At our last family reunion, my cousin who planned the weekend (who is a genius!), scheduled time for anyone interested to make vision boards. We hadn’t talked about it, but she had done one in a group and loved the experience. I had been wanting…
Last weekend I went to three of the five Christmas events I was invited to attend. I wanted to go to all five of them, but logistically, it wasn’t possible. If it was, I probably would have gone to them all, which tells you how…
It’s officially Christmas season! I’m a stickler for keeping Christmas after Thanksgiving. It feels like the retail industry wants to push us earlier into Christmas every year. I know some people just love Christmas and decorating and all that so much that they…
Eating well in the midst of a jam-packed full schedule can seem next to impossible. So often between work and home and activities, there doesn’t seem to be any time for plans for meals, much less cook them. And here we are starting back to…
Ever feel like you’re running on a hamster wheel? Just round and round and going nowhere? It happens. A lot, it seems in my life. And I know that it’s generally because of how I live. Work, kids, activities, projects – it’s a lot…
I quit eating sugar this week. Didn’t that just give you a shiver down your back? Quit sugar? ALL sugar? Surely not! But that’s what I did this week. I. Stopped. Eating. Sugar. If you’d have asked me a couple of weeks ago…
It’s that time of year again! The temperature is falling, the leaves are changing colors, the kids are back to the school schedule and autumn is in full swing. The stores seem to think it’s time to put out Christmas decorations. Even though I refuse…
I’m glad you’re back! I’m feeling like I need some friends around right about now. It’s been a challenging two weeks, and the first thing to go when I’m busy and squeezed is my time with friends. Then I feel isolated and lonely and even…
This is the question I’ve been asking myself a lot recently. It’s been nuttier than usual lately, with the end of the year, transitions at home, ballet concerts coming up, visiting family, finalizing summer plans, etc. In addition to all the happenings, my to-do lists…
We are nearing the end of our “high season” with all the holidays and birthdays almost over. Invariably, at this time of year, I tend to pick up the nearest virus floating by, probably because I tend to be run down after all the hoopla…