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      Rediscovering who I am and my journey along the way.
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July 6, 2020

Stars, Stripes & Smiles 07.2020

Happy 6th of July, friends! Hope your holiday weekend was full of stars, stripes & smiles. We had a 3 day red, white and blue celebration. Food, drink, desserts, grilling out and eating in, cooking in and eating outside, swimming, running, bike riding and then all of it again the next day. Even though the […]

Filed Under: Craft and Create, Fashion Forays, Life and Style Tagged With: #FashionOver60, #FourthofJuly, #LifeAfterRetirement, #MyHomefortheHolidays, #StarsandStripes

April 15, 2020

Poppy Edition: My Fashion Haus 04.2020

Fashionistas and friends, I am back in the wildflowers again with this Poppy Edition of My Fashion Haus 04.2020. If you are about fed up with posts about and picture of poppies, you’ll be glad to know they have about faded for the year. But while they were still blooming in abundance, I took full advantage. […]

Filed Under: Fashion Forays Tagged With: #FashionForays, #FashionOver60, #MyFashionHaus, #Poppies, #SpringCapsuleWardrobe

February 5, 2020

Currently, 02.2020 & My WOTY

Ladybugs, linking up with Anne in Residence for Currently 02.2020. Anne’s Currently posts always go live on the first Wednesday of the month. And she is so good to send email reminders to those of us who participate regularly. You might enjoy writing for this series, too. It’s one of those posts that makes me […]

Filed Under: Reviews and Reflection Tagged With: #Believe, #Currently, #FashionOver60, #FauxLeatherLeggings, #LifeAfterRetirement, #ReviewsandReflection, #WordoftheYear, #WOTY

January 29, 2020

What I’m Wearing 01.2020

Sweet friends and fashionistas, opening my fashion haus to share what I’m wearing 01.2020. Maybe you remember that one of my mental health goals for Wellness Weekend 2020, #WW2020, is: get dressed every day (not active wear), wear a dress or skirt to church. Figured by making ‘getting dressed’ a wellness goal, I would be more […]

Filed Under: Fashion Forays Tagged With: #FashionForays, #FashionOver60, #MyFashionHaus, #Styleimitatingart

December 20, 2019

H&M Holiday Looks: My Fashion Haus, 12.2019

Fashionistas, today’s fashion haus post is featuring some H&M holiday looks I’ve been playing dress-up with. Until recently, I would have said the clothes at H&M were too youthful for me. And it’s not that I am all of a sudden a whole lot younger today than I was this summer!! Ha! But maybe their […]

Filed Under: Fashion Forays Tagged With: #FashionOver60, #FauxLeather, #H&M, #HolidayLooks, #Sequins

December 4, 2019

Fabulous after 50: Key Pieces for Your Wardrobe

Fashionistas and friends, talking today about key pieces and trends in fashion for women of a certain age. Ways to remain stylish and self-confident over 50…heck, who am I fooling? In my case, over 60!! Fabulous After 50: Key Pieces for Your Wardrobe It is unfortunate that most women over 50 think that because of […]

Filed Under: Fashion Forays Tagged With: #FashionOver50, #FashionOver60, #LifeAfterRetirement, #MyFashionHaus

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OOTDs and SIAs: My Fashion Haus 07.2020
In what felt like the blink of an eye, I have gone from full-time wife to my sweet husband, hands-on mom to my two beautiful daughters and elementary school librarian to a retired, empty nester with lots of time on my hands. Join me on my journey to rediscover who I am. Glad you are here...

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Welcome, sugar plums, to Sentence a Day 07.2020 – my crazy July in one run-on sentence a day.  I always say that these posts are a quick way to journal your day-to-day life.  Especially during this historic time.
If you haven’t joined us for this link-up, I would like to invite you to try participating.  It’s not too late to start for 08.2020 
 ##Covid19 ##FourthofJuly ##SentenceaDay
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08.04.2020 Parmesan meatball soup. It's what's for 08.04.2020 Parmesan meatball soup. It's what's for dinner.
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#tastytuesday 
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Dearest readers and watchers and listeners, thanks Dearest readers and watchers and listeners, thanks for popping in to pick up the prompt for August's 10 on the 10th post.  On Monday, 08.10.2020, we will be sharing our 10 favorite books, movies, podcasts and TV shows.  If you are new to the 10 on the 10th series, please check out last month's edition, here. 
 #10MediaFaves #10onthe10th #FavoriteBooks #FavoriteMovies #FavoritePodcasts #FavoriteShows
Lover-ly ladybugs, linking up with Erika and And Lover-ly ladybugs, linking up with Erika and Andrea, today for my Friday Favorites, 07.2020 post.  Even though this is a weekly post for many of my blogger buddies, I’m just hoping to share my faves once a month, on the last Friday.  And so far, so good.  In case you missed it, please check out the goodies in last month’s Friday Faves, here.  
 #BandAid #Birthdays #FridayFavorites #LifeAfterRetirement #SwimmingSuit
Howdy, quarantine queens and mask wearing mamas, i Howdy, quarantine queens and mask wearing mamas, it’s time for Thankful Thursday 07.2020.  I am linking up with Rebecca Jo for her gratitude series, which she publishes every week.  While I certainly have many things for which to be grateful, I try to do a Thankful Thursday post on the last Thursday of the month.  
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07.30.2020 #challengeaccepted #lifeafterretirement 07.30.2020 #challengeaccepted
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