This email contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I will make a commission at no extra cost to you. Hey Reader, Are you in summer mode yet? The humidity and mosquitos have arrived in Houston, so I guess we are! A NEW FUN Experience My friend, Meredyth, and I went to Artechouse Houston for the Blooming Wonders exhibit. This was the coolest thing. It was digitally created art depicting flowers, plants, butterflies and anything you that you would see in...
20 days ago • 2 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I will make a commission at no extra cost to you. Hey Reader, It's been a few weeks! I spent most of May watching all the end of year grandkid programs and teaching my 16 year old grandson how to drive. That last one was a lot more time consuming than I anticipated and at times I felt like I had bitten off more than I could chew! One way I survived it was to make a Starbucks run every time we went out...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I will make a commission at no extra cost to you. Hey Reader, It's the beginning of May and with all 5 of our grandkids close by, we are in the thick of end of the school year concerts, swim meets, dance competitions and recitals. AND.... I am driving with my eldest grandson every day to help him get the required hours in to take his driving test in 2 weeks. Am I out of my ever lovin' mind? YES. But Parker...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I will make a commission at no extra cost to you. Hey Reader, If you've been around for a while, you know I'm all about THRIVING in the empty nest/retirement years by SERVING, LEARNING and HAVING FUN! Here's how I did ALL 3 in 2 hours on a Saturday "No kid sleeps on the floor in our town!" - SHP motto A couple of weeks ago, my church hosted Serve Saturday. The project I worked on was building beds for kids...
2 months ago • 1 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I will make a commission at no extra cost to you. Hey Reader, Serving and Having Fun with some Coffee Talk For the past few months, I've been prayer walking my street. I learned about this way of serving my neighbors from this book. There are 27 houses on my street and it takes all of 6 minutes for me to walk the street every day and pray for my neighbors, their families, healing if they are sick and any...
3 months ago • 2 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I will make a commission at no extra cost to you. Hey Reader, Looking for fun? Never underestimate what is in your own backyard! My friend, Brenda and I took advantage of a beautiful day last week to have some fun close to home. I had just learned that The Woodlands, a master-planned community north of Houston has one of the largest collections of public art in Texas. I have been going to The Woodlands for...
3 months ago • 3 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I will make a commission at no extra cost to you. Hey Reader, It's Spring Break Week 2 here (5 grandkids, different school districts), so I'm still doing things with the kids. Playstreet Museum Last week I took our 5 and 2 year old grandsons to Playstreet Museum. The museum is an open play space based on a theme. There are all kinds of things to play with and interactive play stations that are perfect for...
3 months ago • 2 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I will make a commission at no extra cost to you. Hey Reader, Sourdough.🍞🍞 I have never had a topic generate so much conversation. There are some strong opinions in this group: I love sourdough and bake it all the time. I love sourdough and buy it ......... I love sourdough and my daughter/sister/husband bakes it. What is starter? I killed my starter.... I dropped and broke my jar of starter. I would never...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, I am sitting here thinking "What have I done to serve, learn and have fun this week?". I feel like all I've done lately is go to routine doctor's appointments and supervise house projects. I often look at a National Days Calendar to see what is coming up that I could plan something around and I noticed that April 1 is National Sourdough Bread Day. Who doesn't like BREAD? 🍞 Since I never met a loaf of bread I didn't like, I thought "I will LEARN to make sourdough!". So I began...
4 months ago • 1 min read