Happy New Year!  I’ve got a feelin’ it’s gonna’ be a good year.  At the end of the Christmas holidays, I usually struggle with the thought of taking down the Christmas tree and putting away the decorations.  Packing up all the fun memories, happy feelings and kindness that everybody shows at Christmas time into a [...]

Every year I drag out my Christmas pants, you know the kind that look like 70’s palazzo pants made of black crepe paper?  Well when I tried to squeeze my larger-than-last-year body into them the song, I’m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred came to mind but the lyrics had changed slightly to, “I’m too [...]

It’s that time of year again when you have to attend your spouse’s proverbial work Christmas party.  I’d rather have needles stuck in my eyes.  But someone at my husband’s office was on the ball this year.  She suggested a gift exchange – with a twist. 
Each person had to make a gift or bring something [...]

 
All the pre-Christmas chaos makes me crazy!  I don’t know about you but I think holiday stress bends your brain.  You get caught up in the frenzy of it all – especially the shopping.  And I can’t even blame my old friend perimenopause for turning me into a bit of a she-monster!
My husband and I [...]