This week I had the privilege of being a guest blogger for Guideposts Military Blog. Thank you, Edie! WHEN CHRISTMAS CAME BEFORE HALLOWEEN FOR ONE EXHAUSTED MILITARY WIFE, CHRISTMAS JOY AND COMFORT ARRIVED EARLY. The two…
Have you ever planned something for a long time? Maybe it was a wedding or a special vacation that took months and months of preparation. Whatever it was, when the BIG DAY finally arrived did…
Been to a baby shower lately? Maybe it’s just me, but what used to be fun has now become such an intricately planned, complicated, stressful and expensive event that my social antenna immediately goes on…
Ready or not, here they come! Once again the yard is slowly being quilted in a patchwork of yellow and red as the trees shed their leaves in obedience to autumn’s call. The John Deere…
Remember playing with a Slinky? Making my Slinky “walk” down a flight of stairs was a really cool thing to do – for about two minutes – and then it was boring. But walking down…
Have people been looking at you lately and asking, “What’s wrong?” Maybe you need a little help looking more cheerful. Sorry, they don’t sell this in a jar. But here’s something that will help! Let…
Have you ever completed and mailed in an official entry form for a Publisher’s Clearing House prize? I bit once, sent in the form and then began receiving notice after notice to be completed in…
If you were ever a Brownie or Girl Scout you undoubtedly know how to sing a song in rounds. No campfire or car ride to the mall to sell cookies was ever complete without a…
¿Hablas español? Even if you said, “what” or “nope” to that question, I’ll bet you speak more Spanish than you realize. How about, adios, grande and salsa to name a few? One of the first words I learned in Spanish was…
Have you ever noticed how necklaces, when left alone in the dark, invariably entwine themselves with all the other pieces of jewelry anywhere near them? Then, when you try to separate them, they transform themselves…