June was equal parts relaxing and fun – with a road trip to one of our favorite places tossed in for both relaxation and fun! Dallas Galloway season kick off – we’re in our 5th season of leading Dallas Galloway. Even with running numbers down nationwide, we’re staying strong with a good-sized group. We popped […]
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May 2019 Wrap Up
Spring is over? Summer is here? School is out? Slow down time, already. Home renovation underway. First up: New toilets! We took a break from hospital duty for lunch with the Blairs. But hospital duty was a joy and privilege – the whole 8 days of it. I keynoted the Plano Chamber Women’s Division May […]
April 2019 Wrap Up
Nothing like coming back from vacation (and a conference) and jumping back into work. TEDxPlano 2019: Pivot. A total success. The NFL Super Bowl came to Plano City Council. Too.Much.Fun. Our new MRF opened in Plano. More importantly, I got to see how a MRF works. #winning After several years, Baby Jesus was finally found. […]
February 2019 Wrap Up
February is over already? My third time to produce Plano’s State of the City. Our fifth time to run the Hot Chocolate 15k. Proud times watching my team’s hard work get deserved recognition. Recording our monthly podcast with my good friend and colleague, Steve Stoler. Jasper makes his mark on Love Your Pet Day. It’s […]
Greeting Card Organization
I decided 2019 was the year to get my greeting card collection under control. Time to sort out the stacks of generic cards. Time to sort out the bought-for-this-person-because-it-was-perfect (then forgotten). Time to sort out the cards bought and never sent because life. I found the perfect solution in the form of a sturdy, 12-divider, […]
January Wrap-Up
January was just about perfect – a little bit busy, a little bit peaceful. A lot of kitties and family time. New Years Day run! (PS – it was a little chilly) We had a long-overdue clean up of our front landscape beds. My spring high school intern did a great job at her ISM project showcase! Lots and lots and lots of cat […]
Give Your Old Jewelry New Life
I made the best gifts for my sisters this year: Their very own jewelry trees! The project was inspired by my Grandma Alloway’s tree. I wrote about it several years ago. We knew my Aunt Sheryl would inherit Grandma’s jewelry tree, so I asked to inherit my Grandma Alloway and Grandma Osborne’s jewelry collections. The […]
The Cat with Nine Lives
Bridget also had a tough 2018. It’s hard to believe we adopted her as a little squirt in England – she’s nearly 15 years old now. We took her to the vet in July fully expecting to have to put her down. What we thought was a fatal illness was merely an infection we were […]
A Holiday Furball Failure
Ever since the boys moved in, we’ve not been able to put up Christmas decorations. In fact, all of my most precious home décor is stored away in cat-proof areas of our home. Anyway, I couldn’t face Year Three of no Christmas spirit in the house so I decided to spend a little of our […]
The Word for 2019 | Kindness
I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of American culture and how it trickles down to interpersonal relationships. We live in a tribal society of us vs them – and “those people” are usually the cause of our woes. The neighbor who does things we don’t like. The driver who doesn’t obey the traffic […]