Promotion to Brigadier General

We were blessed last week to attend the ceremonies and festivities around our DF Leon’s promotion to Brigadier General. You might remember I shared a recent trip to Fort Smith, Arkansas and a tour of their Air Force facilities.Ā  Our friend the Colonel who hosted us is now the General and we could not be […]

Oklahoma City Visit

We were so blessed to take a small step out last week (FINALLY) to get out of town to visit friends. Two really important events took place that brought us out of town. And this post is about our leg in Oklahoma City.  The event was that DFs Terry and Jerry hosted us in their […]

Memorial Day Weekend

I’ve spent a lot of time on the road for work lately, but I’m hunkering down and enjoying time around Anthem over the Memorial Day Weekend.Ā  The last Music in May concert held Friday night was a perfect kick off.Ā  Hub picked up my favorite salad from Salad and Go and we enjoyed a couple […]

Mount Rushmore and Custer State Park

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 […]

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

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 doctor’s orders of course. Hub joined me, and spying […]

Early Spring In Georgia

There really may be no more lovely place than spring in Georgia.Ā  If it’s 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 it’s not […]

A Visit to Fort Smith, Arkansas

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, I’m going to […]

Haunted Crescent Hotel

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 doesn’t stop us. So when DH and I had a chance to stay in the haunted Crescent Hotel […]

Refreshing the Living Room for Early Spring

Winter is not a season I do.  I (barely) do Christmas and then I’m 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 haven’t quite hit yet. And I need a little inspiration, please. So I did […]

Trip to Corpus Christi

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 don’t […]