Travel Tuesday

So today, I am just finishing the first leg of my trip. I flew to St. Louis on Saturday morning. I Lyfted to my sister-in-law, Janet's. She offered to pick me up, but she's about 45 minutes (or more) away from the airport. Plus, since we're heading to Springfield, MO, we'd be going right back in her direction to head south. 

My next stop was my favorite, cousin Chrissy's. She just moved from St. Louis to Springfield in April. Her husband passed away in December so she decided to move where both of her daughters live. I get it, but it makes it much harder for me to see her. 

Anyway, she moved into a 55+ community where she is renting a really nice house. It's fairly new. If I could find something like this in Nashville, I think I could downsize.

She has everything decked out for Fall--her favorite season.

This is her guest room. I had already removed the throw pillows. I don't put my own decorative pillows on every day, so I'm certainly not going to do it on vacation.

I made this layout for Chrissy and framed it for her 70th birthday. 

This pretty much say it all. We have danced through life together!

And now...the closet!!! OMGosh--so incredible!

When I commented on her two sweaters (upper right), she said she has them in another closet! What! This closet is HUGE! Actually I would be surprised if she couldn't fit everything in here. But, maybe she still changes out her clothes per season.  What you can't see are the shoe boxes on the very top shelf. I didn't realize that I missed that in this shot. The little rack is ALL tennis shoes! I thought I had a lot of tennis shoes--probably 6 pairs--which I don't wear often.

And then there's the flip flops! I only have two pairs myself and they are only for walking up to the pool or when I'm getting a pedicure! Not taking any chances there since they are the cause of 95% of all ankle and foot injuries. I'm still trying to be cognizant of my age--or rather the number (and my fused toes) as I certainly don't feel old. Chrissy is a year younger than me, so there's that.

This is the most unusual way I've ever seen pants hung up. 

It's so nice--tons of great storage. I love it. Really, if I could find something this nice, I would definitely be tempted.

We had a fun visit doing what we do best--just sitting around and talking. We did watch a few shows and definitely had some good food! 

Thanks, Chrissy!