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...
15 days 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...
29 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, 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...
about 1 month 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...
about 1 month 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, If you want to expand your horizons a bit when it comes to fun places to go, I have a great hack for your. Use your social media! I do this on Instagram, but it works on Facebook as well. Start by liking and following places you already go to and like.👍 Then like and follow places you'd like to visit. The algorithm will see your preferences and...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Fun has been on the front burner this week!!!🎉 My daughter, Allison, celebrated her birthday with a girls' night out at a local restaurant and bar. We enjoyed lots of great food and drinks with the ladies in our family and Allison's friends and neighbors. 🎵And the most fun of all - MUSIC BINGO!🎵 Have you ever played? You get a regular BINGO card with song titles.🎵 The DJ plays clips and you cross off the square of the songs he plays. There were no songs from the 70's played🕺. In...
about 2 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, ❤️In addition to Valentine's Day this week, it's a big birthday week for us. 🎉My daughter Allison's 30-something birthday is February 13. 🎂Grandson Jeffrey's 8th birthday is February 12. When it comes to birthday gifts for the grandkids, I like to provide an experience whenever we can. Last week, while wasting time on Instagram, I saw that the...
2 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, I hope you are THRIVING this week in spite of the crazy weather and all the sickness going around. Any big Superbowl Fans out there?🏈 If your team is in it, write back and tell me who you are rooting for. My parents were both born and raised in Kansas. So all my extended family is Chiefs fans. That's as close to a preference as I'm going to get!...
2 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, It's the last week of January - YEA! The year started kind of slow, but things are picking up! Thrive through having FUN with friends who don't live in your neighborhood... Or town. Or city. Or county. 🚗Or within driving distance but not exactly close to you. I met my friends and fellow Texans Brenda and Suzanne in a mastermind for online...
3 months ago • 2 min read