I started preparing for the Thanksgiving Day meal more than a week before Thanksgiving. I created the menu, and started picking up things at the store so that I had plenty of time to make sure I had everything I needed. In the past, I had to send my husband to the store on Thanksgiving…
DetailsTexas weather is known to be unpredictable. Spring, winter, and fall can have some unseasonable temperatures. Forecasts can change from hour to hour. But what has always been said about summer—it’s hot and humid, and doesn’t rain. Once June arrives, you can forget about rain until September (unless a hurricane makes landfall on the Texas…
DetailsThis week has really zoomed by. I stayed busy every day trying to get things done so I could cross them off my list. Lists! Oh, I love my lists. I would be so disorganized without my lists. To-do lists, shopping lists, things to pack lists–if I don’t want to forget something I will make…
DetailsI got half of last week’s post written but the good weather kept me from finishing. Even though it was a holiday weekend, I didn’t get everything done that I wanted to. The weather was extremely cooperative, despite the rather high chance of rain on Sunday. The unseasonably warm temperatures have nature and humans, both…
DetailsI can’t deny that I am loving the warmer days. I do not miss the ice storms that we have had the last couple of years. I was expecting another bad winter this year because the horses really put on a thick winter coat; hunters were telling me that the deer had fattened up and…
DetailsIt started last week. The unusually warm weather prompted me to get outside, and ultimately go for a stroll around the yard. We have had a relatively dry winter so far, and with the temperatures sometimes getting into the 80s, I was concerned about our plants. What I discovered is that the fruit trees look…
DetailsIn my last post, I was exclaiming what a good week I had. After years of wishing I could handle stressful situations better, I had made it a priority to go after real change. I was working hard to breathe through my stress. When I found myself getting upset, I purposefully chose to not contain…
DetailsAt times, life is stressful. There are always things that happen in a way that we don’t expect. It’s kind of funny that when an unexpected good thing happens we are happy– carefree even. But when that unexpected thing is bad, the stress immediately begins. This time of year, especially, there can be a lot…
DetailsWhen we are young, every day we look forward to the adventure that lies before us. We may find ourselves daydreaming of different scenarios, some real and some a wild fantasy. We are convinced that life is meant to be lived at top speed otherwise, it is boring. Maybe that is why kids run…
DetailsMy husband would be the first to agree with that. I think that I am trying to do more now than at any other time in my life. Even when my daughter was younger and riding and showing horses, I still had time to do some sewing and maintain a flowerbed. These days, with…
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