Archive for the 'Holidays' Category



It’s December!

Published on December 6, 2010

So I updated the picture on the top of the sidebar – which makes it official. Holiday plans are slow in coming. Christmas Eve/Christmas Day family togetherness just doesn’t work well for anybody. I have to work both days, my newly-married son is going to spend the holiday with his new in-laws, and the daughter […]


I need a babysitter …

Published on November 21, 2010

In this week’s Dover Post, there was a flyer for A.C. Moore, a localized crafts chain store. Due to financial constraints, I’ve made a fierce attempt at not going anywhere near the place, as I have the willpower of a drunken flea when it comes to that sort of thing.  But this damn flyer had a […]


It’s the time of the season for …..

Published on November 18, 2010

As usual, this time of year has snuck up on me  and I’m not ready for the idea that soon it will be bitterly cold most days, there will be ice on the windshield most mornings, and I’ll be cussing the weather most of the time. I gloried in Spring, got through the heat and […]