Only ten more days… Spring is just a few days away! I have to admit it’s not my favorite time of year. If you live in the Midwest as I do, Spring is very fickle. She shows up flirting and flouncing and then leaves you just as quickly! The other thing I dislike about Spring …
Or, am I? Daenel of Living Outside the Stacks posts the most stunning photos on Instagram as well as on her blog. If you’re not following her on either, do yourself a favor and find her! Last fall, she kept writing about Kantha Bae. I wasn’t exactly sure what that was, so I googled it …
February challenge It’s the third Thursday of the month, and we’re back with a new style challenge! This month, Joanne of My Slice of Life chose ponchos, wraps, or capes. In case you’re unfamiliar with this group, each month, one of us picks a theme. We then create outfits with that theme or trend in …
In case you’re new to my blog, I’ve teamed up with Leslie for 10 on the 10th. We are taking turns coming up with the lists, questions, prompts…you just never know what we will come up with! This month was my turn! Since it’s February (can you believe it?), I decided to focus my questions …
A middle school concert, that is Last week, we were able to see our oldest granddaughter in a middle school concert. Nigel and I are not big concert goers…well, Nigel isn’t. We’ve seen Gordon Lightfoot and Willie Nelson in concert. My youngest son and I saw Paul McCartney twice in concert. I cried out of …
Don’t buy a new phone! If you were thinking I was going to give you all kinds of beauty advice and what clothes to wear or avoid to show how to age gracefully, this is not the post you thought it was! If you were hoping I had some super duper magical cure for wrinkles, the …
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Ageless Style for the holidays! It’s the third Thursday of the month! That means another post with the ladies of Ageless Style! Each month, one of us picks a theme. We then create outfits with that theme in mind. Last month, Bo, of Bo’s Bodacious Blog, picked booties. If you’ve been reading my blog for …
Once Upon a Time… Leslie doesn’t know this, but before I became an honest to goodness blogger, I was an honest to goodness lurker! I read Leslie’s blog because she is a retired school librarian. And, I am a retired school teacher! I have to tell you Leslie is such a lovely person, inside and …
Black Friday at Southtown Mall! My mom wasn’t really a shopper, but she loved to go shopping! Actually, she loved to go to the places where you shopped. Does that make sense? Mom loved malls and just liked to walk around and people watch, I think. Every year, on Black Friday, before it became a …