tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81298647205000192992024-02-06T21:46:51.859-08:00Archaeologists Date Any Old ThingKathy Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03032771211508252715noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129864720500019299.post-36793140879008978362008-03-20T12:48:00.001-07:002008-03-20T12:55:10.026-07:00I'm back.It's been almost a year since I last posted anything. My children are doing much better, but then they're young and full of amazing energy!<br /><br />Since then Winston and I have both reached an amazing milestone. We're both officially geizers now at the ripe old age of 60.<br /><br />My children gave me a wonderful present for my birthday. They all came home and had a surprise party for me. It was so great to see them all and be treated like I was special. Thanks, guys!<br /><br />It's official. Kim and Jen and I are going to the US Open this August. I wish Lindsay could come to, but it's just not her time in life. Lindsay, I will go again with you in 10 years, so start saving now!<br /><br />Kim started us on a walking program so we'll be ready to walk the streets on New York, and Jen has started a walk/run program. I got out the old Weight Watchers stuff and started again. I would like to wear my favorite size in New York, and I have just a few months to work on my goal.<br /><br />I love my family!Kathy Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03032771211508252715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129864720500019299.post-13870298493149885392007-03-02T14:52:00.000-08:002007-05-11T15:39:10.084-07:00100 Things About Me (Actually 33 So Far)1. I'm quite reluctant to try this exercise. I'm a little afraid to reveal too much about myself. It makes me feel vulnerable.<br /><br />2. I'm passionate about tennis. I can play for hours or watch for even longer. My family gets nervous when a major tennis tournament is coming up on television, because they know I'll be useless until it's over.<br /><br />3. One of my lifetime goals is to go to the U.S. Open and watch a championship match in person. That was almost to happen this very year, but it all fell through. Maybe next year.<br /><br />4. When someone asks me to imagine myself in the perfect place doing just exactly what I want to do, I often picture myself on a tennis court playing a really good game.<br /><br />4. I love to piece quilts, but I'm better at starting quilting projects than I am at finishing them. I have over 30 partially-finished quilts, and I'd like to start more.<br /><br />5. I enjoy reading, especially fiction, but I really enjoy listening to audiobooks, because I'm a little psycho about multi-tasking. I always feel better when I'm doing more than one thing at a time.<br /><br />6. My favorite book of all time is <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>.<br /><br />7. My best girlfriends are my daughters. I love to do things with them.<br /><br />8. Even though I love being with my children and grandchildren, I'm also enjoying our "empty nest." I've begun to treasure my alone time.<br /><br />9. It's hard for me to sit still and do nothing. I relax better if my hands are busy.<br /><br />10. I'm a morning person. I have tons of energy in the morning, and it gets harder and harder for me to stay energetic as the day progresses. In my perfect world, I would probably go to sleep before 9:00, but it makes me feel like a social outcast, so I try to stay up later and sleep later, just to fit in with the rest of my family.<br /><br />11. I love to be warm, and summer is my favorite time of the year. In the winter, I like to curl up and bask in the sunshine coming through a south window.<br /><br />12. I need lots of light, and I tend to get lethargic and feel cold after the sun goes down (no matter the time or the temperature).<br /><br />13. I didn't start running until my daughters forced me to train for a marathon after I was 50 years old. Now I'm 59, and I still run. In fact, I've grown to actually enjoy the feeling of a good run. I still run 6-9 miles per week, and my daughters don't do it any more. They got me hooked and then just left me hanging out there to fend for myself.<br /><br />14. I'm a maniac with a timer. It's motivational for me to give myself a certain amount of time to do something, then see if it can be done.<br /><br />15. I'm also a counter. I like to do things like "Pick up 15 things from the kitchen counter."<br /><br />16. I've been known to torture my children with #14 and #15.<br /><br />17. I've been amazed at how my daughters also do #14 and #15 all by themselves.<br /><br />18. I'm a new Rotary Club member, and I kinda like hanging out with all the old businessmen of Blanding. I enjoy being one of only a few women and watch the men squirm when I do or say something not very masculine. Last week I read them the board book "Read to Your Bunny." I had the pictures on a PowerPoint and read the words to all of them.<br /><br />19. I worry almost constantly about my weight. In fact, my feelings of self-worth are all wrapped up in what the scale says. Deep down in my heart of hearts, I think I'll be a better person, happier, and more fulfilled, if I'm skinny. I just can't seem to get skinny.<br /><br />20. I'm a baby boomer in many ways. For one thing, I want to stay young forever. I'm going into old age kicking and screaming.<br /><br />21. I'm a registered Republican, and ashamed of it. I had to change my registration to vote in the last election in Blanding. I'll fix it, though. Don't worry.<br /><br />22. I taught for almost 20 years, but I don't miss my students. I always thought I'd teach until retirement, but now that I'm out of the classroom, I'm really happy about it.<br /><br />23. I really enjoy hiking with Winston, but I don't always want it to be about archaeology. Sometimes I just want it to be about the scenery or the fresh air or the blue sky. This really isn't a complaint, but sometimes I feel guilty when I could care less about potsherds.<br /><br />24. My family tells me that I blow my nose more than anyone else in the world. But it feels so good, especially when I use flannel scraps.<br /><br />25. I prefer to bathe rather than shower. I love a good hot soak, especially when it's cold outside.<br />26. I'm addicted to NPR, especially in the morning. I'm not sure I could function without it. That's how I find out what's going on in the world. If I heard it on NPR, I believe it's true.<br /><br />27. I hate small-town gossip, but sometimes my ears really prick up when I know some is being shared in the next room. Guilty, guilty!<br /><br />28. It's easy to make me feel guilty. In fact, I give myself credit for way too much influence.<br /><br />29. I'd like to think of myself as someone who likes to garden and grow things, because I believe "earthy" people are somehow more grounded. When it comes right down to it, though, I don't really enjoy it much.<br /><br />30. I guess I'd rather buy my fresh produce at a g0od farmer's market than plant it, water it, weed it, water it, weed it, water it, weed it, water it, harvest it.<br /><br />31. I don't really like to cook, either. When it comes to the kitchen, the less time I spend there, the better.<br /><br />32. I really enjoy working with textiles. I enjoy sewing, hemstitching, crocheting, quilting, and making things for the house. When I have free time, I often spend it sewing.<br /><br />33.Kathy Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03032771211508252715noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129864720500019299.post-19604765743114788652007-03-01T12:55:00.000-08:002007-03-01T12:59:13.716-08:00I've Been Gagged and Dragged Into Blogspot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8bjymIp_XuGD5ZdEM39AvvCl_2xqFt7NalVy2vVbW-xDg62sy4p0WFc7Sf_PrkVRx0I-Pjrq41WF4MQdN7EDQKc06jkLE3ltrQRPu142tmYWtobgaEuicn_nEndFNl9-kuBBd6IBYcGE/s1600-h/Winston_and_Kathy_at_Reunion.jpg"></a><br /><div>Despite all the little "inner promptings" I've received over the last month, I let peer pressure get the best of me. Here I am in Bloggsville.</div>Kathy Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03032771211508252715noreply@blogger.com5