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…
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…
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…