Wow….we are recovering from an active Christmas Day with five grandchildren, a big meal, and lots of activities. I hope all you had a special celebration. I am going to leave this post up for a couple of days hoping to get a lot of ideas from you. I am beginning to reflect upon 2019…
July is by far my favorite month of the summer! Why? Well, to begin with today is my blogoversary! I began Over 50 Feeling 40 on July 1, 2010 after my best friend, Gail, encouraged me to begin a blog! I wanted the name to be a statement of optimism and hope. It is more…
It is finally cold in South Texas, so I know some of you are really, really cold! We are basically wimps down here….when it gets in the 30s we are whining big time. Nevertheless, I love seasonal changes, so you get no whining from me. I want to say a big Texas welcome to…
Happy Saturday, everyone! I am going to make a confession…I hope I do not lose readers over this…but here goes…I am not a fan of Halloween. I don’t mind a fun costume party…but the dark side of Halloween, I loathe. When my children were small, I would deal with the consequences once a grocery store…
I love chance meetings. The ones you do not plan for, but turn into special moments. Recently, two ladies came into the boutique where I am working part time as a sales associate. All eyes went to these women…dressed with flair and wearing incredible, unique pieces of art around their necks. Vicki and Carolyn captured…
This transition in my life is exhausting and definitely has its ups and downs…so what better way to escape life for a little while than go on a treasure hunt at GOODWILLSA! I feel quite confident in this Michael Kors brown tank top! I love all of the pleating and it is a great addition to…
The memories flood back immediately…just how much work it is when two little ones are in the house. The new baby is not even a week old and it has taken three of us to replace the hands of one daddy, back working overseas. There literally is no time for anything but our toddler grandson…
I am pleased today to bring another guest post to I MATTER. The beautiful author known as Therese shares with the 50-something crowd a little inspiration. Welcome Therese…. “We’re programmed to believe that if we haven’t achieved a dream by a certain age we may as well give up. This is a myth – we…