50 and Counting!
Well I’m back!!!! I so enjoyed my time away. I was in the UK visiting my childhood friend as we celebrate our 50th Birthday years plus 40 years of friendship!!
March Break
My family and I are home for March Break! The last March break that my children will have together…which I didn’t really think about until I was writing this! I
Buy for ‘Cause and Effect’
Last time I wrote about buying local and now I would like to suggest that we buy with a cause in mind or perhaps it’s just a ‘buy-product’ of your
Celebrate Local
Something that I’ve embraced in the last few years is local…shop local, buy local and celebrate local. Everything from farm fresh vegetables, egg and meat suppliers, fruits, honey etc. In
Goodbye Gia
Well today Gia the Dog has left us to go to school. She is scheduled to be a seeing eye dog. Which was not what I put out to the
Time’s Up
So, my son comes to me the other day and says ‘With all of these allegations against high profile male figures in show business, how will I know what I
Nurture, nature, or what?
We recently had to spend a Saturday driving to the ‘big city’ to buy my daughter pointe shoes for her ballet. It’s not that we couldn’t get them close to
Scrap Booking Retreat
Over 10 years ago a friend of mine introduced me to a little gem of a place, tucked into the small town of Chesaning Michigan…Cropping Daze Retreat. At first, we
Come what May
So, it used to be that I really enjoyed the month of May. When I first met my husband (31 years ago!!) I soon found out that his birthday was
The Snow Plow Parent
Recently, one of my kids was planning to meet with a friend and I realized that things are much different now then when I was growing up, in many ways