Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After
Rediscovering Life after Retirement
Book, movie, product reviews and reflections
[source] Happy two hundred thirty-ninth birthday to the greatest country in the world! I am so blessed, so privileged to be an American. And while I still take that blessing for granted every single day, having lived in a third-world country for part of my adult life helped me to realize how very fortunate I […]
Mirror, mirror on my wall Who’s the silliest blogger of all? Why me, of course. I am! TGIFTF, girls! Thank Goodness, It’s Fairy Tale Friday. And do I ever have a treat for you today. I am reviewing The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin, illustrated by David Shannon. This is a version of the Cinderella […]
[source] Gentle readers, great parents and grandparents! So glad you are joining me for the second installment of my ‘beat the summer slide’ series. Please click here to read more about the summer slide and my first book review of the series. I have invited a number of my librarian and teacher friends to share […]
Shoes to Shiraz | Two Teens and their Mama | A Lovely Little Wardrobe | R Squared | Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy The Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life | Quilty Joy Joy Making The Most of Everyday | Puppies and Pretties | She Thought She Could Foxy’s Domestic Side | Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After Sprinkled Just Right | Nick and Nik | The Blondissima | Daily Style […]
Dear Readers, Wednesday was the last day of school in the El Paso Independent School District. From what I can tell in talking with my friends around the state and country, we were the very last school district on the planet to let out for summer. We had to get in all that extra learning […]
Mirror, mirror on my wall Who’s the silliest blogger of all? Why me, of course. I am! TGIFTF, girls! Thank Goodness It’s Fairy Tale Friday. And the fairy tale featured today is a beautiful version of the Cinderella story, Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: a Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Julie Paschkis. It was […]