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I love it when a plan comes together! I have wanted to redo a little nook in my bathroom for awhile and have been “formulating” ideas for awhile. Along with the formulating included acquisitions. Of course. Always the shopper. I had an idea Continue reading →

February 20, 2011

More than bars, parties

Beth Ann Chiles/ Travel/ Leave a Comment/ 1327

How timely! An article in the Mason City Globe Gazette about South Padre Island! While we did a few different things than this it is a nice article about a great vacation spot. Sad to leave but will return someday! More than bars, parties. Continue reading →

February 17, 2011

Embrace Your Beach Life ™

Beth Ann Chiles/ Thoughts, Travel/ 1 Comment/ 1799

I found a new favorite store!!! And a new favorite phrase!!! Thanks to the ladies at Art Sea in Port Isabel, Texas (Mother Carolyn Hauschildt and her two daughers Wendy Hauschildt and Jodi Eberhardt) I have a new state of mind and several new tshirts Continue reading →

Beth's bookshelf: read

The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users

by Guy Kawasaki

As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...

Old Girls in Low Cotton

by Helen Childress

This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...

The Good Girl

by Mary Kubica

I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...

An Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

Tag Archives: Texas

Musings from Texas

Recapitulation

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Sometimes First Class Isn’t

First Day Nerves

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Wordless Wednesday

A Little Escape

More than bars, parties

Embrace Your Beach Life ™

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