Years ago, in the town where we live, the local fire company drove through town, sirens wailing. It was Christmas Eve… As the daughter of a firefighter I would quickly wish all a quiet night. Get home safe. Hope everyone Read More …
It is always okay to update the plan and have a change of venue. Different restaurant. Different house. Different city. Different destination. The holidays should always have some consistency, with the age-old traditions. The main dish. The sides. The desserts. Read More …
Now is the perfect time (if you haven’t been using them already for the holidays) to get out those old recipes and make a family favorite… dinner cookie appetizer snack cocktail cake Make sure you use their ingredients, too. No Read More …
Lucky for many, who are still unfinished with their holiday plans, prep and primping – there is still one more day…to make Christmas memories the best ever. I gently pushed the kids to shop tonight, rather than tomorrow. I was Read More …
We all love bad dad jokes. knock knock jokes puns repeated stories that have a funny ending…the first time childhood memories that just can’t possibly be true, they make you laugh too much What we do not like is when Read More …
In our home and all of our family, we have an age old tradition where we say grace and then finish with a sing-songy affirmation of how we love everybody around the table. My grandmother started this (probably my grandfather, Read More …
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 …
Just a short blog post for today. It’s about traditions today that are simply carried on from old habits, things that mom & dad did, or their parents did and our friends did too… We fell right into the pitfall Read More …
If you are a 6 foot 2 inch man, yes, pastels are OK. No one, I mean, no one person will make fun of you if you wear that color yellow. (Of course, I think society should be okay with Read More …
When I was growing up, most of my friends could look forward to having Friday night pizza – every Friday. We only did this during Lent, and even then, it was not a “known entity”. As an adult, I have Read More …