For me, it was pan-fried steak. Grandma always had dinner going at 3:30pm sharp, and on steak night it sizzled until it was complete leather. But man, did it smell good! Maybe yours smelled like coffee, or even mothballs 😂 And it’s never just the smell, is it? It’s the card games at the kitchen table. The candy dish you’d steal from. The porch swing in the evenings. The way they said your first AND middle name! Those are the kinds of memories 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮 helps grandparents create with their grandkids inside 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿. The problem many of today’s grandparents face is trying to make those memories from three states away, over FaceTime, with toddlers who wander off mid-call and teenagers who have more important things to do. That’s when the miles between you start to feel like a different kind of distance. Maybe you’re the one sending birthday gifts and never hearing back. Or watching the calls get shorter as they get older. Or wondering if you’re doing enough, or doing it right. You’re not the only one. Not even close! If you’re craving more closeness with your grandchildren, 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 is where grandparents swap ideas that close the gap, whether your grands are in diapers or driving. Whether you’re nearby or miles away, Anna helps you find a way 👉 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. It’s free. But before you go, what’s your fondest memory with your grandparents? Or what’s the most fun memory you’ve made with your grandkids so far? @Anna Murrietta

Quick one, because I know you're busy brewing up the good stuff. 🧙‍♀️ For the first time ever, the top of The Directory is officially for sale. $25 gets you a 24-hour pinned post. You write it, you pick your date, and the whole Directory sees it. No tricks, just treats. 🍬 See the post pinned right below this one? That could be you. 👀 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘂: 📌 The October Pinned Post: $25 You write it. You pick your October date. I pin it at the top of The Directory for 24 hours. ✨ The Spotlight: $47 Rather have me write it? I'll conjure up your post (one revision included), pin it for 24 hours, plus create 3 Pinterest pins that keep hunting your ideal clients long after the pin comes down. 👻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: the pinned post gets you seen for a day. The Spotlight keeps working for months. The fine print: 🗓️ October dates only 🙋‍♀️ First come, first served 📍 One pinned post per day, so once a date's gone, it's gone Doors close once October's calendar is full or on Oct 28, whichever comes first. 👉 Pinned Post ($25) 👉 Spotlight ($47) Once you've bought, DM me your date (and your post, if you grabbed the $25 option). 🎃 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧: 𝗜𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗲-𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱? Want a shot at a free pinned post? Let's play! 1️⃣ Drop your one-liner in the comments: who you help + how, in one sentence. 2️⃣ Trick-or-treat at least 2 others: 🍬 Treat = scary good, I'd click that! 👻 Trick = something's spooking me... (tell them what and how to fix it) 3️⃣ Friday night, the member who leaves the most helpful feedback across the whole thread wins. 🏆 🍭𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲: Haven't bought yet? You win a free October pin. 📌 Already bought? Your choice:

UPDATE: Part of this post was incorrect. Skool runs its own payment system, so Apple and Google don't take a cut of Skool memberships. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ I just learned something that honestly made my blood boil, and you deserve to know it. If you join or pay for a community from inside the Skool app on your iPhone or Android, Apple or Google takes up to 30% of EVERY payment. Not just the first one. Every month. They did nothing to earn it. They just own the app store. But here is the part that really gets me. If a friend told you about this community and you clicked their link through the mobile app, that friend gets NOTHING. Not the first commission. Not any of them. Ever. Their referral can't be tracked through Apple's or Google's checkout, so the person who sent you here gets zero while a trillion-dollar company pockets 30%. I don't know about you but I would much rather that money go to a real person than to Apple. So please do this one thing for me. If you are on your phone, open your browser (Safari, Chrome, whatever you use), open the join link there, and sign up through the website. It takes ten extra seconds but your money goes to the community and to the friend who referred you instead of an app store. And one more thing. If you're browsing Skool's discovery page looking for a community to join, check first whether one of your Skool friends has a referral link for it. Same community, same price for you, but instead of the money flowing straight to the big guys, it lands with a real person. Thank you for reading this. Now go tell a friend!

My cousin has officially come back to Skool 🎉 and she’s working on a project that requires a little market research. @Heidi Marie tried asking this question over on Facebook and, well... apparently Facebook decided she must be trying to spam or sell something instead of simply asking a research question. 🤦‍♀️ So I told her, bring it over here. We have a community full of business owners, creators, bakers, makers, and people with all kinds of random tools and resources, so let’s see if we can help her out. Her question: How many of you either OWN a 3D printer or have access to one and use it to print your own cookie cutters? She’s working on a little project, and your answers would help tremendously! Even if your answer is just “Yep, I do!” or “I have access to one!”, drop it below 👇 and let’s show her how we do market research over here on Skool. 🫶 You can see what she does on Facebook Little Miss Gluten Free or through her website https://littlemissgf.com

...and celebrations are in order. Fair warning: there's a plot twist near the bottom, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦. 😉 One of our members, @Vinayak Ramesh, just launched a podcast — 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲. Went digging through the guest list to see who's on it so far, and turns out four of our own are already in there: Jill Hart, Krista Brea, Janay Trevillion, and Alli Gatlin. Podcast-famous and didn't say a word. 😏 (Still working through the rest of the episodes — if you're in there too, I'm coming for you next.) 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁: Vinayak's trying to climb the Apple Podcasts charts in his very first week, which is a genuinely hard thing to pull off. Here's how you can actually help (takes 2 minutes): 1️⃣ Follow the show 2️⃣ Download + listen to an episode — start with his, then go check out Jill's, Krista's, Janay's, or Alli's episodes too 3️⃣ On iPhone? A quick rating/review is what really moves the needle on ranking Every follow and download counts toward where he lands, no matter what device you're on. Once you've given him a boost... drop your own podcast link below. You helped him get eyes on his show, now let's get some eyes on yours 😁