Living the Sweet Life January 2017 Hello Again January! You my friend, are in the HOT seat! Well my darlings! It’s finally here! Another New Year and I don’t think I could be more happier than I am right now. Last year was filled with so many things…very few good and lots of very...
Alisa Murray aka. Auntie A’s Top Ten things to do in November
The “LIST” Top 10 things to do in November! with “Auntie A” Each day this month write something you are grateful for in a memo on your iphone. When doing your daily meditations refer to this growing list. Download the app “Buddhify” and watch yourself transform into a meditating and calm guru during this...
Alisa Murray’s Top Ten Things to Do in October | #alisamurray
Top 10 things to do in October! with “Auntie A” Well folks, it’s time to get the fall planting done and fresh herbs planted for the upcoming months. Head over to the garden shop and purchase new tomato plants, dill, basil,thyme,sage and cucumbers. While you’re there I also want… You to purchase a few...
Alisa Murray’s Top Ten Things to do in September| #alisamurray
Top 10 things to do in September! with “Auntie A” Create a wish bowl for each family member to add to and take from and begin instilling in your children a giving and being thankful mentality. We keep ours in the kitchen and oftentimes I ask the children to place in the bowl...
Alisa Murray’s Top Ten Things to do in August | #alisamurray
Top 10 things to do in August! with “Auntie A” Make an appointment with a photographer (not mentioning any names he he he) and book your family holiday portraits. My holiday sets are up by last week of July to get everybody what they need by year’s end. Get a comprehensive list made of...
Alisa Murray’s Top Ten Things to Do in July | #alisamurray
Top 10 things to do in July! with “Auntie A” Clean out the garage and begin your storage bins of A. things to keep and B. things to give away so that by end of year you’ll be ready to make a donation just in time for someone else’s holiday Start thinking about the...
Alisa Murray’s Top Ten Things to do in June | #alisamurray
Top 10 things to do in June! with “Auntie A” Pick one area in your yard and plant flowers, some of the early spring ones we all planted are looking pretty shabby by the time the heat comes in June Weekly go to the farmer’s market to fill in with fresh produce locally that...
Top 10 things to do in May with Auntie A | #alisamurray
Top 10 things to do in May! with “Auntie A” 1.Pick one room in the house and do a deep clean once a week by month’s end you’ll have a good start at being done with “spring cleaning!” 2.Go get Weed & Feed and tend to your yard, mulch your beds and plant flowers...
Houston’s Award Winning Columnist | Alisa Murray’s Living the Sweet Life | October 2016 | Sometimes a Sweetlife is a Short One
Sometimes a sweet life is also a short life. Somehow despite knowing the facts each of us always tend to “forget” that we are never promised tomorrow. We do not live our lives daily as it would be our last. Perhaps it is healthier to pretend… but I do not think so. I have...
Living the Sweet Life: August 2016 Coming Home….
Many of you are packing up your teenagers and heading to the universities this month. This will be their new home as they embark on their adventures and begin a new chapter both for their lives but for those off us as parents. I remember such an occasion on a crisp fall day in...
Living the Sweet Life : “Time for some Turmeric” February 2016
As far as spices go my favorite is garlic closely followed by onion. I rarely cook without both and it’s funny because my late Father in law swore off garlic for 83 years whilst applauding me for my dishes and their secret ingredients. As I have been generously sprinkling in those it appears that...
Living the Sweet Life : A “Change” in You? Here’s what to do! January 2016
If you know a woman or are one then when I say the word menopause several things should come to mind. Night sweats, hot flashes..mood swings, insomnia. Like the veritable “Lions and Tigers and Bears..OH MY!” this time of life is indeed a special one. I have written more than once about the subject...
Living the Sweet Life: Enjoy Your Moments! December 2015
A few months ago Brian and I found ourselves in Mexico for our 25th anniversary vacation. Most of what we do on vaca is purposeful nothingness which leads to a spontaneous burst of amazing insights and creativity…we are artist’s after all. I am always kinda shocked actually at how much gets done while doing...
Houston’s Award Winning Columnist | Alisa Murray’s “Living the Sweetlife” Radishes Anyone?? #alisamurraywrites #alisamurray #alisamurrayphotography
Living the Sweet Life: Radishes anyone? “Too much meat and cheese and you’ll get the disease!” It’s Sunday afternoon and it’s raining. For shooting this is no good but for gardening it’s a blessing. The lessons learned from growing a garden are so many. Our children need to understand what foods are good and...
Houston Award Winning Author Alisa Murray | Living the Sweetlife February 2015 | #alisamurraywrites
Living The Sweet Life: I am “owned” are you? February 2015 Do you own your pet? Or does your pet own you? A perplexing question isn’t it? After much thinking on the subject, and since I do not live with dogs; I have come to terms with the fact that cats...