My very first job out of college was as a consumer loan officer at a mid sized credit union in the Dallas area. The branch where I was located was one street over from the huge facility where employees in the oil and gas research industry were members. Back in those days, credit unions served […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Singing Water Vineyards Day Date
We are in the dog days of summer 2020. In any normal year, it’s tough to find something to do in the heat. Yesterday, the forecast called for 105 degrees in San Antonio. ONE. ZERO. FIVE. Sigh. The pandemic has made it hard to navigate everything. And going on dates has been the very last […]
Lunch in a Utopia Treehouse
How is everybody doing during this pandemic? If you are like my family, you are taking it day by day. We have been so vigilant about wearing masks, hand washing, spraying everything down and staying home. One of our daughters is more susceptible to everything so we have been staying close to home more than […]
From Sassy to Badassery
Do y’all remember Mindee? Isn’t she lovely? She is a friend I met while our sons played basketball together for their middle school. They also played on the AAU team, Next Level Raiders. Well, our boys are both now in college so we don’t get to see each other very much. There’s a random reunion […]