5 Days-6 Ways; Shopping My Closet

5 Days-6 Ways; Shopping My Closet

Last week, I tried a new experience. It was hectic but fun. I joined the second week of Sylvia Van De Logt's 40+ Style's Casual Style Challenge. The first week completely passed me by. I didn't realize what was going on at first. But once I did, I jumped in! Before I even started, I [...]

Spring Has Finally Sprung and Its Time For Some Straw

Spring Has Finally Sprung and Its Time For Some Straw

Spring and Summer are finally here! They seem to have come upon us together in the Heartland, because it seems to me that the last two months have been pretty chilly.  With that said, happy June and hello to this month's Hat Attack. This is my sixth month of doing Hat Attack and that is [...]

A Cold and Windy April Night

A Cold and Windy April Night

Friday night is Starbucks, shopping and thrifting.  Michael settles in at Starbucks with a good book and coffee. I do the other stuff and join him when I'm finished.  Where I live, Mother Nature had a fun time on the first Friday of April. Sunny but cold with a good dose of wind, some folks [...]

Spring Break-Hats and Wraps #2

Spring Break-Hats and Wraps #2

When the Joplin School District had Spring Break, Michelle hired her fill-in veterinarian and brought the boys for five days to spend at the farm. They also went to Kansas City (we are just one hour away) to spend time with her sister and to pick up some culture. Our son-in-law is the clinic's office [...]

2 For Kansas City Fashion Week

2 For Kansas City Fashion Week

My previous post was about the Rightfully Sewn 2016 Scholarship Winners Celebration Event on Saturday March 12th which opened Kansas City Fashion Week. Later that week my daughter Rachelle and I picked up two other events.  Bubbly and Bow Ties On Wednesday, we donned our fancy dresses and headed to Bubbly and Bow Ties which [...]

Coffee With Michelle In Joplin Wearing Dad’s Hat-Hats & Wraps #1

Coffee With Michelle In Joplin Wearing Dad’s Hat-Hats & Wraps #1

My favorite posts are the ones that includes my family. Today's post is one of those. We are lucky to have to beautiful daughters (yes, I am prejudice) and two pretty neat grandsons. Today, I'm joined by my daughter Michelle and our photographer, my youngest grandson. I originally went down to Joplin the weekend of [...]