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Kristinemery

Final piece of the puzzle

It’s been one heck of an interesting year, to say the least. Now that we’re approaching Christmas, I imagine you’re busy shopping for gifts, decorating or baking cookies – unless you already did that back in October. Ever since the pandemic pushed us into lockdown last spring, it seems ...

Finding gratitude in 2020

I can’t decide whether this year is flying by or dragging itself over the finish line and slowly grinding to an end. A commercial the other day featured a coffee mug with a fake review for 2020 saying, “Very bad. Would not recommend.” This made me laugh and think back on what has been ...

Is Christmas music supposed to annoy me?

Well, we got through Halloween and Election Day and the sun still came up this week.In fact, the sun is shining brilliantly and helping to drive temperatures nearly 20 degrees above normal and into the mid-70s. It’s pushing mid-November and I played golf last week, mowed the grass over the ...

Can we opt out of 2020?

I can’t decide whether 2020 seems like the slowest year ever or the fastest.Everything is so different and messed up and upside down because of the pandemic that sometimes I even forget what month it is. I think my favorite phrase to come out of this entire experience is to “opt out” of ...

Back in person and back in the swing

How are you doing by now?It’s month eight of the COVID-19 pandemic and hearing the nauseatingly overused phrases such as “these uncertain times” and “the new normal” is, well, normal by now.Are you working?Are you kids in school at home or in person?I’m now seeing people refer to ...

Gotta love those gift cards

Did you ever find money in an old pocket, wallet or purse?It’s such a fun feeling. I found some “virtual” money in my wallet two times in the past few months when I discovered some gift cards that I forgot I had.Bonus!Both of them were gifts from my family, if I remember correctly, and ...