Once upon a time I managed a cafe, it was probably one of my favorite job to date. This pastry case was my pride and joy. I miss that pastry case. 🙂  

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I’m sure that you were not aware that the center of the universe lies in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Well it does, and you’re looking at it. Its kind of the place to go if you ever find yourself in Tulsa. I can’t tell you exactly where to find it because I don’t really know if it…

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For some reason, I love this picture. I took it the summer after I graduated from college, in my childhood bedroom, the last summer I lived at home. I went through so much that summer, I grew so much, learned, and became myself. I love the Texas map and postcard and notebook on my desk…

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This weekend went faster than the week, here it is in instagrams: My windshield’s crack got bigger. The man spent some quality time with his dog. We continued a new tradition of Sam’s Club Sunday (I used my saaaweet new super sticky post-its for my grocery list). They don’t seem to carry Herdez salsa at…

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It never fails that I come back from vacation with 1000 things to do. I felt more prepared and together before we left for this trip than any other previous trip. We had everything packed the day before we left, a complete 180 from my normal stay up until 3am the night before departure just…

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House. Of. Pies. Go there. This is the paper menu that sits under your food on top of brown diner tables. The waitresses still wear those diner dresses. And they have the best food and pie ever. Its a Houston icon. But I’ve never gone there during the day, only late at night or the…

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If you thought I might have been MIA for the last week, then you’re right, I was. Bill and I along with two of our favorite families went on a 5 night 6 day cruise to Mexico. I’m still catching up on oodles of missed work, but in the mean time, here is a peak…

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Oral Roberts University baseball, I spent many a days in that stadium watching these guys play. It was perfect, you could watch the greatest game on earth for free and get a tan at the same time. At these games is also how I got to know Bill. He’s also under the belief that baseball…

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I’m loving the Retro BBQ theme, I think of all our themes it is my favorite. I had such a great time designing it and researching retro patterns. I’m also in love with 50s era food and kitchen stuff (I’ve got a collection of 50s pyrex, kitchen odds and ends, and cook books). I can’t…

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Today I got up close and personal with some very. large. cats. Sculptor and podcast co-host Bridgette Mongeon is currently working on a sculpture of a panther for Prairie View A&M here in Texas. In an effort to learn all she can about panthers she contacted the Houston Zoo to see if she could get…

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