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Welcome to Nineveh

My husband and I moved from Michigan to Oklahoma about five years ago; at the time we were living in a townhouse/condo in Michigan and I loved it. It was across the street from our church which I adored and I was very connected to; in church, bible studies, and small groups. My husband had retired from his job of 23 years and thought he would find another job easily but at the age of 58, it was far from the case. A headhunter called him while we were at supper one Friday night and asked if he would be interested in a position in Oklahoma; he said yes, that they could submit his resume and application since it was a temporary assignment and nothing had been fruitful in his look in Michigan. They told him then that they had already submitted him and they wanted him to start the very next Monday. Within thirty minutes…our life changed dramatically; he thought for the best, but I was selfish and thought otherwise. He flew to Oklahoma on Sunday evening; just 48 hours after re...

The First Kate

This blog is a landing page for all things Kate. I will start by saying that my name isn’t Kate…it’s Gidget; I have this affliction to branding or putting my name on anything although my friends call everything I do a “Gidget Original.” I am a big fan of Kate Spade but that brand wasn’t the reason I picked Kate; I love the whimsy and shortness of it. I love that it can be the name of all of our “alter egos” and to be a Kate would be like being part of an awesome anonymous club where real names were secondary. This blog will be random; sometimes interior design and reimagining my tiny space (I live in just 200sq feet...but that's a later blog entry) and other times, sharing the adventures of the Traveling Kates; where to find them or how to get them to come to you. It might just be pictures of where hubby and I have traveled and got some pretty great finds to use in design or for wedding props but, could just as easily be the latest project I completed and wanted to sh...