It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving and Black Friday are over and we have started the official countdown to Christmas. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving despite a few obstacles. It was perfect in that both girls were here with us. The obstacles were, in hindsight, minor – the kitchen is still not finished and Wednesday morning the dishwasher decided that it would cease to function properly and thus would be unavailable until addressed by a repairman on Monday. Neither…
It is funny how our obligations to and relationships with holidays change throughout life. My first memories of Father’s Day are from when I was four or so and my “gift” to my Dad was to help him wash the car. Having now raised two children who were at various times four years old, I’m not sure how much of a gift that really was for my Dad; it was perhaps a better deal for my mom who got some…
At least this mama gets to lay down while she’s fixing dinner! I took this photo back in October at the Texas State Fair. I have been waiting to find the perfect occasion to post it! Happy Mother’s Day!
For the past several weeks, the newspaper has been filled with articles and ads about how to celebrate Mother’s Day – advertisers confident that they are selling “the perfect gift” that every mother wants and needs, deals on meals for those that want to keep mom out of the kitchen on her special day, and for the traditionalists, everyone from the city’s finest florists to the local grocery stores all have a beautiful selections of flowers guaranteed to make every…
So here we are beginning a new year. A few days ago, on my birthday, I said that I was not in the mood for a sappy romp through the past. Today I have changed my mind. I am a woman; changing my mind is a woman’s prerogative, isn’t it? Prerogative or not, I am about to take a look back at the highlights of 2010 in my world. The early part of the year was calm for us though…
So why was I at the mall again this weekend? I was on a top secret mission. No, I was not looking for a Christmas gift. And no, I have not finished Christmas shopping, but yesterday was not the day for that. Despite what you may be thinking, I was not checking up on Santa to make sure he was doing what he is supposed to be doing at this time of year. My assignment was to be in the…
I must begin by confessing that Thanksgiving is one of my least favorite holidays – not because of its intention, but because of the way we go about “celebrating.” Most of us run ourselves ragged preparing a meal that amounts to enough food for a week or two but is consumed in one afternoon in a time span that is probably equal to one tenth of the time it takes to make it all. We tried to keep it simple…
Despite the often quite vocal pleas for independence, here is proof that teenagers still want to be our babies. No matter how old or how big they get, we will always remember them as being our babies. Happy Mother’s Day to all!
In years past I have taken the opportunity to write some fairly sarcastic posts on Valentine’s Day. It doesn’t take a PhD in psychology to know that such musings are a way to avoid facing the fact that I really didn’t have any reason to get excited about Valentine’s Day. I am happy to say that things have changed and that there will be no sarcasm in today’s post. After today, however, anything goes. After many years in denial, I…
As we approach Valentine’s Day, Christmas has faded into the distant past. And almost without notice, January has whizzed by. It is sad that life passes so quickly that once Christmas Day has past, its details are all but forgotten. Another thing that was gone immediately after December 25th was the bombarding of our Inboxes with enticing advertisements for “the perfect gift.” However, like with the retail stores, there were a few Internet stores that had great after Christmas sales…