Following a few days of business meetings for my husband, my extended family convened in Park City, Utah to escape the Texas heat and celebrate (a month early) my mom’s birthday. My mom will turn 80 in August. For my …
Sisters
My sisters and I have not always been close. Debra is two years younger than me, so growing up was often fraught with conflict. (Mostly at my instigation, I will now admit!) Dawn is almost ten years younger than me and …
Another Boston Trip in the Books
You might notice this post has gone up later in the day than usual for me. That’s because we are heading home from another great trip to Boston and it was a late night last night! But more about that later. Last year, …
The Merry Month of May
It’s May, y’all. And you know what that means? Sooooo many gifts to buy!End-of-year- teacher gifts, Mother’s Day, graduations, weddings, babies—all the things. So I thought I’d share with you some of my favorite bookish gifts …
Total Solar Eclipse!
I don’t know what you are doing on Monday, April 8, but North and Central Texas residents are in a frenzy over the coming total solar eclipse. Since the path runs through Dallas-Ft. Worth and down to Austin, many of our small …
My Puzzle Table
Do you enjoy jigsaw puzzles? I do! But I confess that I rarely indulge in them for three reasons. Two Christmases ago, both my mom and my husband gave me puzzles for Christmas. I put together the one my mother gave me, …
Spring Training Trip
My husband loves baseball. It’s his happy place. Watching a baseball game (in person) destresses him like nothing else. I like baseball. I’ve followed the Texas Rangers since childhood. My family of origin as well as Jeff and …
Thrifting Finds
When I started putting my house back together, I decided I wanted it “finished”--as in things on the walls, decorative pieces arranged, etc. So I worked with my interior designer friend to that end. Thankfully she’s the kind …
My Library and Book Buddy
When we put our house back together in December, we saved our library for last. The reason was two-fold. First, we had our bookshelves re-stained and they weren’t finished until late December. Second, we wanted to take …
A Week of Introverting
My husband was gone all week on a business trip. And I stayed at home. I don’t do that very often, but I just wanted to be in my house after so long out of it. I had planned to have my dear friend visit overnight …