Whew, 2025 was a year! Not in a bad way! Actually, my 2025 was pretty good. God blessed us with all good things. Did we have challenges? Yes we did, but we were able to overcome them all. MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF 2025 Early in the year, I became a great-aunt to a beautiful baby … Continue reading HAPPY 2026!
Reflections
thoughts, ideas
Christmas is Coming!
Today is the last Friday before Christmas and I'm ready. Presents are wrapped, menu is planned...more or less. I'm looking forward to a rather quiet Christmas and that's OK. We celebrated with family over the Thanksgiving holiday. With the help of the mighty internet, we can wish family a Merry Christmas from here. It seems … Continue reading Christmas is Coming!
Deck the Halls…and the Walls and the Doors
I think we are finally finished decorating our home for Christmas. Maybe. It depends on what I find this weekend while shopping at Hobby Lobby and At Home. 😉 This is my favorite time of year. Because it's my favorite time of year it will fly by faster than a freight train, and that kinda … Continue reading Deck the Halls…and the Walls and the Doors
Post-Thanksgiving; Pre-Christmas
Greetings! I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving with family and friends! We celebrated the day a week prior because my hubs had to go back out on the road and wouldn't be home for Thanksgiving Day. He invited a buddy, one of his drivers, who was in town for that weekend. We had … Continue reading Post-Thanksgiving; Pre-Christmas
A Year in Review and Looking Forward to 2024
Well, Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you've all had a beautiful holiday season and that you rang in the new year in your favorite way. Honestly, 2023 flew by so fast, it seems. So much happened, mostly good, a couple not so good. I thought I'd like to share the highlights of tha past … Continue reading A Year in Review and Looking Forward to 2024
December: A Time for Reflection
I love the month of December. It brings in my most favorite holiday. The weather allows us here in Tennessee to break from the heat and humidity that dominate 80% of the rest of the year. It's also a time to look back on the year and recall the good, the bad, and the ugly. … Continue reading December: A Time for Reflection
Halloween of Yesterday
I'm old enough to write about how Halloween used to be for us when I was younger. It used to be so much more fun than what I see today. To be fair, I think parents are gravitating towards the days of their own youth, and letting their own kids have more fun the way … Continue reading Halloween of Yesterday
I Miss the Old Days
As the holiday season approaches, I find myself thinking back to how it used to be when I was a child. It feels like the older I get, the more I do that. It's not just the holidays that I think of, it's how life was, in general. Things were so much simpler. Of course, … Continue reading I Miss the Old Days
Fall Is My Happy Place
"Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go." - Unknown Oh my gosh, it's finally here...I think! I don't know, I live in Tennessee, it could just be a tease. It's been close to 90 degrees this week so far. They say that by this weekend, we'll be seeing a cooling off. … Continue reading Fall Is My Happy Place
Sorry, We’re Closing
Losing a job is one of those life altering things that so many people have had to deal with, these days. For a lot of people, it is a threat to their existence. It's the loss of a much needed income in order to survive. For many, it's the sole income, for others it's a … Continue reading Sorry, We’re Closing
Dipped In Sparkles 