Fifty is Fabulous???!!!!!

  OMG.  I can't believe it's June already.  The older I get the faster time goes and the less I seem to do. Sleeping has become one of my favorite pastimes and some nights are better than others. The other morning I had my alarm set really early because I had a meeting and needed to be ON TIME!!  Hate when that happens but that's a whole other rant.  People that show up for appts anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes early….  Not going there. So, my alarm goes off and I don’t want to wake up Scott that early.  I usually turn it off right away, hop out of bed with a smile on my face singing a song but this day I couldn't do it.   My arm was completely numb.  So I flop over and try to grab my phone.  I yank the cord out of the wall and the phone falls under the bed.  I then roll on the floor (literally) to find the phone.  Meanwhile my right arm is somewhere else and I can't find it.   By this time my alarm is getting LOUDER AND LOUDER and I want to shut it off but I need my

As I told you in March after my exciting travels to St. Louis, I again got to do some traveling in April.   Scott and I got the opportunity to go to Los Cabos and stay at the Hilton Golf and Beach Resort.  Not going to lie, it was a tough week.    I was nervous about going thinking Scott would get bored easily…..   I was totally wrong.  We were up everyday at 6:30 to get to go and save our chairs by the pool/hot tub/swim up bar.  Then off to breakfast and back to our chairs for my morning “juice”.  My favorite flavors were either strawberry or banana with a tinge of rum.    We met some amazing new friends and one of them showed Scott how to locate the whales that were migrating.  SOOOO, while I sat in my chair sipping my juice and reading, Scott became the “WHALE WHISPERER”.   Kids were all over that.  And adults too.  He would stand in the infinity pool and point to the water.  Not sure there were whales or not but he swears they were out there and his “followers” found them too.   My

  So….  I was invited to be Visiting Vet (because I’m old I guess.  Vet’s are “senior” peeps.) in our home office this year.   What does this mean in English?  I was asked to be a mentor for new financial advisors starting out and offering them idea’s and advice during training.  So fun.  I did impress them with all my stories about Scott and how I use him as an example with my clients.  They all want to meet the guy that has to put up me.  Anyone else find this amusing?   😜 But as those of you that know me well have come to realize, if something is going to happen - it will happen to me. Last time I was in our home office, I was coming in the revolving door and instead of swiping my own badge I figured I’d be lazy and just follow the guy ahead of me.   Oh is that a big NO NO.  All of a sudden the door locks, sirens and lights go off, people in the corridor stop and stare and the security guard has to come and unlock me.  Also found out it was all on camera.   Once I was released, I s

  Has this been the longest winter EVER?  I am pretty sure it has.  Don’t get me wrong, I am all for baggy sweaters and sweatshirts to cover things up but I running out of idea’s of what to put together. Have you ever noticed how some girls look so damn cute in flannel?  I see my friends and others around wearing the CUTEST flannel’s and think “Jodi.  (That’s what I call myself on a good day).  You need to get you some and look cute like they do.”  Ya right!!  I bought a flannel and it even has PINK in it.  I put it on and I look like a displaced hooker from the mountains.   AND SWEAT!!  Holy hell.  Menopause and flannel DO NOT MIX!!  It’s 10 below out and we head to Fargo.  My courteous husband turns on the seat heat in the pick-up so we can be toasty.  All fun and nice to get into a warm vehicle but 15 minutes later I can’t get out of my coat and flannel fast enough.  Good thing the windows were fogged up.  I was as close to naked as you can be on the interstate without being arreste

Hope everyone survived the holiday’s.   Started the holiday season with colonoscopy.  Now who doesn’t enjoy that as a Christmas gift??  I kept hearing the prep work isn’t at all what it used to be.  It’s a piece of cake.  No discomfort at all.   LIARS!!  Every single one of you are liars. My appointment was for a Monday morning so I got to enjoy a Sunday of flushing out.  I won’t be disgusting but by prime time that evening, I had to stand up to watch tv.  I could not sit down.  On a positive note I killed it on my Fitbit!!  Pacing the floor and running to the bathroom.   Then I get to the hospital and the Dr walks in.  HE IS 12 YEARS OLD IF A DAY!!  And he looks at me and says “you look familiar, have we met?”  Um. No.  After we chatted for a bit, (and he gives me a heads up of the gory details of the procedure) it ends up he knows my daughter and her girlfriend as does his wife.   A little up close and personal.  Aren’t all Dr’s supposed to be older than us???   And true to my blog l

  Well…  the season is upon us.  Yep… the season is here!! November was a busy month for sure.  I had the joy of experiencing the BIGGEST craft show I have ever been too.  It was at Canterbury Downs in Shakopee and OMG!!   First let me preface that the 3 I went with have gone every year for 20 years.  (And no this is not them below - this is me after finishing the day.) So they knew what they were doing.  Our first night, we went to a HUGE casino and while 2 of them gambled, 2 of us walked around, got lost and drank beer.   As long as you walked around the circle, you could always find the bar.   Not sure I was very impressive by the time we went back to the hotel.     The next morning we all got up and in true Jodi fashion I was ready to go!  I have learned over the years with my husband, YOU GET UP, YOU GET YOUR CRAP TOGETHER AND YOU LEAVE.  Doesn't matter if you look like you slept in a dumpster the night before.  YOU GET IN THE CAR AND GO!!!   So I was ready when it was time to