Happy New Ear!
New Year’s Eve is a little like High School, for some reason it comes with an expectation that it should be the best night of the year, but in the same way that High School rarely turns out to be the…
Angels Wear Plaid
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Angels Wear Plaid
Noticing life out loud since 2011
I’ll Love You Forever, I’ll Like You For Always
It seemed like waiting to pick out a Christmas tree until Katie arrived in Pennsylvania, the week of Christmas, was a brilliant idea. We’d pick out the perfect tree sometime between the 18th and the 23rd of December, set it…
Fed Ex Delivers
The one thing I’ve been missing since I moved into my house is a full length mirror. For the past year the task of determining whether or not an outfit worked or not has been a bit complicated. The first…
There’s No Place Like Home
Second to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, my favorite childhood movie is The Wizard of Oz. Back in the days before On Demand, Netflix, Redbox, and hundreds of cable stations playing the same movie over and over again were the days…
I Love a Parade
One of my favorite childhood memories is the Fourth of July parade in Berthold, North Dakota, my dad’s home town. I remember the thrill of waiting for the parade to begin and the anticipation of scooping up Tootsie Rolls and…
The Magic of Macy’s
The day after Thanksgiving brings a simultaneous sigh of relief from homemakers and a deep breath of anticipation and more than a little anxiety from retail employees across the country. Every year a seasonal fear returns, for the cook it’s…
Going the Distance
A few weeks ago I expressed my love for the classic Disney films and the recurring theme of wishes and dreams being fulfilled. Characters overcome obstacles, find courage and beauty from within, and learn that wishes really can come true.…
Betty Botter Bought some Batter
Saturday’s are often post sleepover mornings (or more accurately stay awake all night playing video games, guitar hero, and magic mornings). Serving pancakes to groggy teenage boys has become somewhat of a tradition. The funny thing is that although I enjoy…
I’m not Loyal, I’m Lazy
Last night was movie night, I opened the red envelope slid out the DVD and thought once again about what I consider to be the biggest business bumble in the past ten years, maybe ever. In July when Netflix raised…
Through the Looking Glass
For the past six weeks I’ve woken up on Saturday morning made a pot of coffee, written in my journal, and raced to my laptop to write about the previous week’s lesson. That was not the case this week; I…