Do clothes really make the woman? I think we all know the answer to that and it’s a big negative. However, you have to admit, there is just something about getting all gussied up. It makes us feel good to look our best. I had the pleasure of taking my daughter and her friend shopping […]
[Continue reading...]Kerplunk
January 11, 2013 2 Comments
The smell of the low tide on the way home tonight brought back more childhood memories. You know how you can be somewhere and just get a whiff of something and it can take you back to a specific time in your life? My dad was a commercial fisherman and stone crabber and we […]
[Continue reading...]Ice machines in the night
January 10, 2013 Leave a Comment
I am heading home tomorrow from my most recent work trip and I couldn’t be happier! Sleep has been elusive this trip and I will be happy to be back in my own bed. Although I have admitted in past posts that I am a hotel snob, this one hasn’t been too bad (although it’s […]
[Continue reading...]The day fingernails won me over
January 9, 2013 6 Comments
I was a jealous little girl and I couldn’t bear the idea of not getting the lion’s share of the attention from any adults I might spend time with. This was such a problem with me that I would plot and plan evasive little schemes to get to have my granny all to myself. If […]
[Continue reading...]Wake up!
January 8, 2013 4 Comments
So how was your day? Mine was good after another bumpy start. I woke up almost an hour and a half later than what I intended. This NEVER happens to me; I usually wake up prior to any alarms going off. Besides, when I arrive at a hotel, I always test their automated wake up system the first […]
[Continue reading...]Vainly searching
January 7, 2013 4 Comments
Today started out okay if it weren’t for that one thing! I got up on time and was dressed, ready and out the door by 6:30 but sans mascara; the one item I forgot. I’m certainly not going to teach a class without it; my eyes will look bare. No worries, I’ll just stop at […]
[Continue reading...]Rough, Ruff
January 6, 2013 Leave a Comment
After a full day of traveling, I finally made it to my hotel room laden with luggage and a grease stained bag containing burger and fries from Five Guys. It’s officially time to grub out and relax and ponder my day. I’m sitting here reflecting on the day and one memory grabs at my attention. Dogs. There were exceptionally large numbers of them […]
[Continue reading...]Be true to you
January 5, 2013 2 Comments
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson As I contemplate some of the relationships I come in contact with, I can’t help but remember a particular scene in the movie, Runaway Bride. In case you aren’t familiar with the […]
[Continue reading...]Daily Prompt: It is a Truth
January 5, 2013 Leave a Comment
Today’s Daily Prompt Take the first sentence from your favorite book and make it the first sentence of your post. IT is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice) This quote is from one of my […]
[Continue reading...]Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved – No Looking Back
January 4, 2013 Leave a Comment
I don’t really make resolutions as I believe every single day is a new day, filled with grace and opportunity. However, one thing I want to remember this year is to stop looking back at what could have been or might have been or how I could have done something different and press forward toward […]
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Long walks and dark chocolate 