I recently took a short trip that included a two-night stay in a hotel with my parents. Without giving away too much personal information, they’re in their mid-eighties and in pretty great shape. This post includes an affiliate link. Details here. When taking roadtrips, such as this one, I have a tendency to take everything …
Read 24 books in 2024, that’s my goal for the year. And here’s a chart with my black-out BINGO! My groovy friend, Donna Jo, texted me on the first day of January to wish me a Happy New Year. In our text thread, she asked me about my New Year’s resolutions. I hadn’t given it …
Empty Theatre, by Jac Jemc, is a historical, quick paced satire starring two European royals trying to live their best lives. The alternate title of the book is The Lives of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Sisi of Austria (Queen of Hungary), Cousins, in Their Pursuit of Connection and Beauty Despite the Expectations …
I enjoyed The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. I chose this novel at my book club’s Christmas Book Exchange. My friend said it was recommended to her by a college student from England who fell asleep reading it on a train.
I can’t even tell you how excited I was when the post for the San Antonio Zoo‘s first ever DRIVE THRU ZOO came across my Facebook feed. Apparently I wasn’t the only one. The event sold out within a few hours.
Y’all, I’m having a first world problem. My family has been reduced to using single ply toilet paper. I know. It’s a pity. When news of empty household paper product shelves at all the grocery stores started filling my Facebook feed, my husband and I looked at each other and asked, “do they know something …
Like so many others, traveling to all fifty of the United States of America is on my life’s list of things to do. So far I’ve been to thirty-four! With the CoVid-19 stay-at-home orders and all, I’ve spent some time trying to figure out how to get to the other sixteen once everything opens back …
Yeah, yeah. Traveling to all fifty states of the United States of America is not an original idea (both of my parents have already done it), but it is something I’m working on. So far, I’ve been to thirty-four states.
Having my parents nearby is one of my greatest blessings. As more information becomes available on CoVid-19, it’s becoming clear the most vulnerable in our population are those with the greatest amount life experience and those with certain pre-existing medical conditions. Therefore I’m worried about my parents and my husband and me and my kids.
Furlough-a-go-go ____ “Did she say ‘Hello?’” my boss’s boss queried.Like other Zoom meetings, odd salutations flurried.Hanging up, letters read and furlough granted,I decided then and there to bloom where I’m planted. ____ I always liked that saying. “Bloom where you’re planted!”