Random 5 for November 11 – Foliage, Assless, restaurants, sugar, chaos

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Fall, the limited edition – We had about 24 hours of beautiful fall foliage on our maple tree before a storm came through and took the leaves down. Weird year for everything. White man butt – The beloved husband bought … Continue reading

The transition of jeans and genes or maybe it’s just aging

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Jeans! How they’ve changed over the years! I wear them a lot in the fall/winter. I wore them when I was a kid too only we called them dungarees. They were different. I remember getting a new pair when I … Continue reading

R5 for January 25 – magazines, Mexican food, quality, chips, Matthew McConaughey

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Cinco de Mayo where are you? – I am craving Mexican food. We don’t have great Mexican restaurants here – not authentic ones. I was in San Antonio a few years back and still dream about the food but it’s … Continue reading

Random five for the end of May

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From the bins of the homeless! — I needed another pair or two of jean capris. I wanted the same ones I bought last year but they were resized. I had to venture into unchartered territory. Is it just me or … Continue reading

Another random five – some sad, some glad and some to make you scratch your head

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Circle of life – This week I found a dead fish floating on top of my pond. I think it was Goldie. I’ve had her for about four years and have no idea why she died. There were no attack … Continue reading

Is anyone really a standard size?

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With the cooler weather, I have brought out all my jeans – long ones, boot cuts, skinnies, boyfriend (whatever does that mean? No boyfriend of mine ever fit in my jeans.), ankle length – all of them. Most of them … Continue reading

Tess Tales 6 — Dressing Up for the Vet

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This is part of a series of true stories about my mother. She grew up in a different time. She didn’t have fabulous clothes or jewels but she wouldn’t consider going anywhere without combing her hair and putting on clean … Continue reading

Closet elf at work

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I am working on my first on-site consulting project in a while. Getting dressed for work was almost like the first day of school. Remember how exciting it was to wear something new on the first day of school—even if it was … Continue reading