Who do you love? When you think about your life do you have a clear understanding of the role that love plays for you? I know that I do. Love is the theme of this month’s issue and me and my Valentine are your cover. Inside that story is a tale of a great...
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...
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...
The Top 5 Ethereal Oils you should plant in your garden this fall! I just planted the fall garden and it got me to thinking about just how much I use my garden in both cooking but in practical things around the house. It’s pretty easy even with our crazy hot weather to keep...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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” 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...
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...
This little light of mine…I’m gonna let it shine. Oh! This little light of mine…I’m gonna let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine! Those words are words to live by folks. In the wake of all sorts of craziness that should not even be happening in our civilized society...
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...
July is possible the laziest month of the entire year and for great reason. It’s the only month that none of us has to really do anything…except of course work. Children are out for the summer and unlike June where it’s a scramble to finish strong with their classes or August where we are...
MAY 2016 Living the Sweet Life : Ants and Grasshoppers for lunch anyone? For the longest time when I think of a picnic I have that iconic image of a red checkered blanket and at some point a trail of ants trying to invade and haul off any crumbs that they can. Never in...
Living the Sweet Life : Being Mindful of the Greatness It’s that time of the year when we all are ready for the cold to dissipate and for the flowers to bloom. It’s GREATNESS time too. If your like me you found yourself last year reflecting and wondering “where did the year go?” Sometimes...
What’s on your nightside table? I have several books all the time that I am working on. Right now it’s Eve by WM.Paul Young, Euphoria by Lily King and Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. I have always loved books and reading because it is fun but bottom line it makes you smarter! March is...
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...
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...
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...
