Can you believe it has already been a year since I stuck my flag in the Truly, Margaret Mary blog? I can’t! On one hand, this year has flown by so fast. On the other, I feel like I’ve lived seven lifetimes since last holiday season. It has taken almost this long for me to find […]
Last week I promised you a recap of my Thanksgiving traditions in all of their finery. But then Thanksgiving weekend actually happened. It was too cold and Randy too sick, so we didn’t go for a Thanksgiving morning walk like we did last year. Instead, I watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade and cried through the […]
There are doctors without borders. And then there is shopping without shoes. As Martha Stewart would say, it’s a good thing. Yes, my last post bestowed the virtues of shopping local this holiday season, but you know what, in winter I could easily be a hermit if I kept more chocolate products in the house. […]
You know the story – you’re invited to someone’s house for a big dinner (say, Thanksgiving!) and when you ask what you can bring, they tell you “oh, don’t worry…just bring yourselves!” If you’re like me, you’re not totally comfortable with this. I mean, they are putting out all the effort to feed and entertain […]
Are you shopping on Thanksgiving this year? I’m not. As I’m sure you could guess, I’m one of those people Making A Stand by choosing to not shop on the holiday. (Or I just have other plans and after seeing the mass hysteria that was the mall this last Saturday, you couldn’t give away items […]