Volunteering (from both sides)

I like to volunteer.  I do it quite often and here is the kicker...I LOVE IT! I'm a people person, and a people watcher.  I enjoy seeing people out and about, excited about what they are doing.  My favorite place to volunteer is for a local music venue.  We just had a concert last night, and while I was there it brought several questions to mind. 1) Do these people realize that we don't … [Read more...]

A Day in the Life…Part One

I've been wanting to do this for a couple years now, but I have never taken the time. . . I started writing in a journal in December of 1988.  I received my first journal courtesy of my cousin Juanita and her husband. I wasn't sure how I was going to do this...I want them all written down for myself, but I don't think you guys want to read all of them...especially in the beginning.  Ha ha ha. … [Read more...]

Big Thirst = #CapriSunPickers

Garrett's Picking Kit #ad

My kids are ALWAYS thirsty...I mean always.  We heard about the Capri Sun Big Pouches and decided that we needed to go check them out. We headed out to Walmart to find them.  You can see my shopping trip here. They couldn't even wait until we were out of the parking lot to try them. When we got home, we threw a couple in the freezer!  That is our favorite way to drink/eat them...it is … [Read more...]

More than a feeling…My thoughts on #AWBU

Apple Walnut Wantons

I got to spend the weekend with a pretty amazing group of ladies at the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged 2013.  A great big THANKS to Great Day Farms for sponsoring me for this event and serving up some pretty amazing breakfast as well. At a conference I attended several years ago, one of the speakers said this: "Make this more than a jaccuzi experience."  That idea stuck with me for several … [Read more...]