Collections

I have no idea whose beautiful kitchen this is, but it reminds me of Serena Crawford's
huge blue and white collection.  She posted on IG that she's de-cluttering; for a move,
for a change, I'm not certain yet.

However, when you have something this beautiful I would have a 
VERY HARD TIME RELEASING IT.


However, I am RELEASING some of my beautiful clothes.
Things I know I will never wear again because, as a widow who does NOT
have a boyfriend, my lifestyle is so very different.
I won't go to galas again.
I don't go to lunch with my girlfriends often.
I really don't do grand travelling where one stays in a 5-Star Hotel,
or a villa and dines at Michelin-starred restaurants just as a matter of normal stuff
my husband wanted to do.

So the beautiful designer garments, SIZE 6, need to be released.
Same for the high high high heels.

After that I'll see how I feel about releasing boxes of "remembrances."
notes, letters, cards, photographs of everything around the world.
I'll never get rid of photos with PEOPLE in them, they are treasures for sure.

OK, my air conditioner went out last Monday, got that fixed.
Wednesday the refrigerator blew it's compressor.
Maybe today, Monday, that will be replaced, as it seems the
service people are SO busy due to the high heat of summer.

I've survived that.  All is well.

My daughter is getting a divorce!
She just drove back from North Idaho with her 5-year old son and
2 dogs.  Everything went well for the 4 days it took her.
When I was her age I didn't drive alone anywhere, except maybe
to Dallas or San Antonio!
Times have definitely changed with our GPS, cell phones, etc.
all of which make it possible for a woman to drive alone.

Her plan is to sell her beautiful home in Wimberley, the Texas hill country.
After that she doesn't know what to do.
She hasn't worked for years, although she had a brilliant career and made really great money.
She also doesn't know if she wants to stay in Texas because of our hideous heat in summer.
Idaho looked good.

Where ever she goes I'll go.

And, I thought about that last night.
My apartment condo is beautiful, filled with light, floor to ceiling, wall to wall windows in
every room.  I'm on the 3rd floor, which is the Penthouse Floor of my building LOL,
and overlook the trees and our beautiful pool.  This is like the BEST place to be in Houston.
Am I ready to give it up?  I do not know.

But, I do know family is FIRST.
The older I get the more I realize that fact.
FAMILY IS FIRST.

Tell me what's on your mind today.

I would really like to know !!

sending love, my friends.