Category Archives: holidays Sure, Thursday is a day to be thankful for many things. It goes without saying that most of us are thankful for our family, their health, our health, all the blessings in our lives (no matter how hard they sometimes are to find), our friends and our pets and the roof over our heads. But […]  *This is an edited and updated version of a post from 2013, because even though a year has passed, my addiction never will* I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (and again next year…and again the year after that…), the day they set up the Christmas corner at Target is one of my […]  Great news! It’s Halloween Friday! Seriously, shouldn’t Halloween always be on a Friday? I’m actually kind of envious of the parents with elementary aged kids today. For the past five years I’ve had to enforce post trick-or-treating bedtime and put restrictions on how much candy could be consumed before it because Halloween has fallen on […]  Do you dress up for Halloween? I love dressing up. Always have. If I could throw a costume party every year I would. But I’d have to have a lot of friends who would come dressed up to pull that off. Actually, scratch the ‘who would come dressed up’ part of that last sentence […]  In honor of America’s birthday today, I’ve decided to share a new favorite recipe for nachos. Because nothing says, “Happy Birthday, America!” like food from south of the border. But seriously. I discovered this recipe from the latest People magazine which featured the Today Show hosts’s favorite Fourth of July recipes. And apparently, Willie Geist […]  *other than that the children are our future (obviously) Last week when I was having a lazy writing day and was searching my archives for something old (but fabulous) to re-post instead of having to come up with something original (but fabulous), I came across an oldie I wrote about things ‘I Believe’ from September […]  Let’s just get this out of the way: Despite what this photo looks like, you are not drunk. Neither was the photographer. Neither was I. It’s just a fancy filter I used to hide the fact that I had on minimal makeup. Trust me, you’re welcome. Moving on. Yesterday I wrote a (very long-winded) post […]  New Years. It’s a holiday that I feel comfortable admitting my hatred for. I mean, I’m not a fan of Thanksgiving either, but it seems that any time I tell that little fact to people I get looks like I just admitted to hating crippled puppies or even worse – margaritas. (True story, btw…that I […]  Merry Christmas!! I know, I know, it’s not Christmas yet. Not just because my 12 year old has been counting down the hours until Wednesday morning for the past three days and doesn’t think she can bear it that time isn’t moving more quickly, but also because I’m still giving myself carte blanche to […]  Question: Why is “My Favorite Things” a Christmas song? There’s no mention of Santa or Wise Men or the sweet baby Jesus or even a pair of shoes. Is it because it’s about gifts? Hold on. It’s not really even about Christmas gifts. Sure, there’s a brown paper package tied up with strings, but if […] |
