OPENING CEREMONY 2024

WORDS

The Tongue Has No Bones

But Is Strong Enough

To Break A Heart

So Be Careful 

With Your 

Words!

WHAT HAPPENED?

In the past 5 years

 this little guy grew up! 

Noah is an awesome young man! 

INTERESTING

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/JnKTC2zjJY632Adv/?mibextid=0VwfS7

5 THINGS

1. Go with the Flow

 2. Practice Random 

Acts of Kindness 

3. Nurture Your Relationships 

4. Expresses Gratitude 

5. Celebrate Good News

LOVELINESS

ONLY YOU

Everything you do is 

based on the choices you make.

It’s not your parents, your past relationships, your job, 

the economy, the weather, 

an argument or 

your age that is to blame.

You and only you 

are responsible for every 

decision and choice you make. 

Period.

RIGHT TO LEFT / LEFT TO RIGHT

Laziness kills Ambition 

Anger kills Wisdom 

Fear kills Dreams

Ego kills Growth

Jealousy kills Peace

Doubt kills Confidence 

Now read that right to left

WORDS TO MY EMPLOYER

Imagine!

MY TRUTH

SHOUT OUT

Shout out to Theo, one of our favorite entrepreneurs! Good lemonade, the good ice and a great Sunday activity! Thanks Theo!!!

A DAY OF FIRSTS

1. 

ELLIS PARK

A Day At The Races

https://ellisparkracing.com

2.

First Annual

Hot Rods at Haynie’s

https://hayniescorner.com

3. 

Boucher’s Winery 

Wine Slushies!

https://boucheriewinery.com

AURA

A migraine headache is caused by changes in your nervous system. Migraines may progress through four stages: prodrome, aura, attack and postdrome. Not everyone experiences all the stages.

Forty to 60% of people with migraines experience a prodrome phase — subtle changes one or two days preceding the attack. This may include constipation, depression, diarrhea, drowsiness, food cravings, or hyperactivity and irritability. Alternatively, you might not notice any symptoms.

About 20% of people with migraines experience a more distinct migraine warning sign in a second phase, called the migraine aura.

Auras are usually visual but can also be sensory, motor or verbal disturbances. Visual auras are most common.

A visual aura is like an electrical or chemical wave that moves across the visual cortex of your brain. The visual cortex is the part of your brain that processes visual signals. As the wave spreads, you might have visual hallucinations.

The best known visual aura is called a fortification spectrum because its pattern resembles the walls of a medieval fort. It may start as a small hole of light, sometimes bright geometrical lines and shapes in your visual field.

This visual aura may expand into a sickle- or C-shaped object, with zigzag lines on the leading edge. As it moves, it may appear to grow. Auras are not the same for all people, so you also might experience bright spots or flashes. Auras are sometimes accompanied by a partial loss of vision referred to as a scotoma. Auras commonly last 10 to 30 minutes.

A sensory aura is also common. It can occur at the same time as the visual aura, directly afterwards or simply on its own. A sensory aura begins as a tingling in one limb or a feeling of numbness that travels up your arm over 10 to 20 minutes. The sensation can spread to one side of your face and tongue.

Another aura causes transient speech or language problems referred to as dysphasic aura. In the rarest of auras, the limbs and possibly the face on one side of your body might become weak; this is referred to as hemiplegic migraine.

A migraine aura usually precedes the migraine attack but can also occur during the attack. A migraine aura can also occur without an associated headache. The migraine attack itself can last as little as four hours or it can last several days. The attack is followed by a postdrome phase, where you might feel drained or washed out.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/migraine-with-aura/multimedia/migraine-aura/vid-20084707#:~:text=This%20visual%20aura%20may%20expand,referred%20to%20as%20a%20scotoma.

SEEKING TRUTH

In seeking truth

you have to get

both sides of 

the story. 

Walter Cronkite 

ELEVEN

11 weeks until October… 

GREAT READ

This one was great! I loved it!

SHANTY HOLLOW LAKE

One of the most beautiful and peaceful places I have ever been.

So magical!

The water was so clear. There were so many little fish in the lake.

Tiny little mushrooms and my little amphibian friend was only as big as my thumb nail.

The flowers were so pretty!

The butterflies and dragonflies were everywhere.

The humidity today was a killer with the temps being so high, it was a scorcher!

Todays ride!

LURKING BEHIND THE FRIDGE

I bought a new bottle of all purpose cleaner the other day. The type you have to dilute. It smells like lemons, nice and fresh. (I know, I could have made my own. I have in the past, but not this time.)

Today I washed down doors, walls and baseboards with it. My little house smells cheery. Then I got super motivated and figured it was well past time to pull out the fridge and give it a good dusting/scrub back there. This is something I did on a regular based when the kids were young. 

But today when that fridge was pulled away from the wall I was horrified. 

I won’t share all the details but it was super nasty. 

Like a massive gang of greasy dust bunnies made it their bad guy hang out, for years and years. Unsupervised!

It was not pleasant. 

Now it is clean and smells lovely. 

Mission complete!

