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Recently, my little sister/fashion buddy Sara and I agreed to move our shopping trip to ULTA back to the Fall. We attributed the move to our busy schedules (work for me is busy right plus Sara had to work that day too and was understanding). We’ll likely shop at the same location we agreed onContinue reading “A Cosmetic 💄 Change”

Last night we held our first Greensburg Toastmasters hybrid meeting. It didn’t go off without a hitch. We had our struggles at the beginning, trying to get the virtual crowd logged into Zoom. The Courthouse’s public WiFi wasn’t cooperating with us. We started 15 minutes late and we had two excellent speakers. Our table topicsContinue reading “The First District 13 Conference Ever”

I got some great news late last week from our club President Jim Teague that starting this Wednesday we would have in person meetings at the courthouse again. This will be a hybrid meeting coming up Wednesday night, so people will still be able to attend remotely, but hopefully we can get people to showContinue reading “The Evolution of SPEECHCRAFT”

Time for the first of three Stylish and Hungry trips to Murrysville. These aren’t new to me because I’ve had dinner (or my birthday lunch) here with Mr. Clougherty. Today’s S&H segment takes me to North Park Lounge. Next month will be Moe’s and then September takes me to Burgatory. I met up with Alvin,Continue reading “Stylish and Hungry #5: North Park Lounge”

Here are some quotes that help encourage me and let me know that I’m proud of my fashion sense. “You’re amazing. Don’t forget it.”—Paula Mason “You’re my icon” and “Fashionable 💅 💄 4eva!”—Sara Newsom “Be You. The World Will Adjust.”— me “Keep being the wonderful, incredible, beautiful person you are.”— my cousin Emily Gaffron “BeautifulContinue reading “Shamed for my Definition of Style!!!”

Here’s my Stylish and Trendy Hat Trick. My third blog of the day. This blog is on fire 🔥. I ordered some tank tops (they’re more for layering but who’s keeping score) and another patterned top (because I loved the floral 🌹 tops I ordered a few weeks ago). I paired this pink tank withContinue reading “My Definition of Style”

Dana Mitnik is doing amazing work so far as our District 13 Historian. I’m really this look back at what our District used to be. There was even an original Greensburg club that predated our own. Now I learned that there was once a Jeannette Toastmasters club. Interesting. My home church, Cornerstone, is taking toContinue reading “Becoming a District”

I had my monthly dinner with Mr. Clougherty last night. It was a night market Thursday so we ventured out of the city a bit and decided on Moreland’s in South Greensburg. We ate there last August and were impressed with the service. I decided to try it again. It was one of my bestContinue reading “Stylish and Hungry #4: Morelands at Waterworks”

Tonight was a night a few years in the making because of the pandemic. It was also a night ten years in the making because of my longtime involvement in Toastmasters. For the first time since December 2019, our District had a big in person event. I arrived around 5pm and walked in with someContinue reading “A Celebration of District 13’s Best”

Recently, Area 24 not only had three Presidents’ Distinguished clubs but, with the addition of the new Laurel Highlands Toastmasters chapter, became a Presidents’ Distinguished Area. Way to go Nick for your leadership in the Area, all our club presidents for helping lead their clubs to success, and Dana Mitnik and Ryan Jacobs for gettingContinue reading “An Award for Traveling to Convention?”