Everything was going so well. I hadn't been sick the entire year with anything, fortunately. I managed to get Christmas Day off from work and spent a wonderful day with my family. I had to work the rest of the week, but my husband didn't and opted for a fun, last-minute trip to the West ...
Did you go all out on your Christmas decorations this year? I’m laughing thinking of Chevy Chase plugging in his thousands of lights in the “Christmas Vacation” movie. I wrapped our lights around the porch banister as usual and hung some wreaths and greenery for my typical holiday ...
Well, it’s Wednesday after the college football conference championship games and Sunday’s College Football Playoff final four announcement. Is your favorite team in? We’re big college football fans in our household, and I’ll admit we spend way too much time talking about football, ...
The annual battle is underway: All throughout our neighborhoods, folks are raking and mulching, blowing and bagging all in the yearly effort to get rid of falling leaves. Is your yard clear yet? If so, it probably won’t be for long. It seems as if the trees are giggling behind our backs ...
Is your house full of stuff? I’ve written before about loving comedian George Carlin’s old rant about how your house is just a place to keep your stuff, and if you didn’t have so much stuff, you wouldn’t need a house. You have too much stuff, so you get a bigger house for your stuff, ...
It’s Wednesday after a Steelers win. How are you feeling by now? Are you still chanting “Fire Canada?” Are you ecstatic that they beat the Rams this past Sunday? Or are you – like me – left feeling ambivalent about the whole shebang? I don’t know what it is about this Steelers team ...
