Dear Diary, I had a birthday recently! Getting closer and closer to that perfect score of 100 each and every year! YAY ME! As for my birthday weekend, I spent it with the hubs, kiddo and our pugs. A very quiet and simple weekend. Josh and LP made my weekend […]
The Month of May
Dear Diary, Oh and Hello Jessica! Today I’m sitting here, contemplating the meaning of life. Not really, but it’s a good place to start. The month of May is said to bring growth, love and success. Tell that to my zinnias… something has made quite the feast upon them. And […]
Has it been 10 years in Texas?
This is just a dear diary post. I haven’t sat down to write one of these in quite a while. I wonder if Jessica is looking down and smiling while watching me type this out. She always liked my “dear diary” updates. Gosh she’s been gone for a few years […]
Spring Break in Charleston, SC
Fun fact: Charleston was established as America’s first historic district in 1931. The attention to detail and the preservation of this great city makes Charleston a fabulous place to visit. I now know why Charleston, SC has been consecutively voted the #1 vacation spot in the US. Charleston is definitely […]
Chicago, the Windy City 1923
After 23 blissful years together, 19 of which we’ve been (mostly) happily married… it was time to finally take our long awaited honeymoon. Why did it take us so long to do that? Well, I’d say we’re slightly practical. There were other more important things that had to be taken […]
fledgling
I love bird watching. It started when I was little. Maybe four or five, watching for bluejays in my back yard. I’d collect the fallen, broken, hatched eggs. Shells the color of pale blue-green with brownish gray specs. I remember when finding them, I was so excited. They were like […]
Why your New Year’s resolutions always FAIL!
New Year’s resolutions always FAIL! This is just my personal opinion, and I know what you’re thinking, “That’s a bold statement Jen.” Honestly, I think setting a new year’s resolution is a bit kindergarten. Why does one tend to wait until the top of a new year, (or a new […]
goodbye 2025
HEY THERE, REMEMBER ME? 2025 was quite a year, a lot of things happened, some things ended and a few new ideas have been percolating. To be honest, I didn’t accomplish as much as I would have liked, and had a few minor setbacks, however I just took time to […]
Maybe it’s time for a facelift dear.
I recently celebrated a birthday in July. Not a monumental one, but one more year closer to the perfect score of 100. That’s what I’m aiming for! “ooooohhh, I’m over half way there. oh oh I’m living on a prayer.” Since I’m getting back to writing more, I got to […]
Isolating during the Pandemic 2020
I haven’t done a “dear diary” post in quite some time. So, what’s been going on? As if you have to ask… The entire world is in the midsts of the Covid19 pandemic. That’s a word to think about. PANDEMIC, it’s almost as bad as it sounds when you actually […]