Respected women, part 1

Life is hard now. Inflation is nowhere under control, supply chains are still messed up and with the current financial and political situation in our country, people are struggling on all fronts. According to Bloomberg.com, 20 million Americans cannot pay their utility bills and the amount they owe has doubled since before the pandemic. That's …

Transformation of a city girl

I grew up in Kansas City. My dad was a structural engineer for a large firm named Black and Veatch. My mom stayed home raising kids until we were self sufficient enough for her to go back to work. She worked in administration for KC Southern Railroad. We lived in 1960s-70s suburbia and didn't want …

Degas and Monet and Van Goh….oh my!

We just finished a week with the grand girls called Spring Break. We like to plan experiences with them they don't normally get to do/see. This year we planned a few day trips. One was to see the Nelson Atkins museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. The teenager, Peanut, is all about history so …

Awww Monday-newborn style

I haven't taken part in Sandee's Awww Monday for a while. But, today I have some pics I hope will make Awwwww simply fall out of your mouth. It happened when a friend of mine, who fosters children before adoption, was asked to take a newborn from the hospital after the birth mom indicated she …

February Photo Challenge: Photographer’s Choice

Oh boy....am I late to the Linky party this month. PJ's prompt for February was Photographer's Choice and you'll see a definite theme running through all my photos. Our family just returned from a winter vacay to Cancun, Mexico. And, again, we weren't completely sure it was going to happen because Entrepreneur's mom took another …