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London City Tour
Our days start early. Breakfast is served in the Grange Tower Hotel Dining Room and is the first of eight typical English breakfasts. Each morning,

The Land of Downton Abbey – Day 1
The excitement I felt once our group had passed through all the different cues inside Heathrow International Airport that led out the door to London

A Day Outside the Box
As empty-nesters, we’ve found our youth again. Riding bikes near the beach with the wind blowing our(my) hair was one of the most fun days we’ve

England Bound to See the Crown
Well, it’s only 6 more days until I leave for my very first trip out of the US of A. I’m excited, a tiny bit

Day 31: A Spooky Story
Well, I did it. Thirty-one days straight of writing about starting over. I have proven to myself that I can start and finish a

Day 30: Starting Over with a New Wardrobe
Two of my favorite quotes about fashion are: “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous,” and “Simplicity is the keynote of

Day 29: Starting Over with a Lie
Why do people lie? It’s usually to protect themselves. If we know this, then why do we HATE it when others lie to us? If

Day 28: Starting Over with a Change of Panties
A Clean Pair of Shorts In Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, after a shotgun is pointed at him through a peephole, Jim Carey says, “I’m looking for Ray

Day 27: Starting Over with a Newborn
“What do we do now?” I ask my husband as we walked into our home with our firstborn 28 years ago. I had read

Day 26: Starting Over with Finances
Well, when my husband reads this title, he will chuckle before he even opens the post. We have an almost perfect marriage and argue very

Day 25: Starting Over in a New Church
Our family has been members of nine different churches. With each new change of address, we had to start all over again with a

Day 24: Starting Over After Childhood Abuse
Abandoned as an infant, by an alcoholic mother, the day her daddy found her and her brother being cared for by complete strangers was her

Day 23: Always Starting Over
It would have made a lot more sense to you, my readers, if I had started with this post 22 days ago. But, like most

Day 22: Starting Over with Photography Lessons
Things happen for a reason. I woke up this morning thinking, “ok, little miss I’m-never-going-to be-a-good-photographer, it’s time to do something about this.” I

Day 21: Starting Over with a New Game-day Snack Contest
A few days ago I replied to a Southern Living Porch email that I would like to participate in a promotion they have going

Starting Over After Sweating the Small Stuff
In the subtitle of the book, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff”, we read the real truth of the book – “And it’s All Small

Starting Over with a Lil’ Ole Theatre
Positioned on the corner of Church and Morphy, in Fairhope, AL, Theatre 98 is several blocks from Highway 98 (its namesake), but it would
Day 18: Starting Over When You Get In Trouble with Your Parents
Very brief post today. When was the last time you got in trouble with your parents? It is mostly adults who read my blog, so
Day 17: Starting Over in a New City
When the lights go down in the city And the sun shines on the bay Do I want to be there in my city, oh,

Day 16: Starting Over with Your Feedback
Pardon me for the interruption, but I really need your feedback as I plan for my posts in the month of November. A few of

Day 15: Starting Over with Less
Three years ago, my husband was offered a job that would move us 4 1/2 hours from where we called home. Both of our families

Day 14: It’s all About the Marriage – Not the Wedding
Bridezilla’s, Say Yes to the Dress, David Tutera: Unveiled.. What has happened to the American wedding scene? Are weddings still something to look forward to?

Thirty-One Days of Starting Over
Welcome to 31 Days of Starting Over. I will be Joining 1,400 other bloggers for the month of October to meet the challenge or

Day 13: Starting Over After a Funeral
In 1976, while in the 10th grade, my Literature teacher gave us a list of topics to write about in a term paper. The one