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Each year on New Year’s Eve my husband places a log and an orange outside our front door. He does this for good luck. It is a tradition. His parents do this. His grandmother did this. I expect our four children will do this.
But, like many traditions passed down through generations, the [...]

I don’t weigh myself very often. I just don’t see the point. I either fit in my clothes or I don’t. The scale will only confirm how good or bad the situation is.
But for some reason, today I stepped on the scale. I have never been so happy at what I [...]

There are a lot of benefits to working from home. No one knows I haven’t showered yet, or that I’m still in pajamas. I have no commute and no one keeping track of my hours. In between emails and projects I can do the laundry, make a batch of cookies and put [...]

Belly laughs are hard to come by. Even a real, genuine laugh can be a precious commodity. But today, I enjoyed both.
The Clown came home from working out, and as he prepared to shower, got the ingenious idea to streak. Yes, streak.
It was just a quick lap around the house, [...]

This time of year, when the kids are preparing for their annual Christmas Pageants, I always remember the time our Strongman was in preschool and getting ready for his first pageant.
He knew it was an important event and that he would need to dress up for occasion. He was really excited.
When the time came [...]

As the year comes to a close, many of my work clients are preparing for a new fiscal year. There are planning meetings, strategy meetings, and budget meetings. The outcomes of these meetings largely depend on the current state of affairs, the basic ‘Where are we now?” and “Where do we want to [...]

Every night, almost without fail, I treat myself to Happy Hour.
Not a glass of wine, cold beer or colorful Cosmo shared with friends.
No, I prefer to spend my Happy Hour all by myself. My drink of choice? A hand mixed, chocolate milk shake. Preferably taken while wearing pajamas and lounging [...]

Time is the one thing I never seem to have enough of. So naturally, I am always looking for shortcuts that will save me time.
When it comes to cookies, nothing beats homemade, but it’s hard to find the time to bake each week. And, while my family and I love fresh baked cookies, [...]

We are trying to have more family dinners, trying to carve out just an hour each day for the family to gather, and eat, and laugh, and talk.
It sounds elementary, but we’ve gotten lazy and fallen into a bad habit of having ‘free’ dinners. We blame it on sports, or work, or [...]

As far as weather goes, there’s nothing I love more than a rainy day. I suppose this has something to do with the fact that I grew up in sunny California, where rainy days are few and far between. But for me, it’s more than that. It’s a childhood memory that is [...]