I believe it was the March 31, 2008 issue. My mom was doing so well on it, went on vacation and lost the article! Trying to find it for her! Thanks in advance!!!

I am apparently a split personality, as I like to shop, except when I don't. If I'm shopping because I need new "general purpose" clothing because of a weight gain/loss, or if it's a social/boredom thing, I meander for ages. If I need new shoes (I'm not in any way a fancy heels person) or new t-shirts, I'm in and out and don't want to fuss around. Put me in a place with makeup, plants, or kitchen/bath stuff, you best just either leave me or be prepared to spent a couple of hours. And the kitchen/bath thing has been 100% true since I was just past the baby stage. When I was a toddler, my parents would take me to Lowes or HD as a treat, because I was completely obsessed with the model kitchen and baths. They said I would be furious if we drove past one and didn't go in. All that said, I absolutely prefer to do most of my shopping online and I get annoyed when my husband doesn't do online prep before a trip that involves a specific purchase that has options.

I looked those two up out of curiosity - pretty. Then I searched blush hostas & found ”First Blush” wow! And a smaller one it is too! Here’s one of the links with info First Blush I don’t usually start daydreaming about being outside playing around until February. I’ve just cleaned up most of my hosta mush except my June which is still mostly alive! We haven’t had frost or temps below low 40’s in my PNW Zone 8 Vancouver WA yet - just lots & lots of rain & wind.

First paragraph, second link: ”As Julia Welles Hawkins tries to remember the precise year of a biking competition she once entered, she looks up at the ceiling to envision the past. “We were young,” she recalls. “Pretty young. Eighty-five. Eighty, maybe.” And that’s how you know you’re talking to someone who only a few months ago turned 100 years old.” I love her! Wish I could’ve met her when she was in Fort Worth.