Visiting Mount Rushmore has been on my short bucket list for a long time. In fact, we were going to head up that way last summer. And then. Well, you know what happened. But.Ā This week, I did some work in Rock Springs, Wyoming, so hub brought Big Red up, met me and we added […]
Receiving almost perfect online reviews, we took a little of our hard-earned downtime to visit Houston Arboretum & Nature Center on a recent business trip to Houston. Spending a couple hours in nature with perfect weather is just what the doctor ordered. Not that I needed doctorās orders of course. Hub joined me, and spying […]
There really may be no more lovely place than spring in Georgia.Ā If itās not raining, that is.Ā I hate Georgia in the rain.Ā Or the snow.Ā Or the ice. But.Ā I recently visited LaGrange, Georgia and the weather was lovely and spring was sprouting out everywhere.Ā Which is my favorite season.Ā When itās not […]
Remember in the old days when you would go visit your relatives, and Uncle Bob would get out his slide projector, darken the room and proceed to give you a blow-by-blow travelogue of his recent trip to ___ (fill in the blank)? Well, at the risk of sounding like your Uncle Bob, Iām going to […]
There is a tradition in our family loving all things haunted.Ā My sisters, niece and nephew love to tell ghost stories when we are together.Ā Some of them are actually scary.Ā Some are pretty lame, but it doesnāt stop us. So when DH and I had a chance to stay in the haunted Crescent Hotel […]
Winter is not a season I do. I (barely) do Christmas and then Iām ready for spring. Bring me daffodils and bunnies, please. But magazines, influencers and stores are showing late winter and Valentine dĆ©cor in February. New, fresh spring colors havenāt quite hit yet. And I need a little inspiration, please. So I did […]
Wow, I took my first business trip in a year to Corpus Christi, Texas. Since I have never visited that city and the weather was nice, I got out as much as I could to explore. I want to share a few things I did after work hours. South Texas Botanical Gardens Now, I donāt […]
We have had some glorious days here and are enjoying January like crazy so far.Ā Except for, ummm, you know what.Ā If this is what January in Scottsdale is like, sign me up.Ā Oh, yeah, I already live here.Ā Well, close enough – about 30 miles away. We have rarely left our town, but we […]
We took a whirlwind driving trip midweek to visit a few Utah national parks and enjoy a little cooler weather.Ā There were some hits and misses on this goal and hereās the wrap up. Lake Powell – HIT We packed a LOT of food with us.Ā The day before we left, I made Grandmaās potato […]
Grocery shopping is not high on my favorite-things list. Ā But! Ā Trader Joeās is one of my happy places. Too bad the closest one is a 35-minute drive. Which means I donāt go every single week, but I get a lot of my staples there ā especially freezer staples. The people who work at TJs are […]