Akram's Ideas

Category - Lifestyle

Holiday Cookie Gifts

This Holiday I wanted to make a DIY gift for friends and family. I decided that since I enjoyed baking I would put together Holiday Cookie Gifts.

Retro Diner

The other day at the "Maple Leaf" , festival me and my hubby dined at Carthage Deli and Ice cream, an adorably styled retro diner.

Homecoming ’13

This past weekend was Pittsburg State University (PSU) homecoming. The entire town of Pittsburg, Kansas participates in the festivities.

Exercise mat, dumb bells and sneakers Exercise mat, dumb bells and sneakers

Exercising Lies

One issue I have with exercise are the continuos lies about how it doesn't take but 30 minutes out of your 24 hour day, but that simply isn't true!

Go Blog Social

The Go Blog Social is a 2 day conference aimed at all bloggers and social media lovers, packed with talented and successful speakers and more.

Touring the B-17

This past week the Joplin airport had a special open house event featuring the B-17 “Sentimental Journey” , which is one of the world’s few remaining airworthy B-17s. My hubby loves airplanes and I knew when he mentioned the...

Spring Outting

For a few weeks now I have been sick with “walking pneumonia” and it hasn’t been fun. Hover, this morning I had finally felt a little better and decided that I was sick of this cabin fever and had to get out of the house. After all...

Cherry Blossoms

One of the things I loved about our corner house when we purchased it were the two large trees that dawned the street side of the house. This row of trees gave a more private feel to the house and from my upstairs office, made me feel like I was in...

Addy Winner!

Ever since I was younger I always dreamed of being a writer, director, producer, working on animations. Well recently my childhood dream came true. Last fall I thought a class on “Web and Motion Graphics” where students were to create an...

My Lalaloopsy Collection

For those of you who don’t know I like toys. In fact I collect a lot of toys. Over the years I’ve had lots of collections, I have my Barbie collection, which is mostly just dolls that I have had since I was little, and by no...

My Little Old House

Last summer I got a new job in Pittsburg, KS teaching at Pittsburg State University.  As part of the job, as one would expect, meant I had to move to Pittsburg, KS. Thus, the search for a house began. Me and my darling husband spent almost all...