If I had a bit of land, I think I’d want to have an apiary. Just a small one, nothing commercial size. I’d want to surround my hypothetical property with a decent variety of flowering trees, bushes, herbs, and plants. Build a lovely little bee friendly kingdom. However, I live in a the suburbs and…
Category: lifestyle
3 years in Texas, it’s starting to feel like home.
The kiddo was at camp last week. She had such a great time. Making new friends, trying new things, cool and exciting experiences, and making memories. This week she’s at rock band camp. Hard to believe that we’ve been in Texas for 3 years now. THREE YEARS! I miss the beaches in Florida. The sound…
Prytania Cottage at the Creole Gardens in New Orleans, Louisiana
I’ve been to NOLA more than a couple of handfuls of times. It’s the kind of city that lures my family toward it with good food, interesting architecture, a colored history, and music filling the air. New Orleans has so much more to offer than “stumbling around the streets with a drink in hand.” We…
Beauty and the Me
Oh! I just love Love LOVE makeup. It’s kinda my biggest vice. Make up: from skin care products to color, there’s not enough skin to slather stuff upon, or swipe the latest palettes across. So here I am thinking about what to review this month, and I realize, it was right there before me. Beauty &…
Your car and the interest rate. useful advice, save big.
I kept my last vehicle for 16 years. Although she was still running smooth, and looked pretty decent for being an “older but paid for vehicle” I decided to trade her in. I wanted newer safety features, bluetooth and well, that new car smell! I shopped around and like Cinderella, found an SUV I liked,…
You can’t afford that extra bill!
You might have read that I’m kinda a bit of a budgeterian. I believe in the B word. It’s been working for me and my family for over 2 years now. Life on a budget is a choice. Once you accept it and agree to it, it really can work for you and become part…
Treat Yo Self
Part of my budgeting for the family, is to make sure that while we’re paying the bills and doing all the responsible things that “adulting” has to offer, we all have a TRS column on the spreadsheet. TYS- that’s right, Treat Yo Self Unlike Donna and Tom, it’s not a free for all that happens…
I want to Rent a Finn
2019 has begun a year of personal change and challenge; personal growth and acceptance. Creating goals and more importantly, having dreams. It’s good to dream. Having dreams is just a gateway to having an idea and actually making things happen. Happiness does not come from searching for it, but by living. – Finnish saying I’d…
Lent 2019- the half way mark!
We are officially at the half way point of LENT, so I wanted to do a little check in to let you know how it’s going. Yesterday, I threw in the towel, I’m off the wagon. I went to McD’s and got a cheese burger. I’m not going to say that it’s been an easy…
Frankly darling, hit the deck Scarlet!
Deck of Scarlet, a curated makeup palette subscription. If you’re always looking for a palette that “has it all in one place” then this is for you. I jumped onto the Deck of Scarlet product the month it was launched. There’s been a few tweaks along the way, and their products are never the same….