FLORAL SLEEVES FOR SPRING

My mother told me the other day that you would never know I had a brother by reading my blog. He is the baby of the family and also the “pet.” He is the smart one, he is the witty one, and he is the one that visits them every day. I have no idea why I haven’t mentioned him before. Lol! So, today we are going to talk about my brother, Ellery. I bet some of you are saying to yourself that that is a strange name. My cousins from Michigan actually started calling him that while he was still in Mom’s belly. It was a character on Gomer Pyle and they thought it was a typical “hillbilly” name.Ellery is twelve years younger than me so I thought I was his mother. I carried him everywhere and doted on him until he got old enough to torment me. He hasn’t stopped yet. Haha! He has come to live with Joe and me twice since we have been married. One time Joe and Ellery were flying back to Grundy. I am sure most of you think of an airport as having long strips of pavement and a nice hanger. That is not Grundy. Now envision an aircraft carrier, that is Grundy. We live in the mountains and the airport is on the top of one of them. That means there is a steep dropoff on both ends of the runway. You have to be a pretty good pilot to fly in and out of and no big planes could ever land there, the runway is just too short. This day was horrible flying weather. When they took off from the Livingston Airport, Ellery had not shut his door very good and it popped open. He had to hold the door closed with his hands while Joe circled back around and landed so he could shut the door. I am pretty sure that Joe had some foul words to say and Ellery probably needed to run to the bathroom. Lol! Anyway, they took back off and flew to Grundy. By the time they got to here the weather had turned bad. The wind was blowing so hard that I could hear it whistling through the windows. I looked out my windows and my weeping willow tree was bent over almost to the ground. I couldn’t believe they were trying to fly in that weather. Joe called me to meet them at the airport and I don’t know who was happier to see them on the ground, me, Joe, or Ellery. Whew!!! You gurls must have hated my post yesterday. Hardly anyone left a comment. That makes me think that your mommas taught you that if you didn’t have anything nice to say to not say anything at all. Lol! Let’s try again today. I think this one is much better, I hope you agree. I bought this t-shirt the other day at a little boutique in town on the clearance rack. I loved the floral print on the sleeves, it reminded me of Plunder. It was the last one they had and it was my size, I took that as a sign that I needed to buy it. Lol! This is that slinky material and it is super soft and comfortable. Even though I am not a huge fan of black the floral sleeves made the top fun and vibrant. It takes your eye off of the solid color. The shirt is from a company called Twenty Second, that is a cute play on words.

This is a halfway decent picture of my earrings for once. My mother fussed at me the other day for not doing a better job showing off my jewelry. I wore the Selma bracelet here and she said you couldn’t even “see” the bracelet. She had seen someone wearing it and saw how pretty it was, she now has one on order. Lol! See, Mom, I am trying to do better. This is a pair called Nicholina and they match the necklace below. The necklace is called the Addilyn. There is a lot of vintage feel about this necklace. The large white circle is like milk glass, the yellow flower is like an enameled pin, and the smaller circle has tiny pearls all over it. The last two circles are identical to the earrings. Look at what a good job I did of taking pictures of these two bracelets that you can’t buy. I just looked at both of them have been retired. Poop! Can you tell I have a couple of boy grandchildren? Haha! The Pippa bracelet is still available. It is just like the black bracelet but it is brown. I am actively trying to grow my Plunder and Rodan and Fields teams. I am thinking April is going to be the month for big things. Plunder is launching a new Spring line. It is now “live!!!” If you would like to try any of the new jewelry then go to my party to place the order. I closed out the last party and re-opened another one. It is www.plunderdesign.com/party/tania6 If you are interested in finding out about all the wonderful advantages to being on my Plunder team just let me know. I am offering an extra piece of jewelry for all those who join Team Shimmer and Shine this month!!!The other day someone commented that they didn’t like seeing my zipper. The half tuck (you tuck just the front in your pants) actually makes you look skinnier. But since I know everyone might not like that look, I took a photo of the shirt not tucked. So which way do you prefer? Out or half tucked?My jeans are another pair of Vigoss, I have 3 or 4. This pair is a skinny leg version but it still has the contrasting white stitching that I like.