tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post1935297586294534646..comments2024-03-28T08:55:00.522-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: The Airman, the Doctor and the Widow with a Driver’s LicenseMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-88055199025623236992015-03-16T22:22:47.545-04:002015-03-16T22:22:47.545-04:00Not being able to pick anything up all winter or s...Not being able to pick anything up all winter or shovel snow has been hard. I was worried I'd over use my other arm and really get into trouble.<br /><br />That's a funny story about your doctor. I don't think mine is is making fun of me with the bench pressing, but you never know. If he tells me again that I can't do it, I'm going to have to admit to him that I wasn't Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-14476964333334494062015-03-16T21:02:25.886-04:002015-03-16T21:02:25.886-04:00I'm glad your super-gel is working for you bec...I'm glad your super-gel is working for you because -- yikes!! -- how does someone live alone without lifting things that weigh 10 lbs? This brought back memories of when I had major abdominal surgery 16 years ago; I had to borrow lightweight aluminum pans from a friend so that I could cook (my cast iron cookware was off limits). I do often wonder what kinds of stereotypes inform doctors' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-49139028063935915312015-03-16T18:58:26.369-04:002015-03-16T18:58:26.369-04:00LOLLOLBella Rumhttps://bellarum.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-90346664720637251142015-03-15T18:00:36.719-04:002015-03-15T18:00:36.719-04:00Lust is so much fun, even from afar and maybe more...Lust is so much fun, even from afar and maybe more so from afar.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-66968984532557326932015-03-15T17:16:11.819-04:002015-03-15T17:16:11.819-04:00Ah! So glad I'm taking time to READ my blogs ...Ah! So glad I'm taking time to READ my blogs today. We ladies need to stick together and share our dreams, lusty or not. I'm going through lusty right now ....<br />The Awkward Widowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729456066739275695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-67875655589454978912015-03-15T10:11:49.146-04:002015-03-15T10:11:49.146-04:00Trust me, I do make my day dreams good ones!Trust me, I do make my day dreams good ones!Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-85887976430785918442015-03-15T10:10:02.473-04:002015-03-15T10:10:02.473-04:00Interesting about Tom playing Reacher! I could nev...Interesting about Tom playing Reacher! I could never picture the book author's Reacher doing all the physical things Child wrote about. He seemed too big and bulky to pull all that stuff off and more suit to a couch potato life. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-67267649287043014242015-03-15T09:52:14.757-04:002015-03-15T09:52:14.757-04:00I don't find the Reacher description attractiv...I don't find the Reacher description attractive either, and it was so repetitive! I think those Child's books are good for mindless "entertainment", but the writing isn't great. Also, Fun Fact -- Tom Cruise played Reacher in a movie based on the character -- the movie's name was "Jack Reacher". I remember the outcry among book fans that no way could Tom donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-86197258468548093842015-03-14T21:56:28.727-04:002015-03-14T21:56:28.727-04:00I really got turned off by the way Child kept brin...I really got turned off by the way Child kept bringing up Reacher's size. I didn't find his description all that attractive to begin with but I thought the repetition was poor writing. <br /><br />I think we are all just as smart as we were in college, we were just forced in on the text back then so we could pass the tests we'd have to take. LOLMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-15106228302383966032015-03-14T19:53:26.504-04:002015-03-14T19:53:26.504-04:00I'm the same about old college papers and text...I'm the same about old college papers and texts. I must have been super smart back then... because now I have no idea what I was talking about!<br /><br />Glad you got to enjoy an interaction with your Recruiter. Nice. I've read a bunch of Child's books too. Reacher is too tall/big for me. Tom is about right. :) donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-50117885584204503022015-03-14T17:16:59.692-04:002015-03-14T17:16:59.692-04:00LOL You're no gray tree frog and Mr. Recruiter...LOL You're no gray tree frog and Mr. Recruiter was thinking, "If I open this door for this young woman, maybe she'll paint my portrait... or something." If you're going to dream, may as well make it good! Bella Rumhttps://bellarum.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-89293816273999082522015-03-14T15:10:44.733-04:002015-03-14T15:10:44.733-04:00Na, it wasn't a lust thing. He was inspiring l...Na, it wasn't a lust thing. He was inspiring like a bowl of fruit in an art class. Just too pretty not to want to preserve.<br /><br />You only have to be beautiful for one or two people in your entire life. That's when you know it's real.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-1557879354343826632015-03-14T14:55:01.357-04:002015-03-14T14:55:01.357-04:00LOL. You mean you might not have betrayed your lus...LOL. You mean you might not have betrayed your lust? Perhaps he has a bedroom full of cougars at home, heh, heh. <br /><br />Wouldn't it be interesting if, for just one hour, we looked like the most beautiful woman in the world? Then we'd experience the difference in the way people behave toward us, probably more like this fellow has people treat him when he's in uniform and GowitheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842273685414939160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-34898940807196228952015-03-13T21:34:48.341-04:002015-03-13T21:34:48.341-04:00If I didn't recognize my own handwriting I wou...If I didn't recognize my own handwriting I wouldn't have remembered reading the book. I didn't remember reading it and the comments seemed like a higher level of thought than I'm used to doing today. I've done a lot of underlining in books and I always enjoy going back and reading those parts, especially if it's a book from years ago. With this one, I really didn't Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-20773112490095929412015-03-13T20:02:50.343-04:002015-03-13T20:02:50.343-04:00What I was curious was this: that college text th...What I was curious was this: that college text that you said you made comments in and underlined: did you read through them and understand the comments of your younger self? The reason I am asking is that occasionally when I go through old papers and find papers that I have written, I don't recognize them. Not only do I not recognize the paper and the thoughts but I don't recognize theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-26358996940719104682015-03-13T12:35:30.264-04:002015-03-13T12:35:30.264-04:00I've read a couple of Child's books with R...I've read a couple of Child's books with Reacher. I'm happy to keep Tom and let you have Reacher in our imaginations. We ladies need to play fair. LOLMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-81695479950638548592015-03-13T11:30:03.707-04:002015-03-13T11:30:03.707-04:00Exchange Tom Cruise for Reacher and I'm in wit...Exchange Tom Cruise for Reacher and I'm in with the thoughts. Reacher is a fictional character written by Lee Childs. Reacher is 6'5" and weighs between 230 and 250 pounds depending on what physical things he's doing. I've read every one of those books and let me tell you I get the same feeling from those books as you did with that recruiter.<br /><br />Have a fabulous daySandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.com