What to Wear will feature different palettes providing ideas when you plan the wardrobe for individual pictures or your family images during the holiday gatherings.
What to Wear | July features ideas for all family members: mom; dad; big brother; big sister and little brother and little sister. Have fun preparing your stylish look for family pictures!
It is not necessary to purchase new clothing for better images. When planning the wardrobe, do wash and dry the clothing. Immediately after drying, hang the clothes on a hanger. Or iron, if you like. The main goal is wrinkle free clothing.
Shoes do not need to be new either. New shoe laces is an inexpensive purchase to spruce up the look. Polishing leather or washing canvas shoes is another solution to brighten their appearance.
Have the socks match either the pants or shoes. This is important for anyone who may be sitting or squatting in the group. Imagine if the pants are navy blue, shoes white and you see bright green socks. Very distracting. Your eyes will go straight to the green socks and not the person’s face! However, if the socks were either white (matching shoes) or navy blue (matching pants), your eyes will flow over the person and land on the face/eyes of the person in the picture.
Hi, another month has passed by too quick. The month started out perfect. The whole weekend spent with my grand girls. Can’t get much better than that! 🙂
01. The grand girls and I had a fun time. We slept in from our late Friday night tradition. Went to McDonald’s for lunch. Then we visited the Evel Knevel Museum. Do you know/remember Evel?
02. The girls and I stayed in house. Each grand daughter practiced the piano. Listen to Brie play here.
03. Got to sleep in my own bed!
04. Movie and Dinner night with Adam. Movie, The Mother. Dinner, Chinese.
05. Crazy dreams all night.
06. Nice day at work. Cleaned the pool and virtual walk with Linda.
07. Date with Kevin to watch Pat Sajak’s last night to host the Wheel of Fortune game show.
11. Movie and Dinner night with Adam. Dinner, pulled pork with Mac and Cheese. The movie was actually a Netflix Series, The Night Agent. We had a bingeful evening.
12. The day was long. Stayed up way too late. Virtual walk with Linda.
13. Worked the morning shift at work.
14. Worked the morning shift at work.
15. Weight Watchers meeting. Visited my Dad for Father’s Day.
16. Father’s Day. Kevin and I had lunch at our local grocery store deli. They serve Chester’s Chicken. Have you tried Chester’s Chicken? Trust me, it’s good!
Delicious.
17. Monday’s are always busy at work.
18. It’s Tuesday but like Friday. We get June 19 off, a paid holiday.
19.June tenth. Enjoyed sleeping in a bit. I needed to be working on cleaning the pool. The rain all day squashed that plan.
20. It was like a Monday. The day after a holiday is always busy.
21. Friday! Ready for the weekend.
22. Kevin and I drove into St. Joseph today. Kevin’s favorite holiday is 4th of July. We bought fireworks for our summer party.
23. Stayed home during the morning. In the afternoon I drove into town to get groceries. While shopping in Walmart, I ran into my parents, a total unexpected pleasure.
24. Typical Monday at work, busy. Every Monday is busy. Linda is not able to virtual walk in the evenings for next couple weeks.
25. Movie and Dinner night with Adam. White House Down and Casey’s pizza.
26. Wednesday.
27. Thursday.
28. It’s finally Friday!
29. Erika and family came over to swim and assist getting ready for the July Summer party.
30. A day with Kevin, shopping for our July Summer party!
Another month has flashed by. We are just 6 months from Christmas!
What to Wear will feature different palettes providing ideas when you plan the wardrobe for individual pictures or your family images during the holiday gatherings.
What to Wear | June features ideas for all family members: mom; dad; big brother; big sister and little brother and little sister. Have fun preparing your stylish look for family pictures!
It is not necessary to purchase new clothing for better images. When planning the wardrobe, do wash and dry the clothing. Immediately after drying, hang the clothes on a hanger. Or iron, if you like. The main goal is wrinkle free clothing.
Shoes do not need to be new either. New shoe laces is an inexpensive purchase to spruce up the look. Polishing leather or washing canvas shoes is another solution to brighten their appearance.
Have the socks match either the pants or shoes. This is important for anyone who may be sitting or squatting in the group. Imagine if the pants are navy blue, shoes white and you see bright green socks. Very distracting. Your eyes will go straight to the green socks and not the person’s face! However, if the socks were either white (matching shoes) or navy blue (matching pants), your eyes will flow over the person and land on the face/eyes of the person in the picture.
Hi, May Day brings back fun memories. Did you ever make May Day baskets, filled with flowers picked from the yard. My baskets were filled with grass and dandelions!! I would make my baskets using construction paper and glue. Then I would take one over to Mrs. Barkley. She was the elderly cool lady where all the neighbor kids would go and we would all be in her living room playing with many of her toys she had. I’d take this basket I made, hang it on her door. Then I would dash to hide. Mrs. Barkley would always come find me. Once found, I would go into her living room, talk and drink tea. Good times.
