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Barbara

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About Me


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I retired from teaching second grade a year ago June and am still loving every millisecond of my newly "refound" life. I see "retirement" as just another transition to something even better. The most mundane of things for me are now a thrill. It has been very fun connecting with old friends and connecting with new friends.My new life revolves around aerobics, etc. at the our local "Y" which is only three blocks away, fiddling, walking, and getting things in order here. I loved spending the "first week of school" in Hawaii instead of in the classroom. Even had a chance to visit again in late February. And just before that a visit to my sister's home in Ohio when it was so, so, so freezing.I enjoy playing tourist and love my daily destinations.Just a little bit more -- I'm the eldest of 11 siblings, 2 sisters and 8 brothers!!! We are spread out all over the country from Massachusetts to Hawaii. All great places to visit!.. --

My Interests

Music of all sorts, books of all kinds, walking, family, friends, listening to NPR,etc., etc.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who enjoys sharing ideas.

Music:

I love to fiddle -- Celtic, Cape Breton, Scottish, etc., etc. I also love classical music, as well as bluegrass, country, and roots music.

Movies:

Billy Elliott, Walk the Line, Dancing at Lughnasa, Cars

Television:

American Idol, Antiques Roadshow, Gray's Anatomy, House

Books:

Fannie Flagg's Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck, Peter Walsh's It's All too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff, Maureen Corrigan's Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading, Liane Enkelis' On Being 100, Benjamin Hoff's The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet, and the list goes on and on . . . .

Heroes:

My family are my heroes. "Subway Jared" is my hero. Clare is my hero.

My Blog

Everyone has a story (yet again) . . . .(Updated with pix and links)

I promise, more about "Being a Tourist in LA" to follow but this just has to come in between. I know I have "blogged about this" before.  (So "interesting" to me about how "blogging about" anythi...
Posted by Barbara on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:42:00 PST

Playing Tourist in LA - 3 Our Lady Queen of Angels Mission

From Olivera Street we walked just across the street to Our Lady Queen of Angels Mission. I had been to Olivera Street several times before but never to the mission.  I find that hard to believe...
Posted by Barbara on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:45:00 PST

Playing Tourist in LA - 2 - Olivera Street

Going to Olivera Street is always so fun because there is just so much to see in such a compact place. There are beautiful murals such as this one commemorating by It is just such a bright and busy...
Posted by Barbara on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:25:00 PST

Playing Tourist in LA

My brother (one of my brothers) is here for a few days, so yesterday I got a chance to play tourist here in Los Angeles.  He really wanted to go to Olivera Street.  So that was the plan.&nbs...
Posted by Barbara on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:04:00 PST

Fall Splendor

I've had my eye on this tree for months. It's the one I had in mind the other day -- the greens and reds against the blue sky. I see this tree every day, but today noticed it again.  I couldn't ...
Posted by Barbara on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:07:00 PST

Tagged by Gita . . . .

My friend Gita tagged me for this blog. Basically answering several questions with....FOUR answers. Simple. Here goes.... 4 Names of Crushes I've had: 1.  Hubby 2.  Floyd from high school 3...
Posted by Barbara on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:55:00 PST

Not How I Usually Choose to Spend My Time

As this is Veterans' Day, I have had this on my mind all day.  It seems like an appropriate time to share it. Visiting cemeteries has never been one of my favorite things to do.  But we did ...
Posted by Barbara on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:14:00 PST

A Milestone for me too . . . .

I am thrilled every time I read about the milestones of my MS friends, all of the wonderful anniversaries and such.  Today I actually experienced one of my own.  Today is the one-year anni...
Posted by Barbara on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:47:00 PST

Food -- Lithuanian Style

The foods we experienced in Lithuania were amazing.  It brought back memories of my mother-in-law's cooking.  These are a few of the recipes.  They are from Popular Lithuanian Recipes,...
Posted by Barbara on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:54:00 PST

Just sharing a bit . . . .

My absolutely favorite family group (aside from my own family).  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BJSnP2NpW8 Love them and they will be at CalTech again in March or so....
Posted by Barbara on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:53:00 PST