Windsong News

Active Adults Celebrate this Sweet Season

The baking aisle is hopping this month, as people celebrate Cookie Cutter Week (the first week of December), and prepare for Cookie Exchange Week (December 19-23) – and let’s not forget Gingerbread House Day (this weekend – December 10).

Wait – you weren’t aware of these sweet holidays and observances? Well then, surely you have sent out your Recipe Greetings (the first full week of December) when, instead of traditional cards, you send recipes to friends and loved ones.

Time Flies When Boomers Are Having Fun

Can you believe it’s already December

What happened to the rest of 2022?

So quickly they flew – January through November

But that’s just what happens when you enjoy what you do.

Hydration Helps Active Adults Enjoy Healthier Holidays

Turkey: check! Mashed potatoes and gravy: check! Pumpkin pie: check! Wine pairings: check! Bottle of water: ch… wait, what?

Thursday is the official start of the Holiday Season, which means lots of food, parties and gatherings, travel, and disrupted routines… all of which lead to forgetting to drink water, and that can take a toll on everything from our sleep patterns, ability to focus, mood, and more.

Tips For Active Adults to Host a Stress-Free Thanksgiving

Yes, you read that right – stress-free Thanksgiving. If you are hosting in your new home this year, consider these tips from the experts at TheKitchn.com:

1. Find your serving platters, bowls, and utensils – as well as the festive wine glasses, water goblets, and other specialty dinnerware – this week, so you can clean it, and evaluate what might need a refresh (as in, purchasing something new).

Marlowe Named 55+ Community of the Year

Windsong Properties, a leading active adult homebuilder with several communities in Cherokee and Paulding Counties, received the highest honor with the Community of the Year for 55+ homebuyers for its Marlowe community. Taking home two Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association (GAHBA) OBIE Awards this year, the company continues to build on its leadership in this specialized housing category -- all the more significant in light of ongoing pandemic-driven challenges facing the industry.

November Is A Great(-ful) Month To Be A Boomer!

While every day of the year has at least a handful of holidays or observances, celebrating gratitude is a great way to work toward Thanksgiving, giving us a sugar-down period after October, as well as time to put our priorities in order for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the New Year.

30-Day Gratitude Challenge

Getting started with the 30-Day Gratitude Challenge is easy. You may choose to do it for yourself, with your family, with friends and neighbors, or with an organization you belong to.

A Few of a Boomer’s Life-altering Things

I looked around one day and I discovered

Rooms I used rarely were drab and dust-covered

Kids had moved out, my home’s too big for me

This was the first of life-altering things.

Active Adults Dream of Their Perfect Home

We all talk about our “Dream Home” from time to time, in terms of location, features, and “must-haves.”

At Windsong, listening to what home buyers are dreaming about - and delivering the home they’ve imagined - is our superpower.

Windsong Properties Earns Prestigious National Housing Quality Award

Windsong Properties has been named a Bronze level winner of the 2023 National Housing Quality Award®, sponsored by Pro Builder Media (NHQA), an elite recognition of operational excellence following a rigorous evaluation process.

Boomers & Books – Fun Fall Fellowship

Football. Sweaters. Fires in the fireplace. A nice bowl of chili. A good book.

After the hectic activity of Spring and Summer, Fall offers an opportunity for respite, cocooning, and connecting over activities and events that occur indoors.

This first full week of October is Great Books Week, so it’s the perfect time to launch or rekindle (no pun intended!) your community Book Club, perhaps with one of these titles, written by and about Boomers: