My new beach kite

Up, up and away!

The beach kite came and went.

Hubby and I put it together and after a few attempts at getting it to fly, it was finally soaring.

The kite string was screaming and the handle of the kite spool broke off!

Away went the kite on it’s own over the fields and far away.

It finally came to rest on a tall tree far off in the distance where it got all tangled up in branches.

It had it’s day in the sun!

Icarus the kite!
Settled in a tree

Scooters all down

I wrote this short poem for the scooters…
Scooters all down,
Lying on the ground.
The wind is so strong!
The day is so long.
So, instead of a ride,
We’ll all stay inside!

Cooking cooperation

Windy, wet and cold weather calls for gut-warming homemade food!

Hubby cooked a big batch of vegetarian chili with many healthy ingredients, and I used the cast iron skillet to bake a big round cornbread. Delicious! 😋

Rotten expectations

I woke up in the middle of the night to the sounds of rain falling hard on the roof and loud winds howling.

Today it feels like 26 degrees out (-5 degrees Celsius.)

The strange thing is that 2 months ago if the weather was in the low 20’s I would be delighted.

So I will go for a 10 minute walk to drop off a couple of books to the Little Free Library instead of staying indoors all day feeling sorry myself.

Little Free Library

A good walk

Everyday I try and get in a good walk.

I am so happy the weather has warmed up here in Southern Minnesota.

It’s good to see the sun

Some springtime delights include kite-flying. I ordered a beach kite. I am excited to show you it when it arrives and we take it out.

Talk to you soon!

Homemade happiness

So yesterday after work I came home ravenous as usual. Nobody feels like cooking after they get home hungry. It was such a joy to come home to what my husband made for me: tofu vegetables stir fry on a bed of Japanese noodles with a delicious peanut sauce made by my own “personal chef,” James!

Yum 😋

My job

I am a radio dj

I am working today at the radio station 🚉

You can hear my show here

My perch

I’ve been in radio since 1993. It’s a job match made in heaven.

I have the gift of gab and my degree is in music!

Cool radio dj

My Weekly Program

Each Sunday afternoon at 4:08pm Central Daylight time I do a live program on KNUJ radio from my station in Southern Minnesota.

You can also stream it on the Internet at knuj.net.

Here is last week’s show.

April 1st

I got up at 6 o’clock this morning.

I planned my day the night before.

I did my gratitude journal and my daily mindset.

I took a shower after breakfast. Now I should focus on the housework.

I have a meeting at noon at work.

It is a new month.

There is a lot to do.

But the wind is calm. That means it’s time now to play some outdoor table tennis for some morning exercise!

I like outdoors.

That is my social media. I cleaned the bird bath and I filled the bird feeder last night.

Gather ye rose buds while ye may, and carpe diem!

Life is a Journey

I am working on managing my time. The problem with overwhelm is one I have been trying to tackle for years. The problem I have is trying to get a lot of work done, and feeling stressed out with it all.

So I have been trying to take smaller steps in shorter amounts of time. It’s hard to digest how many areas of my life demand my time and attention.

Life is a journey. Take it one step at a time.