HumaneKind- Feel Good Friday

My dear friend Karin introduced me to HumaneKind a few weeks ago and I went for the first time the last Saturday in June. HumaneKind started all over a cup of coffee in Denver. The idea behind it is for a weekly block party to support the homeless. The original block party started in Denver and recently kicked off in KC. Each Saturday block party is a time where the homeless can come and get toiletries, clothing and socialization from others while playing a little Jenga, corn hole, listen to music or just having a cup of coffee and a bagel provided by Einstein Bros and Starbucks.

I packed up a couple of hygiene kits from things I had in my closet including shampoos and soaps I had taken from hotels. I also packed a bag of clothes that I was ready to part with. The hygiene kits were really popular and I wished I had had more.

Not doing anything on Saturday morning? Check out HumaneKind. It's a great way to put a little pep in your step and give back. And also very family friendly so would be a good way to show kids the spirit of giving. I plan to go at least once a month, please join me!

Wordless Wednesday

How about this? Was in a store over the weekend that had the saying hanging on their wall. I did not purchase as I didn't like the frame and it did not look interchangeable!

Feel Good Friday

My girl Riesy, who hates just about everybody except

her grammy,

her gramps,

& her BFF Ollie's Dad.

I captured this last week while laying in bed recovering from a treatment. She flew off the bed when she heard grammy come in the house.

And then she waited behind the bedroom door for her.....

Doesn't this just make you SMILE?

It is Well With My Soul

I had this blank canvas taking up real estate in my junk closet. I had been pinning printables with the words, "It is well with my soul."  I love that saying. I actually think it is an old hymm. The words tug at my ❤ and I think they are so meaningful.  I have been inspired by my friend Annie's friend who operates Gale Nation but her classes are an investment. So I decided to take to the canvas myself. I first wrote in pencil and colored it in in gold. I don't really like how it turned out but I have it hanging until I figure something else out! 

Wordless Wednesday

Life isn't all cookies and ice cream.

But it sure helps when you have some.

Made it through experimental chemo #7.

Tough mentally this time. 

Looking forward to more days of cookies and ice cream (or not, says my waistline!)

A Great Find; Just not in KC!

I've been known to be tricked into believing something, specifically a store too good to be true. Many years ago, my Dad lead my siblings to encourage me to ask to go to a shoe store near Old Orchard outside of Chicago which he already knew was CLOSED. Imagine my face as we pulled up to a CLOSED shoe discount warehouse. 

Same face. New story.

Just before Christmas a friend of mine told me that her hairdresser told her Crate and Barrel had a great warehouse/outlet in North Kansas City that was worth checking out. I told my mom about it when she was visiting and we decided to go check it out. After all if you google it, this is what comes up. Has to be true, right?

We pulled into a warehouse district in NKC, near Chicken and Pickle and Cinderblock Brewery (next time I go to NKC it will be to drink!) and it was a bit confusing but we quickly found the address and on the door to the warehouse there was a statement about Crate & Barrel being down the block. However a sweet lady came to the door and pointed us in the right direction while I made some comment about wanting to see what they had for sale. The lady quickly corrected me. What is rumored to be a "Crate and Barrel warehouse/outlet" is really just a pick up location once you place an order. Insert huge frown. 

If somebody tells you KC has a Crate and Barrel Outlet don't believe them! It leads to a very sad non-shopping story like this.

But if you are traveling to Dallas or Chicago this summer, they both have GREAT Crate and Barrel Outlets.

Thursday Thoughts

Saw this outside the Pour House in Waldo.

LOVE