Wornoutwoman

When our kids are little, it's all about getting them to sleep as every sound 'could' be Santa or his reindeer on the roof. It's pleading for a bit of shut-eye to get those last-minute gifts wrapped - the ones that were not under the tree the night before.  Each year, that Christmas magic wanes a bit as kids mature. You enter certain phases where they've outgrown toys and you struggle with what to get for them. You ask for lists, but half the time relatives don't understand what your kid has even listed. It's almost more work explaining what an Ocarina of Time is and why it's important than it is to just order it yourself and slap a "from Nana" label on it. The Christmas you never see coming is the one right before they leave home. The one where it's the last year before college and they've matured into this adult - this person who you always knew they'd be but just couldn't fathom it. It hit me today. With this being my kid...

May 2019 find you healthy and wise. Notice I didn’t say ‘happy?’ I chose to use the word - wise. Wisdom brings us all sorts of benefits, including the ability to find grace and peace through adversity. We can’t be happy one-hundred percent of the time. It’s an impossible goal. However, we can find peace through our ups and downs. This new year, I pray you to have more ups than status quo’s or downs. I also pray that when you do have a valley or a dip, you’re able to have peace and wisdom to guide you through.

Wholly Frickin' Moley... November is here! How did that happen? You know what this means? Thanksgiving will be here before we know it! Then Christmas! Wasn't it just Christmas? Or am I in a time warp? So when do most of you officially start pulling out the holiday decorations? Do you wait till the day after Thanksgiving, or do you get a head start so you can enjoy it longer? We have an artificial tree, mainly because of allergies, but also because I hate the waste that goes on in this country. Well, that....and vacuuming up pine needles is not high on my priority list. My tree's full of different decorations. It's pre-lit and full of my son's home-made goodies or trinkets from all the places I've lived or visited. We've got glass blown lava ornaments that are the most beautiful decorations I own. We also have little mini disco balls, in honor of my husband's music background. Our tree is a montage of our family from interests to trav...