We got our first Christmas card this week. I was impressed. It was from Linda and Herb, my cousins in Pittsburgh. We still have a little bit of stuffing in a Tupperware container in our frig from Thanksgiving, and Linda got her Christmas cards addressed and mailed out. This makes Linda an automatic winner in […]
Is It Time to Christmas Shop Already?
It’s time to start Christmas shopping and I’m just not up to it yet. I’m seriously considering pulling a Jim Marsh and waiting until Christmas Eve to run out to KMart to buy whatever’s left on the shelves, even if it’s a jar of sugar-free mincemeat and a dreidel. Jim is my brother-in-law, who wrote […]
Too Old for the After Party
We had a Christmas party last Saturday and I am still wiped out. Apparently while I’m not too old to throw and go to parties, I am too old to clean up after them. The party was fun, making the food for it was invigorating, and getting the house half decorated earlier than normal was […]
Christmas Light Ups and Downs
It’s time to put up the Christmas lights. Not my finest hour. For a lot of people putting up the Christmas lights means the start of the holiday season, Christmas is coming, and you can show all your neighbors that you’re more festive than the next-door guy. I get a little ulcer in one spot […]
But, It’s My Anniversary!
Today is my 25th wedding anniversary. And no, I’m not 100 years old, I don’t have a swirly ratted up hairdo and I’m not wearing a chiffon dress with a rhinestone broach to go out to dinner. Isn’t it funny how people who were married 25 years used to be old people, but now they’re […]
I’m Drivin’ in My Car . . .
My new car has changed the person I am. It’s true. I used to almost dread running errands, going to the grocery store, picking stuff up, dropping kids off. I’m borderline agoraphobic without the fear. I’d just be happy as heck to just stay home and not go anywhere. Now, I’ve become someone who likes […]