I love February for so many reasons. 1. It’s my birthday month! Yay! Not only does it mean celebrating with friends and family, it also means several birthday perks from my favorite stores. Did you know some loyalty programs give you a discount or even an amount of money off a purchase in your birthday month? Check out stores like Kohl’s, Belk, Talbots, Pottery Barn/William-Sonoma, DSW, … [Read more...]
Fort Worth Rodeo
I grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. My dad generally wore boots, jeans, and a cowboy hat, even though he wasn’t a rancher. Most of the guys I knew drove pickup trucks. And every year we attended the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Jeff and I have lived in Dallas for almost 40 years now. I haven’t been back to the rodeo in Fort Worth probably since when my kids were little. Or before they … [Read more...]
Gratitude in the Present
I don’t know about you, but my January is typically a “down” month. Not as in “I’m depressed”, more as in “I’m not busy”! And frankly, I love a slower paced January after two months worth of holiday activities. I want to hunker down in my house, preferably in front of a fire, if the weather cooperates. I like time to organize, time to read. Time to gear up for spring, which is generally a busy … [Read more...]
A Wiggy Christmas
Our Community Group from church decided to forgo the traditional White Elephant gift exchange this year and make way for . . . wigs! Yep, we had a wig exchange. The rules? Whatever wig you opened, you had to wear the rest of the party! There is such a wide range of cheap, funny wigs on Amazon—and we had no two alike. We had everything from dreadlocks to K-pop stars to 18th-century-style … [Read more...]
Advent: Expecting the Unexpected
In the lead up to Advent, things have upended several friends’ worlds in the blink of an eye. The return of cancer. Death of a spouse. A horrific accident. Every single instance has changed what that family thought they were doing that day, the next day, the next day, and the next. It has made me consider this verse again: We don’t like to live this way, if we are honest. At least I … [Read more...]
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