KGO8HlcP9M/i-had-lighter-schedule-this-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/7KGO8HlcP9M" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-had-lighter-schedule-this-week.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-2677302122037768449Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:16:00 +00002012-02-11T18:16:20.796-06:00current doingsI am on Day 16 of eating raw fruits/vegetables/nuts... plus three hard-boiled eggs, one tortilla and one slice of pepper jack cheese. Oh, and one morning I have to confess I tossed my veggies into the skillet. I just had to knock the edge off of some green onions I had added to a celery/spinach/tomato salad. I've had a few days this past week where the task of chewing all that fiber was more thanhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/K8bHL4-Rxwo/changing-rules-or-raw-vegan-part-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/K8bHL4-Rxwo" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/02/changing-rules-or-raw-vegan-part-ii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-8844107033060632096Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:33:00 +00002012-02-09T21:33:56.966-06:00current doingsPosting a Wordless Wednesday entry was difficult. I really wanted to add words. I wanted to tell how we've been making an effort to capture Nancy (our big German Shepherd) during some of her best moments on camera or on video. She's such a sweet dog most of the time. Unfortunately, nobody outside of our family sees that side of her because she's got her issues. She's an enormous, gentle girl, whohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/7K77Pm1AvDU/thursday-thoughts-and-thankfulness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/7K77Pm1AvDU" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/02/thursday-thoughts-and-thankfulness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-2810804089341093202Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:54:00 +00002012-02-08T20:54:46.283-06:00photographs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/ACJAsIEJpYM/wordless-wednesday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/ACJAsIEJpYM" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/02/wordless-wednesday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-4637565123566506102Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:02:00 +00002012-02-07T20:02:55.073-06:00memoriesphotographs Grandma with my cousin Chantell. My brother Barry, my sister Diane, Me, and Grandma Skaggs. I was just reviewing old Timeless Tuesday entries and I was thinking about why I started these in the first place. Once we were visiting western Kansas, my sister and I with the kids, and we were on a little family road trip. Big Sis and I were just yacking away as we often do, and I heard http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/Qv8Foonq4Ps/timeless-tuesday-grandma-skaggs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/Qv8Foonq4Ps" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/02/timeless-tuesday-grandma-skaggs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-3567128814812741888Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:00 +00002012-02-06T17:31:41.742-06:00Kansas Authorbook review Making It Home: My year as a middle-aged runaway, by Liz Moore I’m not even sure how to begin to say just how much I enjoyed this book. Let’s call it an adventure story for women approaching middle age. It’s a book about that thing we’ve often imagined ourselves doing. At least, I have always loved the idea of living elsewhere, getting to know new places and people by becoming a part of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/vYeB8_RyKCE/sunday-book-review-making-it-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/vYeB8_RyKCE" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/02/sunday-book-review-making-it-home.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-6263390880178142717Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:31:00 +00002012-02-04T21:33:14.879-06:00current doings I'm not a dieting kind of girl. I've never seen any sense in trying to eat any way other than the way I normally eat. If there is a goal that my normal eating gets in the way of, or if the results of my eating are causing problems, my philosophy has always been that I simply need to change the way I eat. I consider myself fortunate--on the food front--that I come from a rural background. My http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/jcs67vnYICI/dreaming-of-bacon-cheeseburger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/jcs67vnYICI" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/02/dreaming-of-bacon-cheeseburger.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-5694563200197668592Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:18:00 +00002012-02-03T21:29:05.924-06:00life with kiddosIn spite of my last post, I am once again wireless. Therefore, perhaps, ruined as a writer... --insert grin here-- At least I have an excuse again should I decide I need it. Munchkin Boy has apparently missed having a wireless connection to his Wii more than I knew. He ran errands with me today and one of our stops was the office supply store. He requested that we swing by the wireless http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/UDul0PYC6xE/wireless-once-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/UDul0PYC6xE" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/02/wireless-once-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-999811196379999637Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:01:00 +00002012-01-31T19:01:31.708-06:00current doingsSo I didn't make resolutions this year, but I did give myself a couple of goals (for the time being) to spend more time writing and to get back to blogging. The problem is that I have found much success getting back to writing by removing myself entirely from reach of the internet. I'm writing at my kitchen table again, sometimes on paper, sometimes on my new laptop, but without wireless in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/duSx45kT61k/two-goals-not-fitting-together.