It has been an interesting winter so far, and technically the actual winter season just started on the 21st! I do not remember the last time school cancelled 2 days due to snow/ice during the month of December, but that has been the case this year for my kids who...
Next year 2023 - will be our year of “BE”.* Our theme will take on the theme by the active “to be”** - and take on the honey/bumble bee as our slogan. (I am way too excited about this …) I contemplated a new tattoo of a honey bee on...
There was a study years ago that said the average weight gain between Thanksgiving and Christmas is around 8 pounds. I don’t think I hit that mark in the last couple of years, so I’m trying hard this year to make up for lost effort. Geez .. seriously, I have...
It feels like this month is flying by so quickly. It always feels hectic around the holidays, but this year seems more so than usual. Every year we get a real tree for our living room and decorate it with ornaments collected over the years. Well, I was startled awake...
I was in New York City last week doing the Christmas scene with my sisters and 12 million of my closest friends. It was fairly crazy. Actually; it was absolutely crazy. (I literally saw a rat jump on people in Times Square.) We rode the subway, walked 75,000 steps, ate...
We are in the heart of the holiday season which happens to be one of my favorite times of year, and this year with a 5-year-old, who loves all things Christmas, it certainly has made it extra special. She has been so excited about getting a tree, decorating, her winter...
I was in NYC with my family for this past weekend, and we did most everything - tourist-wise. Shopped, Broadway show, ate at great restaurants, subways, saw a rat jump on people (true story - in Times Square - freaked me out), walked a lot … Saw a lot of...
Any guesses on how long until one of them is overdrawn? I forgot how many life lessons happen in these teen years. We had a great example this past week when the kids got out of school early due to bad weather. Their father instructed them to go straight home,...
I’m headed to NYC for a long weekend with my sisters. I was thinking yesterday that I’ve been to NYC a lot over the years*. It’s Christmas there - all decorated, the big tree is being lit at the end of November, and everyone is filled with holiday glee. Awesome....
As I write this article, we are preparing for Thanksgiving. I look at this time, as a time to look back and focus on all the things that have gone right. A time to be thankful for what I have versus regretting what wasn’t accomplished or didn’t turn out as...
