Today is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11. I remember watching this historic event on TV. It was July of 1969 and probably most of you ...weren't yet born! I guess I'm showing my age but I was in high school at the time. I grew up in Lindenhurst and our house was old. It was situated across the street from the canal that led to the Great South Bay on Long Island. Many clam boats were docked within sight of my bedroom window. There was a hatch that opened to our roof and we used to climb the ladder and sit on the roof. We were told it was built t…

Have you heard of a website called Savvy Auntie ? I heard about it shortly after the founder Melanie Notkin introduced it. I became a charter member and even blogged about it. I was so excited. You can link there if you'd like to read my initial impressions. That was way back in July of 2008. Since I was unable to have children, I hate to admit this but ...Mother's Day can still be a little bit difficult. Not that I don't want to celebrate moms, because I do. They deserve all the recognition they can get. But Savvy Auntie is a place where you …

Today is Saturday so it's Then Sings My Soul Saturday . You can link to Amy's Signs, Miracles and Wonders to join this fun blog hop. You'll find a variety of songs to listen to and sing along ...if you like. I have to share a little bit before you see the video I chose this week. I hope you don't mind. I was working in my backyard this week. I live in Phoenix and we're having triple digits temps right now. All of the flowers around our pool had died and the backyard looked terrible. So, I pulled out the old and planted the new. What a d…