June 1st is not just a date on the calendar. It is the beginning of a season you need to be ready for. Let me tell you something about Hurricane Ike. It was 2008. I had not been in Houston that long and I was still learning how this city worked — including how it […]

There is a certain kind of buyer who is done with subdivisions. Done with the house that looks exactly like the one next door. Done with the HOA that tells them what color to paint their shutters and charges them $1,300 a year for the privilege. Done with the backyard that backs up to someone […]

You asked for honest. Here it is. I want to start by saying I love Houston. Twenty years in and I am still here — still building, still blooming, still choosing this city every single day. But you asked for the bad. And I told you I would be straight with you. So let’s talk […]

From a small town girl who had no idea what she was walking into — and never looked back. Can I be honest with you for a second? When I tell people I moved to the Houston area, they always ask the same thing. “Was it a lot to adjust to?” Girl. You have no […]

The Live did not happen. The conversation did. And honestly — this is better. When the technical difficulties hit on May 13th and we could not get the Live off the ground I made a decision. The information was too important to let a bad internet connection bury it. So I went back to Michael […]

No office. No waiting room. Just a licensed notary who comes to you. If you have been searching for a mobile notary near you in Katy, Richmond, or the greater Houston area — you are in the right place. I am Crystal Plummer Spruill, a licensed mobile notary public serving Katy, Richmond, Fulshear, Sugar Land, […]

Free. Intentional. No pitch fest. Just women working in the same room. If you have been looking for a reason to get out of the house, out of your head, and into a room full of women who are actually building something — this is it. The Bloom Society by Moraea Co. is hosting three […]

And you have until May 15th to do something about it. If you own a home in Texas and you have never protested your property taxes — this post is for you. Here is what most homeowners do not realize. Your property tax appraisal is not final just because it showed up in your mailbox. […]

The real reason this exists — and why it was always for you. There is a flower called Moraea. It blooms in harsh conditions. Not despite them. In them. When I was sitting in the middle of the hardest season of my life — lupus, kidney failure, caregiving for my mother after her stroke, watching […]