Three years ago I finished building my home and the only thing that was on my mind was “when will I be ready to get chickens!” Now here we are and I finally have 13 chickens. My my my who knew for every five chickens you get that only means you have one. I’ve learned…
If you’re a parent like me and you hate to leave your kids behind when vacationing, I’ve got the perfect solution for you….DON’T! I’ve traveled to the other side of the world with two toddlers and they did just fine, with proper planning of course. I brought snacks, toys and tablets for the 24 hour…
Houston is a very unique area to grow in. We have four seasons Tropical, Sub-Tropical, Desert and Arctic. This makes it very difficult to know how and what to grow. If you are a flower person and you want to grow beautiful perennials (they die and come back every year) our four days of freezing…
Whether you are a flower person or a food person now is the time to get that garden going. In most zones it is too cold to put a lot of foods in outdoors, but if you want to spend a little and yield a lot now is the time to plant those seeds. Although…
I love three day weekends and I am especially happy that many weekends that were not previously acknowledged on a federal level are now being recognized like MLK Day. There is one downfall to a long weekend and that is it typically throws us off our normal schedule so we spend an entire week playing…
As the New Year is here so are new goals and expectations of ourselves. Now is a good time to break out your planner and get to planning. This year will only be what you make it so lets make it great! Any and everything can work with a plan in place so lets get…
As you all know I am in zone 9 and we are a semi-tropical place until we are not! I have the loveliest banana trees around my pool and so many desert roses an plumerias that do not like cold weather. We are expecting a freeze down to about 19 degrees and I have got…
The holidays have officially ended and now it is time to prep for spring. February is my “pre-spring” and the to do list is lengthy. This is when I plan to save a lot of money by buying seeds for those spring flowers that will be triple the price if you purchase them later in…
I’m often asked how I get so many activities into one day so I figured I would share my secret. First and foremost I have an unshakeable faith in my God given abilities therefore I know all things are a matter of me trying and then there is my magical schedule! I change my schedule…
If you know me you know I have my own sense of fashion. I don’t usually go with trends but I can be trendy. Well, one day I’m dropping the kiddos off at school and my friend Kim tells me “Lisa you should really do a look book”. I had never really considered myself a…
