Health & Fitness
In the Beginning... Country Gal/City Woman
The "life and times" of a small-town country gal who grew up during the stark Depression Days, moved to Arcadia and became a blogger!
Quite frankly, I have never considered myself an "addictive" personality...honest! Setting aside such indulgences as milk chocolate-covered cherries, Diet Coke, Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, dinner menu complete with biscuits and ear corn, MSNBC and The View, I am FREE of what is often considered to be something no person "in his or her right mind" would embrace, entertain, enjoy, envy, exhibit or exhort....SO WHY AM I so caught up in this "Blogging" thing to the point I ignore the refrigerator and all the good stuff listed above...well, not MSNBC or The View, of course?
I, kiddingly, tell myself it is to keep "out of jail and off the streets" but that doesn't come close to explaining the "inner joy" of sharing stories of my simple childhood in Atlantic, Iowa, the friends of my childhood, of being raised in a family of twelve siblings, and the blessing of being the Thirteenth Child of a Mom and Dad who experienced, if ever there was one, a midlife "crisis" when I was conceived and born. So...here we go again!
Dana, my youngest daughter, told me about Arcadia.Patch.com a day or two ago, and here I am, already, about to "spill the beans" on my childhood chums, our neighbors of yesteryear and the citizens in general who just happened to make my growing-up years in Iowa so colorful and unforgettable. That would describe the "CountryGal" part of the title of my Blog....for a "teaser," just let me say that you will soon read about two of the most important people in my life...Mom and Dad.
In the meantime, look forward to me sharing a bit of "this and that." Postings will probably be on a semi-regular basis, as I am still learning how to adjust to all the good stuff on this website as a "newbie," and bowling with the Vegas-bound Gold Coast Seniors at Action Lanes in El Monte every Thursday afternoon takes up 50% of my energy usually reserved for typing this "stuff 'n such." Fighting this "addiction," I fear, is going to be a losing battle... someone once said it is almost impossible for me to confine my "writings" to 400 words or less! 'Tis true, I trust! 'Til the next time...