I’ve got to preface this post by saying MY HUSBAND is the hopeless romantic in our relationship. Sentimental, sappy, romcom watching and cat-owning long before I ever let a furball near me. So it should be no surprise that HE started watching Hallmark movies long before I did. And HE convinced me they were light, […]
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Burning of the Grievances | Just Let It Go
I’ve written about this before but it’s worth repeating. We stink at staying up to midnight to ring in the New Year. Instead, our New Year’s Eve tradition is a Burning of the Grievances. It’s a great way to identify the pain points of the preceding year – large and small – and allow them […]
December 2018 Wrap Up
No matter how I try to slow down and enjoy the Christmas season, December is typically the fastest and busiest month of the year. 2018 was no exception. Facebook Community Leadership Circle DFW named me keynote speaker of the year. We happily led our church in the lighting of the first advent candle of the […]
Local Bourbon | Touring Witherspoon Distillery
Last month, our realtor sent us an email and said “Did you get our open house invitation?” I checked the languishing stack of mail and discovered the invitation – held at a local distillery. No wonder she was curious why she hadn’t heard from us! Distillery tours are kind of our thing. Case in point: […]
November 2018 Wrap Up
Whew! November was another busy busy month. Ok – I admit that every month is a busy busy month for us. We got our vote on. #ExerciseYourRight We’ve been Mavericks season ticket holders for more than a decade, yet somehow this was the first game we’ve made it to in the last two years. Kelly […]
October 2018 Wrap Up
Whew – finally back up to date on the blog. Travel throughout the fall, plus a full schedule at work kept me from the important things in life. Things like sitting and holding Oliver, and updating the Hayley Daily. Love Plano went a little bit rock and roll. I participated in my first National Night […]
September 2018 Wrap Up
Embarrassing. The year is almost over and the blog is living its best life in the fall. Grand opening parties! We love it. New garage door. Not loving having to make those type of home repairs. Lots and lots of Dallas Galloway Saturday runs. Finished up the Long Awaited Race Medal Display project. Can we […]
Touring the Water Treatment Plant
I had a very interesting tour in June of the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) water treatment system. Here’s a quick overview of the (massive) plant. Water is pumped from Lake Lavon to be treated to make it safe to drink. Look how huge the pumping station pipes are! The water leaves the pump […]
Thoughts on 47
Getting older isn’t problematic for me. Well – a few things about getting older are problematic, like the propensity of body parts to just stop working all of a sudden (what’s up with the random “my _____ hurts” wake up calls?!?). That aside, here’s what I can definitively say now that I’m older: Clean Sheet Saturday can […]
Do Just One Thing
We (and by we, I mean me) have been plowing through our lingering to-do list. Drywall patches – done! Refinish patio furniture – done! Scrapbook former years of family life – done! What’s our secret, you ask, knowing Hayley Life hasn’t experienced a slow down at work, church or running. Simple! Do. Just. One. Thing. That’s it. […]