Parisian Influences:  French Country Decorating

Parisian Influences: French Country Decorating

As I have written before today, there are touches of Paris all around me.  I really did not understand what my interior decorating taste was until one day, years ago, a friend asked me, “When did you begin to like French Country Décor?”  So, I began to look at some websites and magazines and realized…

Parisian Influences:  Date Night In Paris (well sort of…)

Parisian Influences: Date Night In Paris (well sort of…)

When Anita first asked me to join her Paris Party, I thought, “A whole week of Paris posts???”  How could I do that when I have never set foot in the country?  But, I began to look around me and found a little bit of Paris everywhere!  Yesterday, I wrote of the French influences in…

Parisian Influences:  What I Have Learned from Ines

Parisian Influences: What I Have Learned from Ines

“Frivolity is the key to eternal youth.”  -Ines de la Fressange Ines I had to take a brief break from the Paris Collaboration for the Morning of Beauty already on my calendar.  But I cannot help but think that my new style icon for the last year, Ines de la Fressange, would  have approved of such an…

GIVING TO THOSE WHO GIVE SO MUCH FOR US

GIVING TO THOSE WHO GIVE SO MUCH FOR US

I never think people come into my life by accident.  I happen to believe that I am in this world for a reason, and think it is actually fun to see what happens when we just make ourselves “available.” So, I was not really surprised when a young woman approached me after I moderated a…

Paris Through Her Eyes

Paris Through Her Eyes

Ooo-la-la…it’s finally time for Anita’s Simply Irresistible Paris Link Party which begins on Friday!  Sad to admit, but I have never been to Paris…though I have always longed to see it.  Anything I write about Paris or France is experienced through the eyes of others.  The first blogger to actually bring Paris to my computer was…

OMHU, A New Family Member!

OMHU, A New Family Member!

Well, the over50feeling40 family that is!  I am so pleased to introduce you to my newest sponsor, OMHU! In order to properly introduce you, I asked them to submit the following guest post….just remember growing older doesn’t have to be boring any more: “For centuries, elder care has been the purview of daughters.  OMHU is…

On the 12 Days of Vacation….Kelly Clarkson said to me….

On the 12 Days of Vacation….Kelly Clarkson said to me….

 What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger….I needed to hear this message at one point this morning!  When I stepped outside for my morning walk, the air was thick with high humidity and it was not inviting at all.  Another plus to walking in the mornings here is a twenty degree difference….75 to 95….with humidity…

On The 12 Days of Vacation, My Psyche Said to Me

On The 12 Days of Vacation, My Psyche Said to Me

Yes, things are looking up!  On this seventh day of the vacation, I walked a little easier today and added some time with Jane Fonda.  But, my psyche is also getting better…this 12 day vacation was about renewal physically, spiritually, and mentally.  As I wrote before, I came off of this school year stressed and…