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...
15 days 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...
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, 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...
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 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...
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, 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 2 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...
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, 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...
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...
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, ❤️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...
3 months ago • 2 min read