Old Friends
You know what they say about New Year’s Eve and old friends. The kind that make you feel young…and the ones you never, ever forget – because you keep seeing them, year after year after year. Still young, after all Read More …
Tag: holiday
It’s All About Them
When you decide to have children, you pretty much need to accept that, for a long time anyway, it’s all about them. When they want to eat. When they want to sleep. When they want to do, well. Anything. When Read More …
Favorite Holiday
For many people, including my husband, Christmas is their favorite holiday…no doubt that started when they were children, but it has stood the test of time. What’s not to love? A full week – and then some – off from Read More …
Silent Night
My wish to everyone tonight is a silent night…no sirens, no whistles, no call to duty. Every year, our fire department drives through the neighborhood…Santa on the back of the rescue truck wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. For years Read More …
A Few More Days
In just a few more days the kids will be done with school, the pre-Christmas sales will be replaced with post-holiday sales – even deeper discounts on what nobody thought was interesting enough to buy as a gift – and Read More …
Take 5
There is a really yummy candy bar, named Take 5 and it was a life changing thing for me. It was launched by Hershey quite a few years ago when I was a candy buyer – right around the time Read More …
Start Today
Things that take fifty years don’t just happen overnight, but if you start today you might have a chance. Write a book. Start a charitable organization. Read the complete works of William Shakespeare. Watch all 7 seasons of the Gilmore Read More …
Clear Skies
Even though we need the rain that we have had – steady, street flooding, Seattle-like rain – I wish we had clear skies. The crisp evenings of fall make for wonderful star gazing…dreaming and thinking about what can be. We Read More …
Cyber Everyday
This year, we are not just seeing the usual post-Thanksgiving specials, like Black Friday deals and Cyber Monday online specials…it is literally becoming “cyber everyday” with more deals added, extended to Tuesday and beyond…pretty much all week long this week. Read More …
Abundance
Thanksgiving is a celebration of abundance, starting with that first harvest – which we’re no longer dependent upon any longer – not really anyway. We have more food than anyone should ever have in one meal, and then, we eat Read More …