Author: Missy

One of the draws of Lakeland, FL that attracts nature lovers, is Lake Morton. It is said the swans that swim there are direct descendants of the swans donated to the park by Queen Elizabeth in 1957. I couldn’t wait to get to Lake Morton and see if the swans really were mute, or if […]

When my friends and I got out of college, we wanted to go see some of the local area. One of the things we all decided to do was discover the Adventurous Scavenger Hunt we had read about in the brochures we found for Lakeland, FL. Since we had spent most of our day time […]

When we got out to the train yard, neither of them were happy to be standing in the cold wind and waiting for the train to open the doors My kids wanted to go see where I grew up when they. I told them grandma and grandpa would be moving in with us soon, and […]

While at my sister’s house, my mom had other things on her agenda that didn’t include gambling. She wanted to go to the Marcus Elgin Cinema. She told me if I was bored with the movie, I could sit back in the reclining seat and take a short nap. I knew if I were to […]

My husband kept telling me that the best place to go for a good lunch in Lee’s Summit was the Diametric Brewing Company. He told me about the amazing sandwiches and how we would be getting out of the summer heat. I was happy, knowing I wouldn’t need to be outside much longer, but I […]

I try to get home as much as possible, but I will admit summer is my favorite time in Lee’s Summit. There are so many events and things to do, that I spend my entire vacation visiting family and friends and going to different events. One of my favorite ways to relax while home in […]

Over the course of five years, three of my kids and my sister moved to Jacksonville, FL. They all had their own homes, and were enjoying the year-round warmth we didn’t have in the Northwest. I had to travel over 3000 miles to visit my family, and my mom always traveled with me. We had […]

My daughter thought it would be fun to take me and the girls to Jacksonville beach and go camping. I had already looked at the weather report, and it wasn’t supposed to rain. It was supposed to be hot and humid, but it wasn’t supposed to rain. I was sure my daughter would have rented […]

When my friend and I moved to The Villages, FL, all our neighbors were telling us my friend and I had to visit Gilded Matilda’s, but i thought it had to be some kind of bar, if you thought about their name. My fiance told me you can’t judge a book by its cover. I […]

I moved to St. Petersburg, FL because I was tired of the frigid plus snow of the winter; I wanted to live where half my year wasn’t spent in pain plus suffering, plus I could never get hot enough. I learn that even on the coldest days, it never got below fifty degrees, plus that […]