Peggy's Ponderings at the lake

 Today, January 15, is National Hat Day. The hats. They can sometimes overwhelm me - the hats. I have so many that I wear. I am a mom, wife, grandmother, City Councilperson, Realtor, dog mom are my most important daily hats. I have a mom hat that I wear proudly. I have two of my own kids and I am a stepmom also. I wear a wife hat. Roman and I are still trying to figure out why God put us together, but he did and it works. We love each other. Entertain each other. Support each other and yell at each other just like all other marriages. He drives me crazy. I drive him nuts. I’m not just a wife. I am a FIREWIFE. Trust me, it’s a whole different hat than the normal wife hat. Cock your hat - angles are attitudes. Frank Sinatra Fire helmets that need to be retired get to be displayed in our dining room I am a grandmother, a Mimi. The BEST HAT IS THE MIMI HAT. Joy and laughter are my first thoughts. Their appreciation for me being there to see them, pick them up after school, go ...

  Yes, 2025 was a crazy year!   Our life is blessed with seven grandchildren & four energetic mini dachshunds, Happy New Year! also fill our home and our laps. It’s never a dull moment at our house.   We are incredibly proud of our kids as they each work hard at their choice of career and continue to grow and succeed as they create their own lives and families. It is so much fun watching the grandkids at their school and sporting events. FaceTime lets me chat with my California granddaughter Cora forever if she’s in the mood, or allows me to be at one sporting event while my daughter Kelly is at another, and share a big hit or get last-minute encouragement from Uncle Aaron or grand(Pa) at a football game. This is the new way we can all participate in all of it. Sometimes we even get to play cousins since my sisters' families are here and doing the same thing. The new mix of digital and real life, in person and far away, all mixed together. We are learning how to util...

Happy December, wonderful people,  This week, my ponderings revolved around digital vs. print/paper. I am one of those types of people who stick with many traditions, especially when it comes to the holidays, and one of my greatest pleasures is sending Christmas Cards.  I always send as many as possible. As many as my hands will allow me to write, and my bank account as well. This year, the cards will still be hand-signed, but more will be addressed with labels.  I will still have as many paper and ink cards as I possibly can, however, if you don't receive one this year and you want one, please know it was not for any intentional reason.  There is nothing like receiving a Christmas Card in the mail. It's still special! Even when you are as old as I am. I surveyed some friends and fellow Realtors for their thoughts about this. Many were more business-oriented when discussing the effectiveness of the internet. So when dealing with important papers, maybe it's best, but...

Hello again, my few but loyal readers, this is another happy to be in smalltown Grove. Happy, positive, feel good Pondering. Giving you a warning from the beginning. It's Grateful November after all so get ready for lots of greatefulness! Friday, my grandsons and I waited downtown for the parade of buses with football players and coaches, and the caravan leading and following them to their playoff game 4 hours away. Schools were closed. The streets were lined with people and kids, and the Cheerleaders were right in front of us! How much more traditional can this get? Talk about a Hallmark movie! Just as we all get excited as we hear the sirens from the many fire trucks and police cars in the parade, my phone rings. It’s my son calling from California. I answered the phone, and he asked what I was doing. When I told him he first said what? It’s a Friday. Don’t the boys have school? I said welcome to our small town honey! Our varsity football team is in the state playoffs! A...

Hello my few and loyal readers, Here is an old Pondering that didn't get posted... "I am so thrilled to have won the seat on Grove's City Council. I was sworn in last week and tomorrow is my first official meeting. Last night I read through the agenda and the over 100 pages that came with it. No on said this would be an easy job and that's ok. I am still excited for it. There are so many things happening." This draft has sat waiting to be published since April. I'm not sure what else to say. I am honored and blessed to say the least. Now it's November. We had a meeting last night and as I sat at the podium looking out into the audience I am still full of gratitude that citizens of Grove voted to put me there. I love all the excitement around the new buildings - the Fire Station, Police Station and the Event Center at Wolf Springs Park. And the excitment is building for the new 42 acre park with a ground breaking in January I think. It's a bike p...

I am trying to catch up! Use today's tools and manifestations for my real estate business and family finances. Trying to embrace what's new and exciting. And in doing so this morning I was trying to read a blog about to finally stop waiting for things to be perfect. Hope, fear and perfectionism - Money Mindset it said. So I clicked on the link and it goes to the blog. Then I click on that particular episoide and its a landing page for that story. I click on it and it sends me back to the blog. I do this circle 3 or 4 times before giving up. My morning has been like this since I woke up. Everything I tried to read had "technical" issues. Probably human issues which started because I spilled my coffee before any of this began. I don't know what any of this has to do with anything, but do you have mornings like this? It seems the harder I try to fit into the "new and exciting" the more clumbsy and unfitting I am. So, onward. Keep drudging at the Peggy Pace...