The Honeybee's Lifestyle

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  • Something New Is Happening

    Something New Is Happening

    Hello Honeybees,

    As we near the end of 2017 and get ready to move into 2018 I hope like me you are setting new goals for the new year. You don’t have to wait until January to start working on your new goals. Why wait? Start NOW.  I set some new goals for the blog and I didn’t wait until 2018 to put them into action.

    I have a new name to reflect my new focus and because when I see you all out people will say  “Hey Honeybee” and I LOVE IT. I love the city of Memphis and I want to start embracing it and sharing all things Memphis from my vantage point.

    Let me know what you think of the new name.

    Welcome to The Honeybee 901. Inspired by all things Memphis.

    I’m starting the new year by doing a collaboration with some other 901 bloggers. Yall, I found my blogger tribe. So please go show them some love.  Bianca is a fashion blogger at Curvaceously Bee Ashlee is a chic fashion blogger at Big World Huge Style. Chastity is a fitness and lifestyle blogger at Sweat In Mascara and Marshella Taylor is a fashion and inspirational blogger at Tayloredxtaylor.  This weeks theme is Friends & Family.

    Playing games with Friends & Family can be a lot of fun and depending on the game it can be serious. You will NEVER catch me at the Spades table. I know my limits.

    Dressing casual to hang out and play is just my style. Jeans, boots and sweater.

    I’m ready to play. Chess anyone?

    Sweater: Target, Jeans: Old Navy, Boots: Unisa

    Thank you for being on this blogger journey with me. There are new adventures to take in 2018 and I look forward to taking you with me. If you see me out in the 901 PLEASE say something.  Hey Honeybee!!!!

    Beewisdom- Let’s not play games with our goals.

     Belinda

     

     

     

     

     

  • What I Learned At St Jude

    Hello Honeybees,

    As a parent I am always worried and concerned when one of my boys is sick. This allergy season has been really rough on my youngest. The worst year yet for him. I just can not imagine how the parents of children at St Jude feel. These children are dealing with life threatening illnesses. 

    If you live in Memphis you know what a gem we have in our city in St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I also believe that we take this gem for granted. I know that I am guilty. We all know about the good work that happens at St Jude. I know that families never have to pay for the medical treatments that their child receive. I know that families from out of town have a place to stay so that they can be near their children at the Ronald McDonald House , Target House or Tri Delta Place.

    E for Expenses at St Jude

    As part of the Memphis Blogger & Influencer meetup I had the opportunity to take a tour of St. Jude and learned some very interesting facts.

    St Jude Memphis Blogger Ambassadors

    Did you know that Danny Thomas, founder of St Jude, was instrumental in helping to desegregate the hospitality industry in Memphis? Before there was Ronald McDonald House families stayed at hotels which were not open to people of color. Danny told the hotels that if they couldn’t open their rooms to all that he would take his business elsewhere.

    Did you know that it was the lack of quality healthcare of an African American boy that lead Danny to start St Jude?

    St. Jude Statue

    Did you know that the original architect for St Jude was African American? Paul Williams learned to draw his renderings upside down because he couldn’t be on the same side of the table as Caucasians.  

    To know that St Jude has so much history outside of the medical miracles that it performs everyday is mind blowing.  As part of my #followmeinto50 I am planning to do a fundraising event for St Jude so stay tuned.

    Remember this line because you will see it again….”If you can’t give green, give red”  if you know what that means let me know in the comments.

    BelindaBloggingwithbee

    Beewisdom- Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others- Danny Thomas

  • 20 Things That Make Me Happy

    Hello Honeybees,

    Sometime in September I wrote a list of 20 things that make me happy and after this past week, which I still can not comprehend, I was glad to run across that list.

    Wanna read it?    Here ya go?

    • My relationship with God
    • My sons
    • When my sons say I love you
    • A moving worship experience
    • Spending time with my friends
    • A great night’s sleep
    • When I see a successful child
    • A confident woman
    • A fresh hair do
    • Perfectly arched brows

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    • A good pedicure
    • A long bubble bath
    • A perfect Spring day
    • A perfect fall day on a college campus
    • A day at the beach
    • A clean house, that I didn’t have to clean
    • Checking off everything on my to do list
    • Not keeping up with the Joneses
    • A Steelers win, especially the Super Bowl
    • Knowing that my life makes a difference in this world

    Some of these might be small but it doesn’t always have to be something big to make me happy. For me it really is the small things that make me happy.

    What makes you happy?

    Belinda Bee pic

    Beewisdom –  It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.”      Lucille  Ball