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I found myself whining about the fact that I had to work today, until I realized that these 8 hours are the only time there will be calm in my life for the next 48 hours. We started our “Christmas-ing” yesterday and we will carry on through January 6. It’s just these first few days of Christmas that are crazy. This morning, my children were ...

My husband and I are ''holiday geeks.'' It seems like just yesterday was Halloween, and last week was the Fourth of July; now here it is the holiday season already. Our Thanksgiving weekend festivities culminated with a tree trimming party of friends and loved ones.  We were hoping to do a real tree this year, but because we wanted to ...

A glass of red wine, my laptop, and my camera are my companions as my husband does the dishes to clean up from the long weekend (yes, he's a rare find, isn't he?  I'll keep him!).  SmallBoy sits on my left snarfing down some pasta before getting back into the groove of a school night, while I sit reflecting on the long ...

Madness, I tell you!  I'm not even hosting Thanksgiving and I'm scrambling to get things done while still working full time this week (well, at least til Wednesday).  My youngest sister is coming up for the holidays from Kentucky and bringing her boyfriend to meet the family. Ok, now, I'm sure my sister and her boyfriend wouldn't ...

WOW!!! I've been lost in blog-limbo!  Since we last spoke, I've traveled for work again, been ambushed by the school, watched SmallBoy excel on the basketball court, had my LargeBoy tell me he would like to go with his youth group to Tijuana, and am planning for the arrival of my youngest sister for the holidays! I have some pictures to ...