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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!
latest from my you tube channel
Weightloss journey
- zepbound weight loss journey – week 9 update
Hey Y’all – this video is my update after 9 weeks on Zepbound. Oh But now I see! - zepbound/glp1 grocery list
One thing I knew I had to do to be successful on this weight loss journey was to figure out how to eat strategically. A lot of my eating was unplanned, meaning I’m hungry right now and I don’t have any better food options in the fridge and no better food options ready to eat.… Read More »zepbound/glp1 grocery list - zepbound weight loss journey – week 8 update
Hey Y’all – this video is my update after 8 weeks on Zepbound. Learning to KEEP GOING.
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
- Sidecar Donuts – Diet Suspended
My friend’s husband is a donut person. On my latest trip to SoCal they took me to their latest find – Sidecar Donuts. #LifeChanged. NOTHING compares to these donuts. I have no reason to ever eat Krispy Creme again –… Read More »Sidecar Donuts – Diet Suspended - Birthday Back in SoCal
At this point it’s fair to say that my favorite place to be in the US is Southern California. Despite all of the challenges facing the state, nobody else has the Pacific Ocean and all of the beautiful scenery it… Read More »Birthday Back in SoCal - Jerusalem & The Holy Land with the Saints
Just got back from my very first trip outside of North America. A group of 20+ of us from my church – Lord’s Tabernacle Holiness Church – flew 13 hours from Memphis to Israel, and spent a week touring the… Read More »Jerusalem & The Holy Land with the Saints