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/duSx45kT61k" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/01/two-goals-not-fitting-together.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-211272415964293388Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:49:00 +00002012-01-25T20:51:56.491-06:00on writing Today's Mailbox Candy: A real letter from my Big Sis. It's lovely inside and out... even the envelope is a keeper.  Several blogs I read post Wordless Wednesday entries. I was thinking about doing something more of a Writers' Workshop on Wednesday. Or What I'm Writing Wednesday. Or maybe What I'm Not Writing would provide more fodder. <g> Today I got a good old fashioned paper letter in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/-ZK8gmbLZjs/how-about-words-on-wednesday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/-ZK8gmbLZjs" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-about-words-on-wednesday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-4246150175228019070Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:01:00 +00002012-01-25T20:53:38.956-06:00life with kiddos Sometimes when I think about my family, about who I am and who they are, this is where my head goes. I first remember these little people. I think of this adventure into motherhood as a new thing, something I am just starting and learning and figuring out. Then I take a moment to blink, to look around, to pull myself from the sleepy dream-state I am in and I remember that this picture is thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/MwLx4qIDqwA/timeless-tuesday-still-growing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/MwLx4qIDqwA" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/01/timeless-tuesday-still-growing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-7413576113113806892Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:36:00 +00002012-01-22T07:36:00.872-06:00Kansas Authorbook review As my current work-in-progress is a mystery (my first), I’ve found a lot of my leisure reading leaning in that direction, as well. My grandmother and my aunt were big fans of the mystery genre. I remember staying overnight with Grandma and flipping through the pages, at night, of the dozens of Ellery Queen’s that were stacked neatly on her headboard. I’ve found myself less-than-satisfied, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/gxSoil87DdI/sunday-book-review-jenny-cain-mystery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/gxSoil87DdI" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/01/sunday-book-review-jenny-cain-mystery.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-8159254417583285717Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:14:00 +00002012-01-19T21:14:38.164-06:00here my mind wanders A couple of weeks ago when the hubs and I were celebrating our anniversary, we walked into the Barnes & Noble store in Wichita. Big bookstores have always been something of a treat for us. All book stores are a treat, actually, but we have long had a tradition of browsing for hours on end at the biggest stores we can find whenever we are on vacation or just needing a date night. The B&N http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/VJ_IQNKjasw/empty-bookstore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/VJ_IQNKjasw" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/01/empty-bookstore.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-2005486940813493168Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-15T14:02:35.111-06:00Kansas Authorbook review Every year at the Kansas Authors Club convention, I make a point of meeting and getting to know someone I’ve never met before. In Coffeyville this year, I was able to share a table at breakfast with new Kansas Authors Club member and new author, Gloria Zachgo, and her husband Ron. Bonus! A new member to add to my writing friend collection and an autographed book. Gloria's first novel, The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/-BnAB1BdnC0/sunday-book-review-rocking-horse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/-BnAB1BdnC0" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/01/sunday-book-review-rocking-horse.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-6768338238219505991Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:55:00 +00002012-01-13T12:57:02.030-06:00here my mind wanders Lousy picture, but this is me -- several lifetimes ago -- on my horse, Peggy (short for Pegasus). I don't know why I've been thinking about horses lately. It's been ages since I've been on a horse. The last time I had the opportunity to ride a horse, I didn't even take it. I stayed on the ground with my camera and watched the kids ride, instead. It's weird how perspective changes. There http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/Xtwh-85yElM/i-used-to-be-cowgirl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/Xtwh-85yElM" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-used-to-be-cowgirl.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-3811467515263523898Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:25:00 +00002012-01-10T21:25:50.255-06:00here my mind wanders “Happy Monday, folks! It’s going to be another good week,” I wrote on my Facebook wall yesterday. Already that morning I’d gone from a less-than-stellar gym visit to fighting with incomprehensible new accounting software and tax return mis-figuring.  I needed the break to visit my friends online. I caught up on other’s musings, posted my new status, and returned to my mission of having a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/vVSa8WByjuY/status-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/vVSa8WByjuY" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/01/status-update.