Years ago I worked in a medical office and at the holidays the doctors would always give us lovely gifts. One in particular, who happened to be Jewish, would…
Holidays are pretty stressful on their own, but when you have to introduce a new relationship to your entire family, it adds a whole new level of festive…
You read it right, there are 12 weeks of jingle, plinky, sparkly, ring-a-ding holidays. Don’t believe me? Okay, I get it, but we need to stop denying Christmas…
Remember Thanksgivings before you had kids? I remember my first “adult” Thanksgiving laughing with family and friends, while cooking and sipping wine. The mismatched plates, not enough wine…
No, it’s not because it happens to be the “all Pleather week” in our bedroom… I appreciate Thanksgiving week for a whole other reason. Don’t hate me for…
I have a subscription to Better Homes and Gardens, which could be considered odd since neither my home nor my garden would be likely to be considered “better.”…
I have always been one who follows the rules. To a fault. I think it is a little bit of the autism gene that runs through my family,…
I find odd and unusual items in my house. Sometimes these discoveries are wrapped in a cloak of dust bunny mystery which must be solved. Like the scientist…
What’s up with all this pumpkin shit? I went into a popular grocery retailer yesterday and was overwhelmed by the amount of pumpkin products. How is it the…
I awoke with a pounding headache, a kid’s foot in my face, and a crooked neck. Yet, in a few hours, none of that would matter because I had booked…