Life in the Middle Age Lane

Fourteen years.  That's how much time we had with this sweet girl.  She was all love. She followed me everywhere and was patient, caring, and sweet. Emilio was 11 and Shelby was 6.  She was part of our family.  An amazing companion to our family and our last pup, Daringer who passed away two years after getting Mattie.  Also from cancer.  Mattie was diagnosed with nose cancer back in February. My little snowball will now rest in peace.  No more nose bleeds, or trouble breathing.  The past few weeks we were taking turns sleeping with her, because she couldn't stand being alone at night anymore. Our Christmas card 2014 with our lovely pups. John and the kids took Mattie to the vet and we will spread her ashes once we get them back.  I could not go.  She was my companion when my kids left the nest and never left my side during my lonely times at home.  I want to remember her at our home not in a doctors' office.  My heart

I have been working on personalizing my bedroom since February.  I enlisted the help of a decorator and she was a very good listener.  I wanted something romantic but also not traditional.  I wanted to walk into my room and fall in love with it...every time.  Kelley Brown succeeded in making that happen. After Before Pam Gamwell a fellow crossfitter hand painted the fireplace and my night stands.  She is truly talented. I really like a taste of Texas in our room.  We have an alligator skin as a runner on the credenza and Kelley made this rams head after I showed her a floral one from a local boutique.  I think its snazzy. We removed this wall candelabra and had it weather treated and placed outside by the pool   Now this gold mirror occupies the wall.  It looks amazing. The comforter was ordered from Anthropologie .  One of my favorite stores. I found this on Horchow.com for a very reasonable price and thought it

I know way too many breaks between my blogs.  Sorry readers! I have really started a bad habit of being a couch potato.  So I decided to kick my ass off the couch and do things outside my comfort zone.  I just finished co-chairing a Fundraising position with Cypress-Woodlands Junior Forum and even though we did not meet our goal, we accomplished what we set out to do.  Educate our community in what we do, bring in our husbands so they can see what our group is all about, and to begin thinking outside the box on how our organization can be best showcased. John and I as one of the Starry Night Soiree's.  He did an amazing job by doing a craft beer presentation at each one of the soiree's.   In January we went to go see Colin Hay at the Wortham Center.  It was part of a concert series sponsored by McGonigal's Mucky Duck.  It was one of the best nights of music, laughter, and hugs.  I was so excited to have met him and get his signature.  John was an amazing spor