Sheils Writes

Just an 80's girl in a modern world!

Category: May 2024

  • A peek 👀 into what I’ll be up to the next 3 days while I’ll be on a mini break from my full time job. Early morning & evening walks, bike rides and some relaxing pool time are in the line up, as well as: 1.  Reading – I’ve heard a lot about this book,…

  • It’s 6 am, I’m in a half sleep, half awake state of mind.  I guess I drift off. (Dream starts here). Now I’m in a house, looks a lot like mine but different.   My husband is in the main room.  I say, “I can’t believe we did it, bought this house, sight unseen.”  He says,…

  • …that is the question! I’m sitting here trying to come up with something profound, unique and witty to write about and what pops in my head, why fondue of course! Then I start thinking about life and how it relates to fondue.  I never said this blog would be sensible, I actually never said what…

  • In a generation, far, far away, full of bright neon colors & really big hair…lived your grandma & grandpa! It was a time that doesn’t exist anymore, but it was the best!  I’m “Gen X” & your grandpa is a “baby boomer”…basically what that means is we were young & cool once, well, or “like,…

  • I’m 21 years old.  I have a job at a soundproof room (anechoic chamber) company in Connecticut and they are bidding on a government contract to make soundproof rooms for General Dynamics and the Rancho Cucamonga, CA office needed me to operate the CPT word processor for the proposal.  Hell yeah!  They sent me on…

  • I was curious how many signed, not personalized, first edition books I had in my book collection.  I have this many (pictured below). Goldie Hawn, Carol Burnett, Buzz Aldrin, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Julie Andrews, to name drop a few! I’m at a point in my life where I’m considering selling these.  Need to research their…