Traditional First Day of School Meal
Growing up, every year on the first day of school we would have spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. It’s a delicious and comforting meal...
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Feb 19, 20191 min read
Aromatherapy
Like many people lately, I have succumbed to the allure of aromatherapy. Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils to benefit your...
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Feb 12, 20194 min read
The Money Pit (Or: The Highs and Lows of Home Ownership)
My husband and I own a cute white house that was built in the 1940s. It has a huge bay window in the kitchen that looks out into the...
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Feb 7, 20192 min read
Composting
Composting is a new adventure for me and I wanted to share with you how easy and worthwhile it is! By now, everyone is aware of my...
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Feb 7, 20191 min read
Work/Life Balance
Work life balance...is there such a thing? I wonder sometimes. We all do our best to balance life and work. We know that our families...
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Jan 31, 20191 min read
Watch Yourself
I am one of the few people I know who wears an analog watch (or a watch at all, for that matter). I love my watch. I think of it as a...
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Jan 29, 20193 min read
The Lost Lady & the New Coffee Pot
We are huge coffee drinkers. We drink it morning, noon, and night, summer and winter and we just love it! Because we drink so much we go...
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Jan 15, 20191 min read
Jekyll Island Shrimp and Grits Festival
We had the great good fortune to attend the Jekyll Island Shrimp and Grits Festival this past September and loved every minute of it. ...
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Jan 10, 20193 min read
Resolutions and Goals and Plans...Oh My!
It’s that time of year again when we all make unattainable resolutions and end up disappointing ourselves long before the sun sets on the...
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Jan 8, 20192 min read
From "To Do" to "Oh Yes, I Am Done!"
Are you a list maker? Do you write things down that you want to accomplish each day, week, month, or year? Do you write out your annual...
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Jan 3, 20192 min read
New Year's Resolutions
I am not a big believer in New Year’s resolutions- I have rarely kept them and have trouble narrowing down all that I hope to achieve in...
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Jan 3, 20193 min read
Chinese Christmas
The first time I watched the movie A Christmas Story I was a mere 28 years old. I remember laying on the den floor of my mom-in-law and...
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Dec 18, 20182 min read
Hot Chicken
A few summers ago, my dad and I recreated the Oregon Trail by car (more on that in a later post). The first leg of our trip took us to...
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Dec 13, 20182 min read
Planning Parades
A big part of my job for the last several years has been planning my City’s local parades. Believe it or not, there is no handbook for a...
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Dec 11, 20181 min read
Felting
Felting is a super fun, super easy craft that I truly believe anyone can do. I am not crafty in the slightest, but I enjoy felting very...
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Dec 6, 20184 min read
I Love The Holidays: Part 2
Part II: The How-to-be-Happy Part (see also Part I: The Happy Part) As a counselor, people tell me all the time how much they dislike...
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Dec 6, 20181 min read
My Favorite: Christmas Movies
Christmas movies are my go-to’s for bad days: nothing can cheer me up quite like a Christmas movie. They’re also my go-to for good...
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Dec 4, 20183 min read
I Love The Holidays: Part 1
Yes, I really do love holidays - every single one of them - and we celebrate them all! If you think I am kidding you should see the...
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Dec 4, 20181 min read
Book Review: Educated
I recently finished reading Educated by Tara Westover. It was, without exaggeration, one of the best books I have ever read. This is a...
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