Valentine’s Day comes only once every year, but many husbands still spend more time thinking about what to buy their wife than seeing what the best Valentine’s Day present for her would be. What would be the best Valentine’s Day gift you ask? Stay-at-Home Moms Let’s begin with what your stay-at-home wife and mother does […]
Novel Destination, Scriptures and 2012
It has been a fun year of virtual travel through books. I’ve been to Afghanistan, China and France during the period of my own lifetime. I’ve been in the Caribbean around the turn of the 20th century. I spent several centuries in Russia, and I am currently reading “Out Stealing Horses” set in eastern Norway […]
Toasting our New Baby With Sierra Mist Cocktails
When I had the chance to participate in a Sierra Mist Cocktail or Mocktail holiday campaign I was excited. Sierra Mist is one of the few soda pops I let my kids drink as a treat because it is made with real sugar (no artificial ingredients) and has 100% natural flavoring. I thought I would […]
Novel Destinations: The South of France
A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle, sent me to the atlas. This was a place I had never heard of. But as I was reading, I kept seeing Cary Grant and Debra Kerr visiting Grandmother in the movie An Affair to Remember. A Year in Provence is the true chronicle of Peter Mayle and […]
Holiday Traditions That Bring Family Together
We have a lot of family traditions that center around the holiday season. Christmas seems to bring out a lot of good memories for me and many of them are tradition related. ~Reading ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve as we each opened a single present. ~Rushing to see what Santa has brought […]
Keep the Spirit in Christmas Gift Giving
I’ve been pondering why it is so complicated to simplify one’s life. It seems especially challenging during the Christmas season. We want to give our loved ones all of the gifts we can to express our love, yet our budgets simply do not allow it. (There’s that word again – simply.) How do we simplify […]
Review of “Spontuneous” – A New and Fun Party Game!
I am big into board games. My husband, not so much. But when we played Spontuneous, he actually admitted it was a “pretty fun game”! If you’re looking for a good party game this holiday season and you listen to any type of music, Spontuneous is a excellent choice! Their tagline is “Spontuneous bring the […]
Decorating the Tree for Christmas – Some of Our Holiday Traditions
Christmas is a time of holiday traditions for me. Even with my husband working retail, which can make him a bit “Bah-Humbug” at times, our family has several traditions we enjoy. Lots of them center around the Christmas tree! Usually we have a fake tree I picked up the year before we were married, but this […]
Novel Destination: CHINA! via “Iron & Silk”
In the book, Iron & Silk, Mark Salzman relates his experiences while teaching English to Chinese medical students during 1982-1984. It is a non-fiction work, an easy read, and very enlightening. (And there’s a movie!) I enjoyed the time I spent with Mark in China, especially meeting the people he met. There were his master […]
Holiday Memories – Are Yours Up-to-Date?
You guys know I am becoming fanatic about backing up my computer in a timely and safe manner. And in today’s digital age that’s probably what most of us think about. But what about your NON-digital or outdated memories? I’ve switched over to digital scrapbooking almost 100% but still have a few print photos, as […]
Read These Holiday Entertaining Tips Before Black Friday
If you are looking for the Holiday entertaining and shopping tips, experts Dawn Sandomeno and Elizabeth Mascali are here to help! Their best tip above all: shop for gifts and products for your holiday parties on Black Friday.Dawn Sandomeno and Elizabeth Mascali are entertaining experts, authors of Plan To Party, and the founders of The […]
Easy Quick Craft for Toddlers: Toilet-Paper-Tube Binoculars
Do you have a little toddler or preschool boy (or girl!) who loves to explore and craves adventure… but isn’t so much into arts and crafts? Yeah, me, too. Making a mess or scribbling dramatically across a page is way more fun for my 3-year-old than creating a fun project or making a beautiful picture. […]
