Surviving the Holidays

If being with your family makes you want to crawl into a punch bowl full of spiked egg nog and stay there until New Year’s – let’s talk about what to do, how to cope, and how to make it through the holidays without committing murder. I personally love to be with my family (at…

Christmas Shopping Strategies

Shopping seems easy enough; go into a store, find something your friend would like, and buy it… That works most of the time but shopping at Christmas can be a joyous occasion or it can be a nightmare! Employing a few tried and true shopping strategies can make shopping easier during the holidays. Doing these…

Christmas Pageant or Holiday Concert?

Christmas pageants and Christmas concerts have almost gone the way of the dinosaurs in this era of extreme political correctness. We have Winter Celebrations or “Holiday Concerts.” I, for one, have really fond memories of Christmas Pageants. Actual Christmas Pageants (even though our family wasn’t religious and didn’t go to Church). I have a picture…

Gift Giving Strategies

Some people are amazing gift givers and others could use a little help in choosing the perfect gift for that special someone. Some people give you what they want or they partially listen to what you said you wanted or needed. I used to keep a file of gift ideas and would give my hubby…