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Welcome to My Journey – A Blog for Women Over 50 Who Dream, Create & Explore

I’m so glad you’re here. This blog is my space to share my life after 50 – my weight loss journey, my entrepreneurial adventures, my creative pursuits, my travels, my Bible studies, and everything else that inspires me along the way.

Let’s do this together. I’d love for you to follow along, share your thoughts, and be part of this journey with me!



Weightloss journey


Creative Channel

  • Taking Inventory
    I’m starting this journey with a lot of creative baggage – the good kind.  From drawing fashion and making doll clothes with tape and straight pins to teaching myself to sew then making hats and handbags to painting art to graphic design to building websites to designing rooms. The Lord has blessed me to acquire… Read More »Taking Inventory
  • Artists & Imposters
    I have been drawing since I could hold a pencil…but I have never called myself an artist. I’ve taught myself to make almost anything with fabric, paint, beads, and a laptop…but I have never thought of myself as an artist. The first step along my journey has been dealing with the #impostersyndrome that seems to be so… Read More »Artists & Imposters
  • Creative Journey
    I love to travel. Doesn’t matter how – planes, trains, SUVs, ships – I am here for all it it. When I’m traveling nothing bothers me. Not the airport lines or the too-small seats or the waiting to deboard once I arrive. Not seemingly endless miles to drive, getting gas at suspect places with names… Read More »Creative Journey

making home Channel

  • Kitchen Demolition
    Now that I have a clear plan for the new kitchen, have sourced all the materials, it’s DEMO time! I rely admire #TeamDOItYourself but for me and heavy duty construction, I’m #HireHelp. You see I hail from a family of… Read More »Kitchen Demolition
  • Crafting a Plan for the Kitchen
    Visit my YouTube channel to see more details about how I designed the new kitchen – Watch on YouTube The next step in the process was coming up with a plan for how to get more storage in the kitchen.… Read More »Crafting a Plan for the Kitchen
  • My Design Vision
    I had a clear vision of what I wanted this house to be – calm, peaceful, high style, and understated elegance with slick maximalist tendencies. The big plan is to layer onto each room over time. This time I’m in… Read More »My Design Vision

Travel Channel