This week, I chose to do Mama Kat prompt #3, list 10 things you’d would love to give your husband or Dad for Father’s Day. A list of what I would like to give him is probably the only thing I can afford this year anyway! 1. The Saleen Truck he wants. The closest we […]
Wordless Wednesday (Pearl Edition)
Today is “pearls” day in the #StyleMeMay Challenge. I did wear Pearls today: I like these pearl earrings because they’re a) unique, b) dressed down enough for day, and c) dressy enough for evening. But the better pearl story involves these pearls: My son got them for me on two separate trips to Sea World. […]
Hey Paula (A Mama Kat Writing Prompt)
Ever since I decided to do Mama Kat prompt Number 5: List the songs that tell your life story (so far), a prompt inspired by Moments That Define Life, I have been so tempted to pop on over to MTDL to figure out how the heck she did this prompt. But I will not allow […]
Wordless Wednesday (Trees > Blogs Edition)
This is week six (the last week!) of the “Leap Into Spring” Photo Challenge. We have a sago palm (technically, a cycas revoluta) in our front yard that has survived our hands-off approach to landscaping. Ours is doing its best to be king of the front flower bed. It does not, however, appreciate my need […]
Three-Day State of Bliss (A Mama Kat Writing Prompt)
I actually had a chance to grill my husband a bit about his vision of how we would carry out Mama Kat prompt number three from last week’s selections: You have a 3 day weekend to do anything you want with your family…money is not a factor, BUT you must stay in your own state. […]
The Fine Mirror
In the movie Mighty Fine, Joe Fine instructs the movers from Exodus Moving Company to be very careful with his disco ball when his family is relocating from Brooklyn, NY, to New Orleans, LA. I guess having a personal disco ball was a status symbol in 1974! Just like the tiny mirrors on a disco […]