One Season to the Next....: Ten Things About Me ~ Okay.....FIVE!

Hello friends! I am skipping my normal Tuesday Tea Post today. I thought I would share TEN RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME!! Just in case you don't know...

ONE- I love all things cozy and pretty, but I also love to rough it and get dirty in the woods or outside!! Picture a classy, dressed lady and hiking boots. Yep....that would some me up! LOL!

Me on a Friday!

Me two days later!

TWO- I have been married 27 years. We married at 18 years old. We are only 5 months apart exactly. He is the oldest. His name is Derrick. Yes, he has a name. I don't know if I have ever shared it much. We are opposite in a lot of ways but also similar. We met at a red light or a stop light. LOL! Long story! One day I may share. He is quieter. I am definitely the loud one. He is more methodical and thinks slow and makes calm slow very slow decisions. I react hard and fast. :) He is sometimes too slow and that causes hiccups and I act too fast causing hiccups. We are quite a pair. Ha! But we BOTH love to laugh!

THREE- I LOVE to walk! I have not walked as much these past few months due to weather, but I try to get out at least once or twice a week in the winter and then daily or at least 5 times a week in the warmer weather. I walk 5K races yearly. I did 5 last summer. I aim to do one or two a year. I do not do them to win. I do them for activity, motivation to continue to walk daily, and for fun.

This one above I completed last July and it was SCORCHING HOT. I wear a neck fan to help me stay cool as I have had a mild heat stroke in the past and two bad cases of heat exhaustion both causing me to go to the doctor and one in the hospital.

These were my two top favorite ones out of the five in 2025. I also try to beat my time every race and aim to never be last. :) So, far I have done that.

FOUR- I collect National Park Passport Stamps and State Park Passport Stamps (if the state does them) It is something my mom does and she got me doing it three years ago. Now, we encouraged my daughter Hannah to do it. We love visiting parks all over and collecting a stamp. I love visiting parks!!!!!!! These are pictures from 2025! I am looking forward to this year's adventures.

FIVE- My mom and I take a yearly outdoors trip. We hit up several state parks and neat sites all throughout her home state of Arkansas. Arkansas has some of the cleanest and nicest state parks with beautiful scenery. It is known as the natural state in the US and it is THAT!

In 2025 we hit up 4 or 5 state parks in 4 days. It was wonderful and tiresome. But I would not trade it. We camped to save money. We had a beautiful time. It is a nice tradition we started three years ago. We usually do it in the spring. These pictures are from 2025.