beautiful stationary

Stationary is a staple in my life and in my opinion should be in every persons life. I think it is a must to ALWAYS write thank you notes for everything. And I mean everything. I love stationary and monograms. I like the different fonts, color, and designs. I also love traditional and more modern stationary. There are so many options for beautiful stationary. I have added some of my favorites here.

I am lovin' these Gadabout designs. I ordered a set for my Mother a few years ago and just fell in love with the designs. So wonderful!

These options are thanks to Paper Tulip in Shreveport. Aren't they rad?

My favorite though is definitely a traditional monogram. I just love how the monogram looks and how traditional it looks. This picture looks very similar to a setoff stationary I have. The one I have used for a few years is a cream card with a cream embossed monogram that fills the center of the card, and the monogram is interlocked very cursive style.

I hope that you have found a staple stationary that you love as much as I love mine!

Happy Sunday,

Catherine

Can you say Vitameatavegamin...

Today is Lucille Ball’s 100^th birthday. I have been watching I Love Lucy practically all day. It never fails to make me laugh. It’s amazing, I grew up watching TVLand every night during the summer. My parents would let me stay up late during the summers and my sister, Elizabeth and I would watch shows that my parents grew up watching and loved. My mom’s favorite was Petticoat Junction. I haven’t seen this in years but I can still hum the theme song without hesitation. I also loved I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Gunsmoke, Hogan’s Heroes, and quite a few others. My dad’s favorite show was Greenacres. I can sing this theme song as well (as can most true Americans). TVLand used to have these marathons that would start on Friday nights and then end on Sunday nights. These marathons were a common occurrence in the Rigby household. Libs  (Elizabeth) and I would watch religious as Adam12 would take down each and every criminal in their paths. A few years ago I gave Libs the first season of Adam12. We watched a few episodes and realized that we could recite most of the lines. WOWZERS…we should have played outside more often. I also realize now that those shows kept me from watching things that some of my friends watched that as kids we should not have been watching. What has happened to the entertainment these days that small kids are watching inappropriate scenes and cussing on TV. I’m all about free speech and raising your kids the way you think you are comfortable with but geez guys, kids these days are watching some pretty terrible things. That’s off topic, back to TVLand, where my love of old shows and my old soul were able to thrive in the early 90s. The point of this blog is that Americans have gained many great  additions to television and media but who are we kidding, we can't beat the entertainment from the 50's to the 70's.

still here lovin classic TV shows, CR  

(sorry this was a bit off topic and scatter brained...it's my life)

Just a little trip...

So I have decided that I need to get myself together with this blog…so I am going to try to post a blog everyday for the next week. (sort of just to see if I can)

At the beginning of this summer I took a little road trip to Washington, D.C. Ok, when I say little, it really took us over 19 hours to travel from North LA to DC. I was helping my wonderful, amazing, and lovely friend Emily move to DC for school and work. I cannot express how much fun we had driving together. We traveled through six states…SIX STATES (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia (for .5 seconds), Tennessee, and Virginia)! I have to say, the great US of A seriously has some beautiful country.

I also had an amazing time visiting my friend Katelyn! We were able to go to a Theta Alumnae Happy Hour. We met some other ladies who are working and attending school in D.C. Emily, thank you for housing me and taking me with you! Katelyn, I am so glad I was able to spend some time with you! I can’t wait to see the two of you soon.

I just wanted to add that we saw the damage from the tornadoes in Alabama and some of the other states. I just hope that everyone continues to pray for the families of those lost and for the cities impacted.

This was definitely one for the bucket list! Literally, a “cross country-ish trip” is on my bucket list. Expect a post about bucket lists soon!

Ta-da for now!