April Coker, Author

Category: Life

  • You never know what you might see. . .

    . . .at your local Walmart! Check this out! It’s a 1950’s Chevrolet pickup truck so cool I had to take pictures. If you look carefully, you may notice that the paint was intentionally done to look like rusty, aged, old paint.  Hubby says that Richard Rawlings of the Discovery Channel show “Fast ‘n’ Loud”…

  • 50 Plus Glam

    Fashion magazines and women’s magazines abound with beauty tips and routines for women.  Have you noticed that the women are almost always younger than 50, (okay, Ellen isn’t) and often airbrushed?   Where are the beauty tips for real women? Women who have a few sags and bags and wrinkles to show for their full…

  • Perks of Being Sick

    I felt just fine until Tuesday.  The weather was nice here on Monday so I spent some time outside playing in the Scamp, opening her door and airing her out, taking her window covers off so some sun could shine in.  I even set up a cute little vignette outside the door complete with a…

  • On Getting Old(er)

    I  recently had a birthday.  They seem to come around more often these days.  I’m officially NOT young anymore.  There ain’t no way around it. To rephrase the words of Sammy Hagar:  “I can’t BE 55!” Me at one year of age, circa 1960 How did it happen?  One minute I am 16, going to…

  • Wedded Bliss Wednesday: Selectively Strong Enough

    We were leaving Canton First Monday a few weeks ago when Hubby made an intriguing observation.  Actually, he posed it as a question. . .   “Why is it that when women need something moved at home they get their husbands to do it, but when they are shopping they can lift and carry almost…