I look back on my years as a single mom and LAUGH at myself! I remember the night of the horror when a beetle (no, not Paul McCartney) ran across my bedroom floor to the safety of a little corner [ Read More ]
Archive for June, 2012
You know, I always believed there would be room for dad to visit the ranch one more time. We collected our best memories here. In the end, there was not enough strength in dad to make the flight from Boston [ Read More ]
Watermelon Vanilla Smoothie Ever buy a whole watermelon and wonder what to do with it now that the house is empty? Well, I’ve got the perfect solution: Watermelon Vanilla Smoothie! This is so refreshing and delicious you’ll want to drink this all [ Read More ]
Great John Wayne quote: “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” And as [ Read More ]
“It’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.” Hubert Humphrey We have Prickly Pear Cactus all over the ranch. I’ve been reading a lot about this little plant. [ Read More ]
I drove about an hour and decided to pull into IHOP. While we waited for breakfast, I sent the following text: Sorry we didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to you, cowboy. Hope you had a nice night- you [ Read More ]
I counted the shoes as a lost cause and made my way to the barn. There was no turning back once I started walking in that direction. I went inside and was pleasantly surprised to see a cute kitchen and living [ Read More ]
Once or twice a week I’m asked “How’d you meet the cowboy?” So, now that I have this blog-I think I’ll just point and click folks here…:) A few years ago I was having a bad day when my Texan friend/co-worker [ Read More ]