I had an amazingly creative night last week when I attended one of those wine and paint nights. Not that the painting we were scheduled to paint was amazing or creative but when I sat down that night to paint with my friends, I felt like I was channeling my artist friend Jess Nichols. Jess…
I had this brilliant idea in 2011 of blogging about Christmas and doing a little cadre of blogs for the 12 days of Christmas and to cover certain topics (some fun and some funny). It’s taken me a little while to cover all of the things that I mapped out way back then! I’ve tried…
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 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…