The common wisdom is that if you have a snappy or engaging title for your blog post, the more traffic you might experience. The number of blog posts over the last 24 hours that share 2013 highlights from bloggers across the inter-web is probably too many to count. However, I thought hopping on that bandwagon would be fun! … Continue reading Insert Snappy Title: HERE
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Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy, Down In My Heart
What a fun song, eliciting smiles and memories of childhood songs from Sunday school or church-sponsored summer camps. The Weekly Photo Challenge: JOY, put this song in my head and it's been there since last Friday (when the challenge was posted). It also made this nice picture posted by Stephanie Ackerman Designs even more meaningful … Continue reading Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy, Down In My Heart
Betsy: New Year’s Revolution
The kid in the AT&T commercial may be on to something: New Year's Revolution. I'm sure I won't be the only blogger to use it as a prompt for my writing today; there are surely thousands of bloggers who will share their year-in-review thoughts or their promises for the year to come. I hope thought … Continue reading Betsy: New Year’s Revolution
Judy, Judy, Judy (Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy)
My sister Judy and I used to date; each other. For quite some time, throughout much of our 30's in fact, we were each single. Some on-line dating efforts proved occasionally to be fruitful but nothing so long-term that we had to give up our shopping, movies and dinner dates. We accompanied each other to … Continue reading Judy, Judy, Judy (Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
I came across this Shel Silverstein poem that someone posted the other day. It reminded me of when I did my student teaching during my senior year of college; Where The Sidewalk Ends was a popular book among the third graders in my class. You might be familiar with one of his other very popular books, The Giving … Continue reading Where the Sidewalk Ends
December 26th Remembered
The day after...the day kids actually get to play with the toys that were ferociously opened on Christmas day. What I remember about the day after is going through the pile of opened gifts to choose a favorite. I may have mentioned that I grew up with seven siblings, so there were always lots of … Continue reading December 26th Remembered
Amy Grant Restored My Christmas Spirit
My holiday spirit has been a challenge to find this year. I've baked, shopped, wrapped, sent cards, sponsored a family for the holiday drive, visited our elderly neighbor. The house is decorated; tree is in the window, wreaths are on the door and porch, candles are lit and the house smells like Christmas. To get … Continue reading Amy Grant Restored My Christmas Spirit
Happiness Is A Choice
I was trolling my Facebook news feed looking for some inspiration for today's post. The past several days have seen an uptick in the number of posts to the Thyroid Cancer Survivors page; a page that I follow, being a survivor and all. Holidays for so many people are more chore than cheer, and it … Continue reading Happiness Is A Choice
No Lines, No Waiting…No Chance
I did my first bit of holiday shopping in an actual store today. I'm an on-line shopper for the most part, particularly when it comes to Christmas shopping--Amazon.com it my go-to site, for almost everything! I swore years ago that I wouldn't venture down Route 2 (in Warwick), where the majority of the major shopping … Continue reading No Lines, No Waiting…No Chance
Lights, Lights…Christmas
A few years ago my husband and I bought a lovely home in a fantastic neighborhood. We'd heard that not far from where we live there was a family who puts on a light show with music every night between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Our first visit to the house on Gristmill Road in Warwick four … Continue reading Lights, Lights…Christmas
365 Days of Thank You 