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Today this author is with her family. She’s enjoying some fresh-roasted turkey with a large helping of her sister’s homemade cornbread dressing. It’s delicious. And time with family along with dressing and gravy make this MY favorite holiday of the year. Even better, this is my beautiful granddaughter’s first Thanksgiving and she’s spending it with …
Gratitude is one of those non-negotiable items in my world. I love making the month of Thanksgiving a month-long celebration of gratitude. You’ve seen my memes before. This year, it will be a little different. I’ll be running the thirty memes on my Facebook Author page. Find it here. I’ll be asking for your input, …
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Three days until I fly south for the winter. Okay, I’m actually only going for a week, but since it’s Hawaii, it’s a week in Paradise. Which is almost the same a migrating for winter. I wish. If I can’t hibernate in winter, I should get to migrate. Maybe someday. At least my husband understands …
Now that we have a lull in holidays here in the United States, let’s talk about them. Some recent chatter on my Facebook profile has me thinking that holidays are being warped by society. Or maybe society is being warped by the endless deluge of holidays. Every day is National “something” Day, but no one …
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I think I say that on this blog every year. But it’s true. And time has not changed this fact. Why do I love thanksgiving so much? Let me see if I can show you with a few pictures. The best part of Thanksgiving is gathering with my family. …
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Every wedding has a perfect date, right? The calendar around our house includes a big red heart over January 2, 2016. My first reaction to this date was: what? Won’t it interfere with all the hoopla surrounding New Year’s Day? After all, the day before the wedding is usually the rehearsal. The day before that …
A lot of Christmas Gifts Around our house, the day after Thanksgiving and the one after Christmas are predictable. Except for this year. In my rush to avoid Christmas, a few traditions got trampled underfoot. The biggest ones had to do with seasonal decorations. In the Hughson house, the day after Thanksgiving means decorating for …
All I want for Christmas is to skip the whole thing. I’m not looking forward to it. At all. I have reasons. Darn good ones too. So why don’t you hear me out before you label me “Scrooge” and move on? Reason #1 Last year my mother was in the hospital at Christmas. This year …
Labor Day marks the official end of summer. The Tuesday following kids head back to school. On the west coast anyway. Elsewhere in the US, kids have been back to school for a week or two already. It’s hard for those on this coast to let go of summer. Isn’t it a given that the …