Remember my post from about a week ago about boosting creative energy by looking at life from different perspectives and avoiding the “numb zone”? Well, not wanting to be one of those “do as I say” people, I decided to put my life where my mouth is. Here is a short video of me riding [...]
Archive for the ‘Holidays’ Category
Joyride
Posted in Family, Holidays, Summer, Travel, tagged Family, Travel, Summer, Cedar Point, Roller Coasters, Amusement Park on July 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »
On the Road Again
Posted in Family, Holidays, I Need Wine Pronto!, Summer, Travel, tagged Family, Fourth of July, Summer Vacation, Travel on July 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Blog posts have been sparse, I know. Believe me, I would love to be writing more. I am just FULL of things to write about but no time or much Internet access. (I am holed up in my Aunt’s attic office as I write this). We left Colorado on Friday morning for a whirlwind tour [...]
Gratitude Sunday 6
Posted in Gratitude Sunday, Holidays, Writing, tagged Dogs, Easter, Family, Gratitude, Gratitude Sunday, Holidays, Puppies, Spring, Yoga on April 4, 2010 | Comments Off
Happy Easter to those who celebrate and welcome to another Gratitude Sunday. We had a very nice morning here with very happy kids. I’m looking forward to my Mom’s traditional dinner of prime rib roast, roasted potatoes and asparagus with tarragon sauce. I’m not going to eat between now and then to save room. Oh, [...]
April Fool
Posted in Family, Holidays, tagged April Fool's Day, Family on April 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
That’s me – the April Fool. Remember when I told you that Jay would do just about anything to sleep with us? Well, yesterday he outdid even himself. At bedtime, we snuggled up in the rocking chair as usual for story time. As I pulled back the covers to tuck him in after the story [...]
A New Lenten Practice
Posted in Friendship, Holidays, Spirituality, Volunteer/Community, tagged Easter, Giving, Lent, Spirituality on February 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Like many people, my spiritual journey has been (and still is) a long and twisted one rather than a straight path. Part of that journey included attending Catholic school from 1st-7th grade. After Advent (the weeks leading up to Christmas), Lent was my favorite season. A psychologist probably could have pegged my love of Lent [...]
I Heart You
Posted in Friendship, Holidays, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged Friendship, Valentine's Day, Writing on February 12, 2010 | 5 Comments »
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I’m using this post to send some blog love out to all of you who have given me a read over the past three months. In The Beginning, my goal for the blog was to get myself writing every day (or close to). I knew I would enjoy the writing, [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in Books, Dogs, Family, Former Job(s), Holidays, Writing, tagged Book Clubs, Books, Family, New Year's, Reading, Running, Volunteering, Writing on January 1, 2010 | 6 Comments »
After my previous bummer-esque post about why I don’t like New Year’s Eve, I figured I’d do a 180 and wish everyone a Happy 2010. It turns out that a change of scenery was just what I needed to wring out the old year. We spent the night in downtown Denver last night. We kicked [...]
It’s Just Another New Year’s Eve
Posted in Childhood, Holidays, Winter, tagged Family, New Year's on December 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve never been a huge fan of New Year’s. I always feel more sad than optimistic. When I was younger, I think it was mostly because Christmas was over and school was starting soon. Where I went to school, there were none of these Professional Development Days after the New Year that gave us the [...]
Our “Splendiferous” Christmas
Posted in Family, Holidays, Winter, tagged Baking, Christmas, Fancy Nancy, Reading, Santa, Sledding, Winter on December 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The title of Em’s new Fancy Nancy book is a very apt way to describe our Christmas this year – Splendiferous! We spent Christmas Eve baking cookies and tracking Santa’s progress via Norad. Then we read Twas the Night Before Christmas and hustled ourselves off to bed to make way for Santa, who left everyone [...]
White Christmas
Posted in Childhood, Family, Holidays, Winter, tagged Childhood, Christmas, Family, Winter on December 23, 2009 | Comments Off
We got a few inches of snow last night, and it’s still coming down, just in time for a White Christmas! It’s funny how even here in Colorado, everyone gets so excited once they know for sure there will be fresh snow in time for Christmas. Growing up in Northern Michigan, worrying about whether or [...]
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