***NOTE: My Country Outfitter boot giveaway will start October 9th! You still have time to subscribe to this blog so my witty and profound musings (and giveaway announcements) find their way to your inbox.***The other night at volleyball, I realized I’d been playing that sport for 25 years. A quarter of a century.I never getContinueContinue reading “Still a Mama (and Daddy)’s girl at 36”
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Musical motivation, or blogging about cleaning when I actually should be cleaning
Special people are coming to town next weekend, and the weekend after that. So that means Operation Deep Clean of the Pine Cone Inn (aka my house) must begin. I’ve gotta hand it to Mrs. Meyers; they have some pretty packaging. Thanks to my attendance at the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged conference last month, IContinueContinue reading “Musical motivation, or blogging about cleaning when I actually should be cleaning”
From bad mood to good – a tale of printers & earrings
I have a short neck.This will become relevant in a moment, I promise.But before we get there, I have to confess – I have been in a serious funk these last couple of days. It’s been the kind of funk that hangs around; even when I shake it off for an hour or two, itContinueContinue reading “From bad mood to good – a tale of printers & earrings”
Things I need to say on the eve of 9/11
I’ve been thinking about this entry for a while. Well, for about 10 minutes anyway. Last night I found myself at a local professional theater’s production of Noises Off, and as I was telling my date (my colleague from work, don’t get excited) how many times I’d seen it, I realized the last time wasContinueContinue reading “Things I need to say on the eve of 9/11”
Missing home, thanks to the Hudson River School
It’s safe to say that I’ve been working pretty hard at falling in love with my adopted hometown here in the Ozarks recently. I’ve been hiking all over, exploring some really beautiful areas, visiting cool places like the Ozark Folk Center and spending time with my super-cool Arkansan friends. And of course, I see allContinueContinue reading “Missing home, thanks to the Hudson River School”
Everything and a Racehorse 