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 …
Tag: vacation
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 …
Renewed Efforts
Nothing is better than renewed efforts put forth by people who had given up or lost focus. It can be in the form of effort, or investment, which requires effort – so that counts, too. We are “back to fall” Read More …
Let Me Count The Ways
It is mid-summer and part of the summer reading has been completed. Poetry and the classics are often on the list. I have always liked the sonnet “How Do I Love Thee?” Never one to be misunderstood in her romantic Read More …
A Day In The City
Spending a day in the city is like a mini holiday. You go out to eat. You walk slow. You linger, peeking into stores. You wait for the light. You stop to shop even if you don’t need something. Something Read More …
Counting Down
Just one more week until Memorial Day, I know you are counting down the days and soon it will be the hours. We are happy to be home this year for our annual borough parade. It is local, small and Read More …
All The Same
He asked me, “Do you know what the TSA Agent looked like?” Honestly, they were all the same to me this morning. So, rather than say that… “No. I don’t,” I said. Why not? Well, one of you had “randomly Read More …
The Unknown
I am traveling soon and the thing that I worry about is the unknown. There are a few things that I am fully prepared to do. Pack. Get up earlier (4th day in a row) than I prefer to wake. Read More …
Sounded Good
It sounded good when I said… “Yes.” “Let me book it.” “I’ll host dinner.” “I’ll cook it from scratch, it will taste better.” “Sure, all 20 of us in a 7 bedroom house – it sleeps 24 – there will Read More …
Just Stop
It is really hard for people who are type A personalities to stop. Just stop and relax. I know that it is something I have struggled with for the last 17 years (okay, probably longer…) but it hit me when Read More …