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Recently a fellow mom said “you are the most public person I know”… I laughed and thought this person thinks they really know me.    Sorry sister, you know the part of me I allow you to know.   Fifteen years ago on a paid press trip to a Family Friendly Resort, I learned the true meaning of “privacy”. A man, that I did not know, overheard or sought out enough information about me to convince the young front desk clerk at the (major chain) resort that he was my husband and he wanted to surprise me with beer and roses. After leaving my kids attended to in the water park ..read more

 Rural Southeast Missouri Antique & Treasure Trail  Created by The Missouri Mom Discovering Rural Missouri Towns One Stop at a Time. Marble Hill, Missouri  Bill Peters Hardware: 313 First Street, Marble Hill, MO 63764 First Street Market: 206 First Street, Marble Hill, MO 63764 Old Lutesville Emporium:  205 First Street, Marble Hill, MO 63764 Second Time Around: 110 First Street, Marble Hill, MO 63764 M&J's Buy -Sell Resale Shop:  160 First Street, Marble Hill, MO 63764 Marble Hill Trade Company:  112B First Street, Marble Hill, MO 63764 EC Re ..read more

 I was recently asked why I rarely review a restaurant in my own town.   I really do want my town to be the most successful it can be, but there is authenticity to my reviews and a level of biasness I hold for my community.  It is hard to give a non-bias review to people you know.   Here are my rules to restaurant reviews:  I rarely announce I am coming.  I like to catch the wait staff, owners, and chef by surprise.  I don't tell them who I am, but once I leave, I check in at their establishment and share an instant review.  Then I follow up wi ..read more

You can be happy no matter what happens in your life if you don’t let others control your attitude.  This is a very deep statement.  How can we live like this?  How do we apply this theory to our life?   Over the last few months, I have seen a lot of unhappy people lash out on social media, because of what they believe is going on, not what they researched, not what they have facts on, just what they believe is going on from comments and gossip.   Recently over lunch a friend of mine said “you must have skin as thick as steel for all the things that get th ..read more

Follow the trail to find unique stops through southeast Missouri.  Pastimes Antiques: 45 N. Main Street, Cape Girardeau, MO  Annie-Em’s at Home: 42 N. Main Street, Cape Girardeau, MO  Back Porch Antiques and Collectibles: 27 N. Main Street, Cape Girardeau, MO  Premiere Antiques and More: 19 N. Main Street, Cape Girardeau, MO  Spanish Street Mercantile: 26 N. Spanish Street, Cape Girardeau, MO  Brick Street Gallery: 19 N. Spanish Street, Cape Girardeau, MO  Annie Laurie’s: 536 Broadway Street, Cape Girardeau, MO  River City Coins and Jewelry: 713 Broadwa ..read more

 A friend of mine sent me a Facebook post about The Midway and said, “you need to try this place out.” It had my brain intrigued; I love a good small-town place that hasn’t been blasted by all the news media outlets.  The Midway in Puxico, Missouri - town population 873, business rating 10 Star -  “I am not in Missouri anymore standards.”   We were greeted at the front door by who I later learned to be one of the owners, this was by chance, because there was no way he knew who I was, and no way I knew who he was.   He showed us the dining area on the main le ..read more

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