01. May 1st is my favorite Aunt’s birthday. Adam and Aunt Phyllis
02. Movie and Dinner night with Adam. Dinner was Ziti. The movie, The Great Wall. Adam did select the movie this time. I must admit, I really enjoy the time we spend together more each time.
03. While getting gas, I went into Casey’s to grab a cup of their Hershey Hot Chocolate. Some of the best right there!
04. Morning began with the weekly Weight Watcher meeting. After the meeting went to Hobby Lobby to pick up some items for my Happy 60th Birthday Party to me, party 🙂 Not only will I be 60 this year, I am celebrating 20 years cancer free!!!
05. I met with my good friend, Cris. Ate lunch at El Portro and then went to Michael’s to select the flowers in the bouquet she will be making for my birthday party.
06. Monday, back to work.
07. Tuesday, I was tired. Made for a long day at work.
08. Movie and dinner night with Adam. Tonights feature, the Peanut Butter Falcon. Dinner, ham quesadilla. Adam scored with this movie selection. Definitely a family friendly movie. I enjoyed it!
09. Visited the cows on lunch break. Beautiful day, sun shining.
10. It’s finally Friday. George Jones, It’s Finally Friday.
11. Erika and her family visited today. They even brought lunch for us! It’s always good to see the grand girls. They change so much.
12. It was a nice Mother’s Day. I visited my mom and dad. My mother does not like to. have her picture taken, so today was a picture less day. Once home, I finished working on the labels for my old age bottles. These will be the party favors for the ‘Happy Birthday to me’ party. This month I am celebrating my 60th, plus my 20 year cancer free (with God’s grace). The party favor- M&Ms in a pharmacy bottle.
13. Monday, again. Back to work.
14. Tuesday, another typical day at work.
15. Dinner and movie night with Adam. Dinner, ham steaks and green beans. The movie, River Wild.
19. Relaxed. Started working on my thank you cards.
20. Finished writing my Thank You notes. I sent each guest a thank you letter and a printed 4×6 of our selfie.
21. A typical Tuesday work day.
22. Attended my grand daughter’s 6th grade promotion.
Briella wanted to celebrate at Sonic for ice cream!
23. It’s my mom’s birthday today. She’s now 78.
Happy Birthday, Mom!
24. My internet went out. Called the provider and it was reported as an area outage. I had to take unplanned PTO from work. Had dinner and movie night with Adam. We went to Subway for dinner. The movie, Rust Creek.
25. While Kevin went to mow at our past house (small house on 20 acres) his truck broke down and could not bring the mower home. I had to rescue him 🙂
26. Spent a quiet day at home.
27. Memorial Day. Worked on the blog and visited many other blogs with wonderful tributes to the people who sacrificed their life for our wonderful nation, me and my family.
28. Linda was not able to walk tonight, so I had a relaxing evening, working on my own blog.
29. Movie and dinner with Adam. I did not feel like cooking. We had our favorite Casey’s pizza! Movie, Luther: The Fallen Sun. Adam’s choice. Not a family movie. Save this one for parent’s night.
30. Typical Thursday work day. Virtual walk with Linda.
31. It’s Friday and after work I will be going to my grand girls house to spend the weekend with them while their folks are away!!
May was a fun filled month. Looking forward to what June brings!
What to Wear will feature different palettes providing ideas when you plan the wardrobe for individual pictures or your family images during the holiday gatherings.
What to Wear | December features ideas for all family members: mom; dad; big brother; big sister and little brother and little sister. Have fun preparing your stylish look for family pictures!
It is not necessary to purchase new clothing for better images. When planning the wardrobe, do wash and dry the clothing. Immediately after drying, hang the clothes on a hanger. Or iron, if you like. The main goal is wrinkle free clothing.
Shoes do not need to be new either. New shoe laces is an inexpensive purchase to spruce up the look. Polishing leather or washing canvas shoes is another solution to brighten their appearance.
Have the socks match either the pants or shoes. This is important for anyone who may be sitting or squatting in the group. Imagine if the pants are navy blue, shoes white and you see bright green socks. Very distracting. Your eyes will go straight to the green socks and not the person’s face! However, if the socks were either white (matching shoes) or navy blue (matching pants), your eyes will flow over the person and land on the face/eyes of the person in the picture.
Hi, we are gearing up on getting the yard in shape for our summer activities. April already here and the mowing and dandelion season has already begun!
1. April Fools. Seeing many posts of people showing pretty flowers blooming. And when I walk out of my door, this is what I see blooming.
