Monthly Archives: December 2019

Dear Reader: Christmases around these parts keep getting crazier and crazier with the unpredictable climate that surrounds us today. We had an early freeze, cold temps in the forties before Thanksgiving (rare) and then yesterday we reached eighty….eighty! I had … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Today is “Double-Digit” Day- 10…Christmas is gathering speed on this special day… until it rushes by on double day 25! Christmas is almost two weeks away….deep breath! We got this! 🙂 The main thing to remember is leave … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: If you think you just recently saw this bright visual quote in an earlier post…you aren’t hallucinating and I am not suffering from dementia…at least yet 🙂 It is just that when you read something like this saying … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I happened to be skimming through Christmas ideas on the internet and suddenly there was an announcement about Kennebunkport…that the charming little town had been recognized by HGTV for being one of the top Christmas towns in America … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was such a fun, creative day that I thought to myself …I wished every day could be filled with such anticipation, along with opportunities to re-create decor using last year’s decorations but rearranging everything differently. Besides the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I had a wonderful surprise visit from the best Ho Ho Ho personality ….Jo Jo Jo! As I pulling into my driveway I saw a car was already parked there and then I saw Jo starting down … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: What a happy surprise I had yesterday! I was piddling around trying to decide where to start with the Christmas decorations…and I had a text from Luke. He had picked me up a Christmas tree and was on … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday I kept discovering items that I thought lost…but now found… and even items I never knew were lost. For example…while starting to pull out Christmas decorations…I came across a pretty little red box. “Oh this will be … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I read somewhere recently that the first thing to go (in our memory) in conversations is proper nouns. Oh…how true! Lately I feel like I play a game of charades in normal conversation trying to detour around the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Saturday I teased Kaitlyn and asked her if I could get her photo under the Bradford Pear tree because just a small handful of leaves had fallen, at that point, and I wanted a picture of her with … Continue reading →