Archive for the 'Family Stuff' Category



Here’s a gift

Published on December 18, 2007

For years, I’ve been baking at Christmas time, baking like a freak.  A frazzled freak!!  I overdo it.  But my mother always did, and every Christmas from my childhood had Mom’s homemade cookies there, seemingly tons of them.  And Mom didn’t have the benefit of the extensive freezer space that many of us have today […]


Relief, sweet relief

Published on December 17, 2007

I heard a quote today.  I’m so far gone that, quite honestly and this will freak out 2 of my 3 children, because they were there at the time, still have their wits about them and probably remember quite well I do not have a clue where I heard it.  I don’t think it was […]


Boost in Holiday Spirit sorely needed

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If ya got any spare spirit, apply here. I finally got my act together a bit, and went out to do some shopping.  I actually went to the local Wal-Mart on a Sunday, just before Christmas, thus giving my husband reason to reconsider his diagnosis of depression of the day before and decide now to have […]