Day #1

This is my garden...I hope it speaks about me...some days I think it describes me and some days I am not even close to feeling like that looks...
Welcome to another new life for me...After being married (twice) and raising 3.5 children (a step child I only had 1/2 the time) I find myself astoundingly alone. I have a husband...a really nice guy, but he appears to be busy with other things...so I have decided to find other things for me too. My daughter KT moved away recently (again, I might add) and we thought creating a blog for us might be fun...you know, picking topics and discussing them from a Mother...a 60 year old Mother's perspective...and an adult daughter...a 36 year old daughter's perspective. Sort of like talking on the phone or texting...but I hate talking on the phone and I hate texting. I like sitting around the table talking but she went to Colorado...so I hope we will try this! The obvious topic today would be the Obama win but we both completely agree that this is a magnificent mandate from the American people and we are incredibly proud to be a part of this group.
A big issue for me today was wearing black patent leather shoes with navy pants...the minute I put them on I knew she would have laughed at me or raised her eyes to heaven and then said that line that drives me crazy..."Mom, you are so cute". translation..."Mom, you have lost all sense of style which proves you are getting old". I hate when she says that...I always wonder what Tim Gunn would say...probably the same damn thing...So what do you think, my reader...can you wear black patent leather shoes with navy blue pants and still be fashionable?