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-8439796020139183288Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:06:00 +00002012-01-08T21:06:59.426-06:00book review Since I didn’t blog about books at all in 2011, but I did keep my faithful journal detailing everything I’ve read, I thought it would be fun to go back and select the eleven reads I consider most worthy from 2011. These aren’t necessarily books that were published in the last year, just books I managed to get read in 2011. As well, they are in the order I read them, rather than ranked by http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/uXThN0BNsVA/sunday-book-review-11-from-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/uXThN0BNsVA" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/01/sunday-book-review-11-from-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-4175557111600178441Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:13:00 +00002012-01-03T21:00:18.588-06:00current doingsWhen I was a kid, I picked up a thin paperback book at a scholastic book fair titled, The Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes. Our school librarian read us the book when I was in the first or second grade and something about it really captured me, so I jumped at the chance to get my own copy when the book fair came around. My mother was also in love with this book. It was a lesson she liked to remindhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/hJQz6ect6dk/there-are-dirty-dishes-in-my-bathtub.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/hJQz6ect6dk" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2012/01/there-are-dirty-dishes-in-my-bathtub.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-235202090633360734Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:27:00 +00002012-01-24T20:05:01.821-06:00resolutionscurrent doings Please don't think that the flurry of blog entries this past week mean anything more than a greater amount of free time than usual. No resolutions on my agenda this year. Last year I worked myself up for a few, but I guess my heart really wasn't in them. I still can't play Hungarian Rhapsody, but I have played the piano more this year than I have in... many years put together. I may have to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/-E8_RkGIHqU/anniversary-museum-and-end-of-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/-E8_RkGIHqU" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2011/12/anniversary-museum-and-end-of-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-817063230884835829Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:42:00 +00002011-12-29T19:42:03.615-06:00current doingsOh wait! Someone beat me to it!! Decadent dessert for anniversary celebration... This chocolate cup (dark chocolate on the top, milk chocolate on the bottom, was filled with a wonderful devil's food cupcake and topped with a chocolate/coffee flavored cream. Twenty-one years and the hubby still knows how to thrill me.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/iuZSBE6cCBY/i-should-invent-coffee-cup-made-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/iuZSBE6cCBY" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-should-invent-coffee-cup-made-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-7716687597550057073Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:52:00 +00002011-12-28T17:52:32.835-06:00current doingsI've dedicated most of the last three days to numbers. Spent a day wrapping up year-end numbers for the farmers market (more days needed, but I got a great start). Spent part of a day wrapping up year-end numbers for home stuff. Then spent another day wrapping up year-end numbers for the hubby's law practice. First year on his own; I've been keeping the books, but have been looking forward to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/vllTJtOucxc/accountant-poet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/vllTJtOucxc" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2011/12/accountant-poet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-3155043578927910450Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:09:00 +00002011-12-25T07:09:18.752-06:00here my mind wanders Dear Friend,  As someone who has been sending them for nearly 20 years, I’ve earned the right to speak up in support of those who take the time to share their family happenings and yearly highlights each holiday season – via email or snail mail – matters not to me. I want you to know that when your letter comes to my mailbox, I am always delighted with the contents. Please don’t apologize forhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/Ey6wNUfZV24/anti-anti-holiday-letter-rant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/Ey6wNUfZV24" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2011/12/anti-anti-holiday-letter-rant.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-2070470072325629600Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:03:00 +00002011-12-17T23:12:34.801-06:00I was embracing this wonderful weather and free weekend with a long walk this morning -- up around the University (because it's got a pretty great, steep hill) and back home again -- and I found myself thinking about the things that tether me... the psychological places I return to again and again. My life certainly has consistent themes. I was thinking of those themes as tethers, the things http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/UGWtLjdPTKU/tethers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/UGWtLjdPTKU" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2011/11/tethers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11052674.post-5177398181789196717Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:31:00 +00002011-11-11T17:38:58.116-06:00life with kiddosLittle Boy Munchkin turned 11 earlier this month. We still have some celebration plans upcoming, but the date has officially passed. He made a great strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting for the big event. Obligatory photo slide show (with music) including his 11th birthday photo, which we took early, or at the same time as his sister's 13th birthday photo, which we took late this year. It http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~3/f27BUrtjJE0/belated-public-birthday-wishes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bTIS/~4/f27BUrtjJE0" height="1" width="1"/>http://goobmom23.blogspot.com/2011/11/belated-public-birthday-wishes.html