CELEBRITY CRUSH

I was messaging my friend at my old office today. I miss working with her. As we were messaging she sent me this gif…

I said something about him being a Hottie. She replied that, yes he was a good looking man but this next gif was her high school celebrity crush…

That made me laugh, since her girlfriend looks just like Ann Hathaway. Made me smile and had me thinking about my high school celebrity crush… I had a thing for Steven Tyler, but that didn’t last long. But when I dug in deep I knew who my crush was. 

(I always make myself laugh, I am so unique.)

When I was three I fell in love with….

Maybe it was his incredible voice, or maybe … I have no idea. But yes Walter Cronkite was my celebrity crush. Just the start of my ‘thing for Vintage!’

NATIONAL DAY

Today is National French Fry Day, I think yesterday was National Blueberry Muffin Day. 

Who comes up with this stuff? 

I do love it!!!

HARD YES

We need adult 

water parks. No kids. 

Just a lazy river 

with a floating bar, 

live music on stage, 

and a taco truck!

DOORS

When one door of happiness closes, 

another opens, 

but often we look 

so long at the closed door that we do not see

 the one which has 

opened for us. 

Helen Keller

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL

This is Berry, he is my emotional support animal. He has been there for me for nearly 55 years. 

Just thought I would share!

CHILI PEPPERS

Last year we grew jalapeño chilies and fish pepper chilies. (We never heard of fish peppers before either. But man are they HOT!) 

I don’t like super spicy food so I dried them. Then last month, when I was in Phoenix, I gathered all the chili peppers from my son’s inherited garden.

 I brought them home with me and dried them.

Today I ground ALL the chili peppers. 

Man the smell was so intense! 

I have no idea what I will do with all this chili powder, but it sure is awesome! 

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

My mother would often say this to me as a child. 

Interesting that my mother’s words and actions were always in tandem. 

She often said that I was “never wanted, a mistake, mentally insufficient and stupid”.

Her actions showed this as well. 

My father (I have only two good memories of him, I have years and years worth of abusive memories of him). When my mother “saved me” from my father’s abuse; she shunned me emotionally, she lashed out physically and verbally because “something was wrong with ‘me’”.

I attempted to overcome my lacking in my mother’s eyes. 

So as I child, 

I worked harder, did more. 

My father left when I was 5, 

I moved out at 16. 

By then I had had all the physical, emotional, sexual and mental abuse I could handle. 

I knew I was not old enough or wise enough to be an adult at 16. 

But I knew I needed a life change if I was ever going to get to adulthood.

I went to 12 schools by the time I graduated high school. (6 elementary, 2 junior high and 4 high schools.)

Stability and nurturing… these things were sorely missing from my youth. 

As a young wife I did everything to be the perfect 

‘Suzy Homemaker’. 

Yet I was lonely and isolated. 

So I tried harder and did more.

As my children filled my life, 

for the first time I knew unconditional love. 

I wanted them to know how perfect they were in my eyes and how much I love each one of them.

I may have fallen short in many ways as a parent, but I adore my children more than I can say. 

My marriage lasted 24 years. 

As an adult in my forties I saw a counselor with the intention of working through the past.

I know now, that this process, where you write down every single life event you can chronology remember; the good, bad, illness, happenings and everything … this is one of the most painful things I have done to myself. 

It took me several months, and my folder was filled. It dredged from suppressed depth, things I had locked away. 

Painful, overwhelming things. 

 I learned from it that loneliness and panic can stem from neglect and not just from the abuse.

When you are neglected as a child, you long to be loved. When you are neglected as an adult you long for normalcy. When your role models and partners are unhealthy, you work harder and do more. 

So I worked harder and did more.

Along with my counselor, I had a great “Life Guru” for several years. (Truly my Superman)

He told me to take that emotionally loaded file I created of all my past and mentally

 “burn it fucking down”. 

I did.

For the first time in my life I felt free from my past. It is still there. But it can no longer hold me back. 

I will continue to work harder and do more. It’s ingrained in me. 

I now look for those whose actions speak louder than their words in positivity. They are a rare group of individuals.

I hope that as I continue my life path, that my words and actions are positive and in tandem.

*I wrote this several years ago, but never published it. I wasn’t looking for a pitty party.

I am the person I am today because of all I have been through. 

I am happy with me, and I can honestly say I truly like myself. 

But I’m publishing this today because I know that I am not one of the few that have lived through rocky roads, but one of the many. 

To those who this feels familiar…

Gather the negative from your past, and mentally burn it down. 

Then pick up the bits of you that you like, gather new bits along the way. Make sure your words and actions are positive and honest. And keep moving forward, creat the life you want to love. 

♥️ AM

COMING TO MY TOWN?

I was watching the Weather Channel and they show that Beryl is coming to my little Midwest Town. Who was in charge of drawing this yellow arrow? I would like a word with them!

SUBTITLES

I just finished watching “The Cook of Castamar” on Netflix. It was really good. Yes there are twelve episodes and yes it is in Spanish. Yes I did read all the subtitles even though I missed getting to enjoy the costumes. Twelve hours of subtitles, and I still cried at all the right moments. 

It was a good show, I loved Clara!

PADUCAH RIVER FRONT

FIREWORKS

Owensboro has 4th of July fireworks in four locations around town, all in sync with WBKR local radio so everyone can enjoy the Independence Day Celebration!

Happy July 4th from my 

All American Town! 

JULY 4th

JULY IN KENTUCKY

JULY 2024