Last week I was cleaning and saw that a couple of potatoes were starting to sprout on the counter, and it turns out I had a pot of dirt that I was about to dump and store for the winter. So, the bright thinker that I am, I saved time by shoving the two spuds into the pot of dirt, crossing off two things from my list in just 1 minute! Within a week leaves started sprouting already and now days later it is out of control! So, I will take a picture every other day for us to follow the progress of its growth. I think I need a…

Today I woke up to fresh snow, a warm house and a happy heart. I stayed in bed for a couple of hours, being lazy, reading and perusing social media. For a long time in my recent past I could not open my mind up to actually enjoy a good book, but now I am back to reading and it has been good for me.  Once I decided to stop ignoring the day and actually got out of bed, I had the house cleaned by noon and was already paying bills and taking care of my list. I am definitely a list-maker and I feel successful each time I cross…

I know, for someone that hates this time of year, my blog has been encased by fucking cheer! Well, not so much cheer, as discussion.  Each memory has a scent that always takes us aback, and I would love to hear what smell makes you think of the holiday’s? For me it is cinnamon. I have to hand it to commercial businesses because almost every store you walk into, starting in the fall, has a bundle of pine cones that are dipped in cinnamon. I won’t buy a bag of them until after Thanksgiving, that is my rule, but then the house smells of Christmas for weeks, and that does…

Always wait until after Thanksgiving to start to talk about Christmas.  Here is a little-known background story about one of the season’s best known traditions . . .  A little story to start your Christmas season in the right spirit. When four of Santa’s elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure. Then, Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.. He went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were…

I have always had fake trees because Mom and my twin were allergic to everything. And, when I say everything, I mean the air around us. lol. I think the tree that we always put up was probably one they brought from Ohio in the late 60’s, but it was a classic. It was simple and not too big, and well made. Now the trees have lights built in that work the first year and then are duds the next, or the branches fall apart. At any rate, I have always bought fake trees. Now, always does not mean often. I was fine with the lights not working after the…