About Me

My name is Kim, and I've been married to Gus for 33 years. We have two children: Buddy (31) and Lulu (30).

I wear a lot of hats - wife, mom, small business owner, blogger, traveler, empty-nester, craft beer enthusiast, and beach lover. My blog is about some of the things that make me smile:

• Beauty: I'm all about looking as good as possible for your current age.
• Travel: I love to talk about where to stay, where to eat, and fun things to do! (Hint: we love visiting beaches and breweries!)
• Life as empty-nesters: I like to show people that this can be the best time of their life. More free time and more disposal income = FUN!
• This and that: You might see me blog about updating your home, organizing your daily planner, crafts - just anything that we're currently doing as empty-nesters.

Here are some things you might not know about me:

I...

• have a 16 yr. old cat named Angus (AKA Goosey, Goosey Mon (in a Jamaican accent), and Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat)
• have a 9 month old chocolate Schnoodle named Fergus (AKA "Gus")
• was raised in a teeny-tiny rural Appalachian town in Ohio
• moved to Kentucky 14 years ago, after living in Ohio for 45 years
• worked as a nurse for 19 years, but retired in 2001
• homeschooled Buddy & Lulu for 8 years 
• fast for 18-20 hours daily and usually don't eat sugar or processed food

I love...

• margaritas, bourbon, and craft beer - but not together
• shoes
• makeup
• the beach
• the color pink
• tattoos
• manis & pedis
• pan-seared salmon
• Instagram & Snapchat
• The Walking Dead & Doctor Who

I hate...

• coffee
• waiting in line
• that clothing designers and/or store buyers think that if you're petite and/or over 40, you must want to wear polyester, large prints, elastic-waist paints, and appliqued sweaters (which is fine if you want to, but not everyone petite and over 40 wants to!)
• camping (when you grow up in rural Appalachia, your childhood is like a 15 year camping trip)
• cold weather
• people who don't do what they say they will
• spam (both email & the canned kind)
• when someone tries to tell me that I'm too old to wear/do/say something