You won’t see a Christmas card from us this year. Why? It’s not that I hate the holidays (although they’re a little bittersweet for me now that I’ve lost a lot of relatives around them). It’s not that I don’t care about you, because I do. It’s just I no longer care to send by snail mail…
I am not a Scrooge
“You hate Christmas, admit it!’ Rosie said last week rather casually and then she walked off as if to punctuate the point. I was left in the hallway contemplating my response. Had I turned into a Scrooge over the years? Had I really lost all interest in the Christmas season? While my answer to those…
You can call it Spring break. For me it’s Spring broken
It’s Memory Lane Monday! It’s the first day of Spring break and even though I am horrified at the trailer of the new movie Spring Breakers (proof that I am old), I still wish I had the chance to go on one crazy and wild trip with my friends. Got me thinking back to the first…
Limping along in 2011 (or don’t let the door hit you on the way out Old Man)
The New Year comes in as a baby and leaves as a little old man. I’ve often wondered what it takes for someone to feel stooped-over and hobbled at the end of the year as it seems to be such a depressing thought. However, I find myself at the end of 2011 understanding why it’s…
Help! I’m a holiday hoarder!
A couple of weeks ago I joked on Facebook that I had way to much holiday wrap and might need a twelve-step program because I was a hoarder. I had gone down to the basement looking for a gift bag and found an entire tub of bags, bows and paper that I didn’t know existed….