Date Night! Where We Went and What I Wore

Date Night! Where We Went and What I Wore

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  Friday night was date night for me and Mr. B…we wanted to celebrate end of summer and our transition back into a full house.  My daughter and grandsons are coming for a couple of months since they need to evacuate their home in Saipan…which was hit by a…

Career Reinvention:  Transitions

Career Reinvention: Transitions

Join me on the patio this morning as I think about transitions.  This is an amazing morning with low humidity….cool breezes…transitions are in the air. My new career has been years in the making.  Years of change… from a budding young marketing career after college to 16 years as an educator and now returning to…

Thought for the Day: Only Getting Better

Thought for the Day: Only Getting Better

I read this in a card recently: I’m not aging I’m ripening! That’s how I feel… Ripe…at my best time! Right now! I feel more mature, in control, more healthy, more joyful… Remember: Act II should be the best part of the play! Have a happy Saturday!!

What Personal Style is All About…and What It is Not!

What Personal Style is All About…and What It is Not!

“Style is not about what you have or what you can afford.  You don’t have to be young, rich or skinny to have it. You can be you, and develop an incredible personal style that can give you great confidence and allow you to walk through the world with a sure step, and feel great…

Reef Footwear…Not Just for Surfers Any More

Reef Footwear…Not Just for Surfers Any More

 A Sponsored Post After a summer working retail, I have a new appreciation of comfortable shoes.  Standing 5-6 hours creates a need like no other!  This is why I really like what the owners of Reef shoes are doing.  Reef has been around for the past thirty years and is mostly associated with comfort sandals. …

Goodwill SA: End of Summer Fun

Goodwill SA: End of Summer Fun

Oh autumn…where are you?  Well, it is not quite time yet!  There are still days of heat, entertaining, and Labor Day Weekend on the calendar!  Occasionally, I want something different to wear at the end of a season, but do not want to spend a lot on a garment I might not wear often.  …

Calamity Jane Rides in for the Rescue

Calamity Jane Rides in for the Rescue

Just in time on this Texas horizon, JENNY CRAIG has ridden in to rescue weary taste buds with side kicks… new foods! In my early career life working in Houston, we would frequent a restaurant for lunch which featured a meal called the Calamity Jane…one loaded baked potato and a side salad (not saddle!).  It was…