Somehow we went from this: To This: in a blink of an eye! Savannah is an international affairs major at a college 1500 miles away on the east coast. She managed to pull out a 4.0 in the her first semester! (yes, I still can obnoxiously brag about her!) and Catherine is […]
Inspiration
The Black Sheep of the Family
I’ve been thinking about my sister Liz a lot lately. It will be 11 years ago today that we lost her to triple negative breast cancer. I hate cancer. It just really sucks. She became a grandmother this year. She would so proud of her son and her daughter in law. They are such great […]
Fall in East Texas
My husband has been visiting East Texas with me for almost 28 years. He appreciates the beauty of the landscape as much as I do. He loves to play golf on as many different courses as he can when he’s there as well. It’s a lot harder to get a tee time in the big […]
Driving Mrs Crazy
I am right in the middle of parent taught driving lessons. It’s not for the faint of heart! I don’t want to brag or anything but I taught my now college graduate son to drive. And so far he has no tickets or wrecks. (Knock on wood!) The only advice I can offer is be […]
Red Peonies
One of the many ways I tried to change things up during the pandemic was buying fresh flowers for the house on a weekly basis. At first, it felt so decadent. And then I realized that Trader Joe’s and Costco have small bunches for decent prices. It became a habit pretty quickly. I got used […]
Home
After more than sixty years, we finally sold our family home. I guess the stars had finally aligned, and everyone was ready to finally part with it at the same time. We would always tease our mom about it taking years for us to clean out the house after her and dad were gone. She […]