While this may not apply to everyone, here are what I think are the 7 stages of the holidays. Anticipation. Planning. Shopping. Nervousness. Work. Accomplishment. Relief. Many of these stages require coffee, others require patience. Some just need you to Read More …
Every day there is so much anticipation for the next big thing…this week, it is Thanksgiving. Then, the shopping-ist day of the year for many. Then, the weekends of seek and find, looking for the perfect gift. Then, the parties Read More …
Tonight, we had Christmas Cookies for dinner… …and then, after the evening’s walk – drive – and dash from house to house – we had lasagna for dessert. Annual house tours, whether they celebrate winter, spring, summer or fall are Read More …
We do live in an imperfect world. We cannot always be right, look beautiful or be on time. We can however, do our best. If we don’t think we are at our best, we can… apologize that we aren’t able Read More …
Well, there are probably a lot of ways to end this beginning phrase, “as long as”, but all I really wanted to say was this: every year, we celebrate milestones. Every year, we take pictures. Facebook (and now Snapfish) send Read More …
I can’t even say how so excited I am today… I made one simple, but well thought out, purchase today for a Christmas Eve gift. We also made a plan for the day. A plan that aligns with our family Read More …
I have plenty of caffeinated sisters, besides my siblings…but they’re my favorite. We all do it. We have our favorite. It just is a part of our lives; caused by with early mornings, late nights stay up kids from homework Read More …
You think you have problems? Get in line…at least that is what I think the ducks might say (if they could talk.) I know it sounds pretty silly, but think about how hard it is for ducks to communicate and Read More …
In respect to accomplishments, I believe that there are two philosophies on time management. 1) Cramming as much as possible into every single moment of the day… I am not exactly sure that this is strictly a Type A personality Read More …
It is enough to say “we are not affiliated with each other” to mean something? There is probably some kind of association and a halo effect…or a tarnished halo depending on the perspective and circumstances of the relationship. Much of Read More …