April Fool’s on me!
2. Work computer was down yesterday. Made today very busy. My head hurt at the end of my shift.
3. I sure enjoy my ‘ice cream’ aka frozen strawberries and banana smoothie! My ice cream!!
4. Movie night with Adam. For dinner, Casey’s pizza, best pizza! Movie, Deepwater Horizon with Mark Walburg and Kurt Russell. Much better than last Thursday’s choice.
5. Finally Friday, virtual walk with Linda.
6. Saturday, Weight Watcher meeting, Adam errands and grocery shopping.
7. My grand daughter had gotten a phone on her birthday this year. I got a text today with this picture!
My grand daughter’s selfie!
8. Monday, always busy. Call volume the highest in the week. Virtual walk with Linda (on our treadmills).
9. Rough day taking calls. Virtual walk with Linda (on our treadmills).
10. Spent the evening with Adam, our movie and dinner night. The movie tonight, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Could be a bit frightening for little children but not like the other movies Adam has selected!
11. Kevin fried a few mushrooms he found just a couple days ago. Every spring I look forward to having these!
12. It’s Friday! I look forward to the weekends. Tomorrow, going to the Tulip Festival!
13. Wamego, KS Tulip Festival! Very fun day spent with a friend, Linda. The weather was perfect!
14. Happy 36th birthday to my daughter! Kevin and I met her at the Waffle House for breakfast. Happy birthday, Erika!
15. Last week, I was drinking hot chocolate. Our inside house temperature was at 62. This weekend the outside weather reached 80 degrees and then some. Kevin turned on the AC. We removed the pool cover. It’s time to start cleaning the pool and patio!
16. Enjoy the virtual walks with Linda.
17. Movie and Dinner night with Adam. Goulash for dinner. Real simple and plain recipe, hamburger (2lbs), I can tomato juice and 2 cups of elbow macaroni. Browned the hamburger then in a pot added all ingredients. Heated the goulash until the noodles were cooked. Done. Very good on a cold, rainy evening! The movie was the third in line, War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
18. Cold continues. Much needed rain. Lots of calls at work.
19. It’s Friday. My favorite part of the weekend is Friday at 5:30pm. My work shift has ended and the weekend has officially started!
20. Slept in. Horrible night sleeping. Did not go to my weekly Weight Watchers meeting. Stayed home. Ordered my groceries thru the Walmart app to pick up tomorrow.
21. Met Erika and the girls at my folks house. Had Casey’s breakfast pizza. Adam came by too!
22. Kevin always finds things to do on the farm. He will go to the back forty or across the road. I had a question for him and tried calling him. His phone was in the house on the charger. So I reverted to calling his name really loud, Ke-vin, here Kevin, come, along with a whistle. Not just one time, but several times repeatedly! 🙂 I thought it was funny. After several minutes, I heard him come into the house. His words, “So, you think you’re funny”. Looking into his eyes, “I thought it was darn funny!”
23. Experienced FaceTime issues. Not sure what caused the disruption. Ended up having to uninstall the app. Re-installed FaceTime and all was good. However, all this occurred during the time I was to virtual walk with Linda.
24. Good day. had hot chocolate. Was able to virtual walk with Linda, FaceTime now working.
25. Felt like Friday. Long day.
26. Dinner and movie night with Adam and a bonus. We went to Erika’s home for movie. Dinner was Golden Corral. The movie, Murder Mystery 2.
27. Spent the night with the kids. Saturday Shaune and Adam worked on taking out the bathtub from the grand girls bathroom. They got it out and even set in the new. Still need to work on the sheet rock. The hardest part is done.
28. When I left Erika and Shaune’s house, Shaune had the tub in place. He said the back part for the shower should be easier. The difficult part will be cutting the piece where the shower pipe will need to go thru the backing. I will be excited to see the remodel next weekend. And then after Erika has done her redecorating!
29. I had an exciting day. Adam called me this morning after he got off work. He had been in a bike wreck. Adam drives a Honda Grom. It’s bigger than a moped but not as big as a motorcycle. My heart sank. I live about 25 miles north of where Adam lives. I made it to town and Adam is okay. There was minimal damage, repairable. All is good.
30. Been in the process of opening the pool. Well, it’s official. Our pool will need attention. This summer we will need to limp it along. We have a drain that has a crack. It’s on the return side back to the pump. Kevin was concerned. He got one of those camera scopes to view the pipes. But the positive, Kevin said when he fixes the drain, we can replace the liner. Something I was excited to hear! 🙂 Pool in need of loving care. It will be necessary to drain all the water out before repairs can be made. This is the reason for trying to make the pool last thru the summer.
