We our own favorite old summer memories. Some of us, remember having watermelon seed spitting contests – certainly harder today with seedless watermelons! Some of us remember finding fireflies and making a lantern – then setting them free. Some of Read More …
There is nothing better than having no plans, and then realizing that you can do anything. Literally anything. Or, nothing, but probably something. Laundry. Read a book. Go out for dinner. Watch Netflix. Goto the pool. Grocery shopping. Out for Read More …
Hanging outside on a Friday night, just chillin’ is something we should do every weekend. That fact that it is a holiday weekend helps the possibility, but only because kids are away, too. Spring Break can be fun for adults Read More …
How many times have you said this or heard this phrase: “but I don’t want to…” eat my vegetables do my homework get up in the morning go to bed early put on clothes (I’ll wear my pajamas instead) do Read More …
So many things that can be said after this phrase: Is this the way… To go home? To do this? To get there? The right thing to do? To make someone happy? To get to your dream? Simple questions; some Read More …
Ok, I admit. I am not sure what the big deal is with adult coloring books. By adult, you know that I mean for people over 18 and not for toddlers – certainly not the other meaning you may be Read More …
Summer ends – by most measurements – on Labor Day. Even if it isn’t the last official day of the summer season, with school starting, and the pool closing, it seems like it is. We made a point to visit Read More …
Holiday weekends work best with a simple plan. Play it by ear. Let it happen. Go with the flow. Don’t make promises. Finish what you have to do. Then, just relax. Doesn’t that sound perfect? A simple plan for happiness, Read More …
If you stop being afraid of change, you can make change happen. If you want to stop being afraid of getting a speeding ticket, maybe you will need to slow down. If you want to stop being afraid of failing, Read More …
This isn’t so much about the changing weather as it is the apparent and perpetual classification (mostly by my children) that it is “sweatshirt weather“. Now, as you may recall, we do not have central air in our 130+ year Read More …