Ahead of the Trend

I have never been a follow-the-trends kind of gal. When everyone was getting a perm I said, “Not me.” When everyone was collecting Bennie Babies I said, “Not me.” When everyone was roller blading, I said, “Not me.” I have never been a follower, nor did I care what everyone else was doing.

Now apparently all the things I like to do and have been doing for decades are the hot things to do. I had more than a few students send me a screen shot from the Today show of what are the Hot trends of the summer.

Mah Jongg is the the top event category on Event Bright, up 345%. Next is Needlepoint, up 41%. That is really something because Needlepoint is not easily an event. The third trend was Baking Events up 38%.

Today I played Mah Jongg, while needlepointing, while cookies were baking in the oven. All my activities are trending, but none were events. I played mah Jongg online, while trying to finish the third chair seat for my mah Jongg table and the cookies were for a funeral at church tomorrow.

At 64 I am now hot. It just took waiting around for the rest of the world to catch up to the things I like. When they go out of favor I will still be doing them.

If you want to learn to play mah Jongg visit my website, www.learnmahjongg.com

You can be hot like me by the end of the summer. If you need help with needlepoint I can do that too!