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Category Archives: Personal

Matilda Blue: Home of the best chicken salad (& more)

If you live in Corpus Christi and haven’t visited Matilda Blue, you’re missing out on something fantastic!  As you all know, I love coffee more than just about anything.  So, when Steve heard that a Marine wife was opening up a coffee shop on The Island, we had to check it out.  The coffee is…

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A personal journey to change.

I have a lot of faults. I clean the kitchen before I cook. I make terrible food.  I strive to eat unprocessed foods, which also spoil easily.  So, frequently I make food based on the logic that it needs to get eaten and it’s good for me.  The other day, I made a smoothie with…

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Just the way I am…

My husband and I have been together since February of 2000.  Yup, that’s 11 years this year.  We’re about to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary this summer and I’m happy to say that I love him more today than I did as a teenager crazy in love.   I have a unique perspective because…

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Nerd Alert: I joined the “Cool Kids Coffee Club.”

I am one of THOSE people who begins my day with a cup of coffee.  I’ve been addicted for a few years now.  I even went through a phase where I despised the taste of coffee but if I didn’t drink it, my body would remind me that it was important and I should consume…

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An inspired run along the shores of Pensacola

As I ran along the ocean this morning with “Let the Drummer Kick” by Citizen Cope bumpin in my ears, I couldn’t help but reflect on life and the opportunities that this short life presents. I was enjoying a balmy 72 degrees and surrounded by more fog than I’ve ever seen. It was quite surreal…

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