More About Amber, Fort Worth Visits and Tuesday Treasures!

I thought I would brag a little more about Amber tonight.

I realized that I haven't said a lot about Amber's professional career - at least not since her quad pregnancy. She may be most famous as a Quad Mom but she has an amazing career as a free lance writer, as well. Her recent featured article in Fort Worth Home is just one of the many she has written.

Amber has been a writer all her life!

She's always loved words - even before she could read them.

She liked the way they looked on the pages of books and the way they were formed into paragraphs.

She excelled in every part of language arts and says that Greek and Latin studies were one of her favorites back in our home schooling days.

None of us were surprised when she graduated from Texas State at the age of 20 with her four year degree. She has a major in Journalism with a minor in Criminal Justice. Amber started college when she was 15 and was home schooled before that.

After graduation, she went to work for a local start-up magazine in Houston and became their executive editor within a year. She was involved with everything from distribution to design to the printing process. From there she went to work for Houston Modern Luxury magazine as an associate editor and was later promoted to senior editor.

She then served as editor in chief for Houston Brides, a biannual sister publication which she launched for them. The above photo is of her very first Editor's Notes of the premier issue.

Louis Dean and I went down to Houston to the Launch Party and it was spectacular!

It was a night to remember!

She often invited me to join her as she attended galas and events as part of her job.

I met some fascinating people and it was a lot of fun.

She interviewed famous designers and influential people such as Joanne HerringKing.

I met her at one of the galas one night in 2008. She and my Aunt Geneva Gilbraith knew each other.

Isn't it a small world? Of course they were both in the same circles there in Houston.

In 2009, Amber and Mike went to Scotland to live for a year.

While there she wrote for a travel magazine, publishing two of her own trip experiences.

She consulted and wrote for a bridal guide publication and also worked part time for a local  marketing company. Amber has always been an over achiever!

She began her own free lance writing business when they returned to the states from Scotland and has worked for both Houston Brides as well as Dallas Brides among other magazines.

She's never stopped writing and is nearly always pushing to meet a deadline and working into the night and around the quads schedule.

I tend to focus on what a good mother she is that I forget to sing her praises on her writing career!

I guess I fixed that now, haven't I?

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Moving on to my Tuesday......

I was up and at 'em and on the road to Fort Worth shortly after 11:00 this morning!

I stopped at Boston Market to pick up lunch for Mother and Lillian and myself and then stopped to get a couple of chocolate milkshakes for good measure!

I was so glad I did as that was all they wanted. Not the chicken pot pie or the vegetable plate or the mac and cheese. Just the shakes, thank you!

I took my laptop with me and did a slide show of all the photos from January to now.

 I showed them pictures of the country and the critters, of Summer and pics of Logan - Logan takes lots of selfies when she gets my phone or iPad so I have lots of pictures of Logan! - and some of Louis Dean.

I showed her all our Galveston pictures and the recent ones of us last week.

I guess I stayed a couple of hours and then packed up and let them take their naps.

With all the showing of the pictures - I forgot to TAKE any!

I went to see Deanie before coming home and we had a nice visit and chat.

Deanie and Charlie have so many interesting things in their home.

Charlie bought this safe years ago.

It had been painted an ugly orange.

He had it sand blasted.....

....and this was under all that paint.

I can't read it well myself tonight and I can't make out the date but Charlie said it was 18 something!

Pretty neat thing to have in your living!

Not only do that have that one......

they have ANOTHER one!!!

I love looking at their 'stuff!'

I have debris! My sisters have valuable antique pieces!

Deanie and Charlie have long collected elephants.

I need to ask her why they chose elephants - or did she simply like them?

She has such nice things.

Charlie just brought these in yesterday.

His Aunt Freddie painted the rose on the ceramic piece.

After seeing all that historical stuff - I decided to hit up a Goodwill when I got back to Irving!

These are my Tuesday Treasures!!

Two Susan Winget Halloween plates, a heavy lead glass pitcher, a makeup bag from Clinque and 2 green plates to finish out a table setting.

AND a grey London Fog purse - brand new and a little over $10!!

It was a Win! WIN!! for today!

Louis Dean went over to Quadville this afternoon to see the kids.

He needed a bit of cheer up and they sure gave it to him.

He's feeling so much better and is slowly getting back to his normal self.

I fixed a month's work of medicine in our pill boxes tonight.

I picked up prescriptions on my way home and there was a glitch in their computer system.

Louis Dean's blood thinner rang up at $400.27!!!

I had to wait half an hour for them to figure how to fix his account.

I told them he has insurance!! They finally found it!

Louis Dean will be loading the truck up tomorrow and I will be cleaning the rest of the house including the fridge! There are some mystery bowls in there!

We will start packing up our food tubs and clothes and hopefully be ready to leave Thursday for the country!!