How to Save on Super Bowl Snacks

With Super Bowl XLVI just two weeks away, fans are starting to make plans for one of the best parties of the year. Anticipation for the big game doesn’t only surround the battle for supremacy between the NFC and AFC, but also the chance to consume large quantities of French onion dip and other salty [...]

Indoor Kid-friendly Activities

Too much time indoors can often lead to cranky, stir-crazy kids. But you can keep your kiddo occupied with kid-friendly, educational activities that will appeal to their imagination. Here are a few ideas to get you started: Pitch a tent and build a campsite. If the weather has prevented you from a camping excursion, pitch [...]

Write Your Story!

Have you ever felt inspired after reading a really great article about someone’s life?  Do you wish you could write your own?  Now you can!  You can take the exciting pieces of your life and organize them on paper!  You will begin to see how the significant events in your life fit together like a [...]

Nostalgic “Gone With The Girls” Getaway to Tara Country

Step back in time and pamper yourself and your best girl friends in true southern belle style with a day trip to Jonesboro and McDonough – Tara country! You’ll discover some important Civil War history, see an amazing Gone With The Wind display and enjoy luxuriating at an upscale spa. Your journey begins with a [...]

Meet Up with Like-Minded People

From Facebook friends to LinkedIn connections, we have all witnessed our culture’s growing desire to connect with each other on common ground. Having the ability to openly share our personal stories, experiences, and interests with others satisfies our basic craving for interaction and acceptance among our peers. Thanks to technology, the quest for finding other [...]

Five handy apps for the festive season

(ARA) – The holiday season is full of festivities, from children’s plays to office parties to checking off shopping lists. That means many consumers are multitasking. Never fear, there are an array of apps for both the iPad and smartphones to help you accomplish your seasonal tasks on the go. Epicurious: Free A staple of [...]

Crazy Garden Art for the Wild and Wacky Gardener

Most gardens reflect in some way the personality of their owners. Some gardeners love formal lines and clean spaces while others prefer informality and color. Once in a while you will run into a truly unusual gardener who loves to “color outside the lines” and makes choices that might be viewed as eccentric, in poor [...]

New Year’s Resolutions

The gym has been a  busy place this week with all the New Year’s resolution folks. I’m told that, traditionally, the crowd thins out after a month or so as people begin falling off the wagon. If this has happened to you, I’d like to share a few of my thoughts on why I’ve been able to [...]

A Football Weekend

Just got back from a mini-weekend to celebrate my wedding anniversary and attend the football season opener of the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens. Nothing gets better than this…a beautiful weekend with someone you love, an actual cool fall day and the dawgs playing between the hedges! Our trip started on Friday and our first stop [...]

Riding through Life with Ladies on Spokes

The concept of true friendship has been a subject of interest for all the greatest minds, from Cicero to Socrates to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Perhaps Emerson captured the spirit perfectly, insisting that when friendships are real, “they are not glass threads or frost-work, but the solidest thing we know.” The members of the Fayette and [...]

97 Days (and Ways) to Play

Last Saturday night, after the kids were in bed, I decided to head to McDonald’s for an ice cream.  So what?  It was a craving.  Anyway, as I flipped on the light at the front door, I caught a glimpse of something black and ropelike lying just beyond my potted plants.  It was a snake.  I caught my breath, [...]

Water Your Mind – READ

“Water Your Mind—READ” is this summer’s theme for adults at the Peachtree City Public Library.  Read a new genre, join a book discussion, attend a program on container gardening and more.  The 2010 Summer Reading Program is open to adults ages 18 and older, with programs, prizes, and book discussions.  The adult program will run concurrently [...]

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