I discovered something huge last month when I started shopping for outfits for my son’s upcoming college graduation events. THE RETURN OF THE PUFFY SLEEVE! According to a Vogue Magazine article back in July 2020, when we were all at home in our pajamas, the puffy sleeve is here to stay! Seriously, Vogue, don’t toy with […]
Midlife
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 […]
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 […]
Taking it Old School
On the drive out to lake last weekend, I had a long conversation with my teenagers. Why yes, it can be done, give or take a little snark here and there. Anyway, we were talking about some pictures I’ve been seeing all over social media of high school senior portraits. I swear they all look […]
Small Town 4th of July
I hope y’all had a great 4th of July celebration! We left late for the drive to see family so we ended up driving the back roads. I think I told you once or a million times how much I love taking the long way home! Anyway, we screeched into Kilgore just in time to go […]