Posted in Holidays, Miscellaneous on Dec 31st, 2009
New Years: A time of renewal, of starting over, of somehow making life better. At least that’s what we tell ourselves. God knows we all need a fresh start from time to time, the hope that we can be better people, better parents, better in our businesses, maybe even, gulp, happier than we’ve been in [...]
Posted in Holidays, Miscellaneous on Dec 25th, 2009
I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season, whatever you celebrate. As for us, we’re in the middle of a blizzard out here in the middle of nowhere, U.S.A. Rather cozy, at this point, though I’m sure cabin fever will strike eventually. We’re all nestled in and have had a nice, relaxing day [...]
Posted in Gripes, Holidays, Miscellaneous on Dec 22nd, 2009
I nearly told my boys last week that there’s no such thing as Santa. I’m all for using one’s imagination, but I have serious problems with the whole Santa fantasy. You see, I never believed in Santa as a child. He was just an imaginary figure who represented Christmas, similar to The Easter Bunny being [...]
Posted in Holidays, Miscellaneous on Nov 30th, 2009
Mine was great! I had two of them, actually, so I’ve had more than my fill of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy and pumpkin pie. We also cracked a bottle of chokecherry wine that a friend gave me at one gathering. Though I’ll admit I was skeptical, it was actually quite good! I have [...]
Posted in Holidays on Jul 3rd, 2009
I hope y’all have a fun, fireworks-filled weekend, remembering that people fought for our freedom, the same freedom that gives us the right to enjoy, uninhibited, a fun, fireworks-filled weekend. Have a happy 4th!
Posted in Holidays on Jun 21st, 2009
To all you fathers out there who help out with your kids, love them, nurture them and spend time with them, we moms appreciate you — we couldn’t do it without you. Happy Father’s Day!
Posted in Holidays on Feb 13th, 2009
It seems like I just posted on here about Valentine’s Day and here it is again! I can’t believe how fast my life is whipping by. Even if I weren’t alone for Valentine’s Day, I still have objections of sorts to the necessity of a holiday to tell the people in our lives we love [...]
Posted in Holidays on Dec 21st, 2008
Just before my tenth Christmas, my parents announced that we would be celebrating it differently from then on. Rather than opening all of our gifts on Christmas Day, as we had in the past, we would observe the twelve days of Christmas instead and open one present every night. The twelve days lead up to [...]
Posted in Holidays on May 11th, 2008
It’s a little late to say that, but I was just so busy doing nothing that I forgot all about it until now. =) I had it pretty easy today, for a change, which was wonderful. Last night, my kids brought me pizza and a bouquet of beautiful flowers (roses and “sunflowers,” which are really some [...]
Posted in Holidays on Feb 13th, 2008
This Valentine’s Day, I’m planning on taking the opportunity to write each of my kids a note telling them why I love them. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a while, but haven’t made the time for. Yes, the whole concept behind Valentine’s Day is enough to make me want to rebel. Why should someone else designate [...]
