The Sweet Lift Gardener – How Much Should I Grow?

By Alisa Murray | alisamurrayslivingthesweetlife.com – Hey Sweet Lifers! There are so many challenges to think about when planning a garden, like understanding the way the sun lands throughout the day, the quality of the soil, and rotation and location annually. Unless it lives in the Sweet Life Garden...

5 Tips for Organizing Your Home Office

When temperatures creep up again, it signals time for an annual tradition: spring cleaning. While big projects like windows are hard to overlook, don’t forget smaller areas that need attention, too, such as your home office. Making sense of a year’s worth of paperwork and clutter can take some serious...

Things You Should Know When Getting A Mortgage

By Cathy Baker – It’s kind of funny, most people who call me all want to know, “What’s the rate,” and I’ve had people tell me that’s all they need to know. Is that all you really need to know? Of course not! What’s just as important as the interest rate are the costs involved to get...

Literacy Council of Fort Bend County Partners with Tramontina USA for Onsite Literacy Classes

By Tanya Sterling – Approximately 154,000 Fort Bend County residents (19%) function at or below Level 1 Literacy, says a recent nationwide survey from the National Center for Education Statistics. This means that 154,000 adults living in Fort Bend County lack the reading and writing skills to manage...

Free Digestive Health Webinar at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital

Stress, worry and anxiety can take a toll on your stomach: Just think back to how you felt the last time you went on a job interview, got pulled over for speeding or awaited the results of a medical test. Those nervous butterflies in your belly were hard to ignore. “The enteric nervous system, a collection...

Spring into Rosés

As recently as just a handful of years ago, I bristled when I heard “It’s rosé season!” For as a lover of pink wines, I drink rosé wines year-round regardless of the calendar or the temperature beyond my front door. As the rosé category has exploded, however, I have given up my Sisyphean effort to...

3rd Annual George Ranch Rodeo Celebrates Black History Month

Saturday, February 19th Richmond’s George Ranch Historical Park The 3rd Annual George Ranch Rodeo will commemorate Black History Month in 2022 by highlighting the legacy of Black cowboys in Fort Bend County. The Fort Bend History Association and the Rodeo committee invite the community to join them at the...

Fort Bend Literacy Council’s Reading Between the Wines Night of a Thousand Laughs

Promises Laughter and  Fun for All Fundraiser for Adult Literacy Education Friday, March 25th The Literacy Council of Fort Bend County invites everyone to enjoy and evening of fun and fabulous food with Emmy award-winning actress, comedian, singer and author Vicki Lawrence as the featured speaker at...

Gardening in Texas

Hey Sweet Lifers! I love to plant seeds and watch them grow and share my knowledge about herbs, flowers and of course, veggies with anyone who will listen. I have a pretty patch of veggies, flowers and herbs going year round and that is one of the best parts about living in Texas. We can grow all year long...

Great Values in Red Wines

Winter is red wine season.  On a cold night, it is hard to beat a burger, roasted chicken or a steak with a perfectly matched red wine.  Here are some winners in all price ranges selected from several hundred red wines I have tasted over the last three months. CABERNETS Brandlin Estate Cabernet...

Thoughts and Wishes as We Welcome 2022

By Tanya Sterling – Happy 2022 to each one of you! As a longtime Fort Bend resident who is out and about in our community volunteering, and yes, socializing, I have gotten the opportunity to interact with so many people in our diverse county. A few commonalities amongst everyone I have encountered are...

Living the Sweet Life: Daily/Weekly/Monthly

Hey Sweet Lifers! Oh my it’s January again! How did that happen? Most of us, especially over the past few years, have been doing a scramble to try to find some normalcy in routines and goal setting just really well for me has not been top of mind. Getting things done and holding on to what feels right in...

Great Value White, Rosé and Red Wines

There are great values in all price ranges. After tasting through over 200 wines in the last few months, the following are all highly recommended: WINES Pine Ridge Viognier/Chenin Blanc California 2019 at $11.99 District 7 Estate Grown Chardonnay Monterey 2019 From certified sustainable vineyards at...

Jordan Ranch Adds More Than 400 Lots

Jordan Ranch recently increased its number of developed homesites by nearly 40 percent with the release of 415 properties this fall. The new sections accommodate a wide assortment of home designs, with lot sizes ranging from 40-foot to 70-foot wide. “We will continue with our current mix of homesites,...

Sugar Plum Market – Preview Night

Preview Night Wednesday, November 3rd • Stafford Centre Presented by: Fort Bend Junior Service League and Memorial Hermann Sugar...