Last week I spoke to a group of women at a Christmas event. I started out by asking them who LOVED Christmas and a few of them raised their hand. Then I asked which of them felt like Christmas really isn’t the most wonderful time of the year. More than half of the hands went […]
Inside of me lives a very organized woman struggling to get out. She’s been in there for years with dreams of living in a highly organized, easy to find things in, house. Poor girl, she just can’t find her way out through the maze of creativity, untidiness and yes, a little bit of laziness. Perhaps she hangs […]
The other day I wrote an email to a few very close friends about how stressed I was about Christmas. The house wasn’t decorated, the presents weren’t bought and the menu wasn’t planned. And my sweet friends sent back responses suggesting that perhaps this would be a good year to let go of a few […]
I spent the last three days at a scrapbook retreat. It has been a long time since I’ve been to a scrapbooking retreat. In fact, the last retreat I attended was delightfully interrupted by the unexpected early arrival of our first grandchild just over two years ago. I had forgotten how much I enjoy the […]
It seems that over the years I’ve learned a thing or two that have just plain helped me out. (Somehow “over the years” seems to translate in my mind to “you’re older than dirt” but I’m just going to ignore that for the time being.) Whether it is an easier way to do something or […]