So the other day, I’m havin’ my weekly get together with my sister, Irene, and I swear, we’re not five minutes into it when she looks at me and goes, “Ida, what’s up?” I can always count on my sister to cut to the chase. “Oh, Reney,” I says, “I’m not gonna lie to ya. I’m feeling so overwhelmed. It’s all good stuff, but even good stuff can be overwhelming if it’s comin’ at you all at once. And then there’s the feeling guilty ‘cause I’m so lucky, really. How dare I feel overwhelmed when my life is just so darned good? And I confess, I’ve been talkin’ to myself lately.” “What else is new?” …

Welcome to the new home of “Just Ask Ida.” Pretty swanky, huh? I’m wicked excited about it. Check back every Monday for a new blog entry. Just like before, you can chose to read it or hear me read it on the podcast. Ida and Scamp In “Just Ask Ida,” you know the scoop. I’ll be talkin’ about life here in Mahoosuc Mills, fillin’ you in on the latest adventures of me and my friends, Celeste, Rita, Betty Dot and Shirley or the Women Who Run with the Moose, as we call ourselves, and, as usual, givin’ you my opinion on things (which my husband, Charlie, says I have no shortage of). Who knows, I may …