Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After

Rediscovering Life after Retirement

15 Activities on My 2018 Autumn Bucket List

Happy first day of fall! If you are like me, you’ve been pretending it was fall for several weeks.  Despite the heat.  But it’s official now…autumn begins TODAY!  Hurray!  And how apropos that our high temps for today are 20 degrees lower than they were earlier in the week.  Break out those sweaters, bring on […]

Sentence a Day, 08.2018

Au revoir, August!  Bidding the eighth month of the year a fond farewell and looking forward to FALL!  Sentence a Day, 08.2018 is a summary of my month in little more than 31 run-on sentences.  Should have published them yesterday but my Internet, TV and phone all went out.  Talk about a quiet evening!  PC […]

15 Activities On My 2018 Summer Bucket List: Update, 08.2018

  Hello, sunshines! Unbelievable that in a month, we will bid summer 2018 a fond farewell.  To be honest, I am ready to be done with 100* temps and mosquitoes.  We never have mosquitoes and this year we have had to wear OFF in the house.  What’s that about?  Today I bought my first pumpkin […]

Sentence a Day, 07.2018

Dear ones As you no doubt know by now, if it’s the first Thursday of the month, it’s time for Sentence a Day.  Sentence a Day, 07.2018, to be exact.  The link-up where we capture a glimpse of our lives in a single (often run-on) sentence a day.  Here’s how my June looked.  I don’t […]

My Fashion Haus: Gingham with the Gals

  Welcome back to my fashion haus, fashionistas.  Sit down a bit and take the load off those stilettos.  Today I am linking up with Dani at Family.Love.Inspiration and Jamie at No Delusions of Grandeur to share more of our favorite looks from the Get Your Pretty On (GYPO) 2018 summer style challenge. Earlier in the […]

15 Activities on My 2018 Summer Bucket List: Update, 07.2018

Morning glories! Girls, we are already beyond mid-summer!  Which means it is time for the first update on my 2018 summer bucket list.  To tell the truth, I just printed it out today to stick on the frig because I had forgotten what was on the list. Good thing I did, right?  Not a moment […]