It truly is all about how you look at “it”…whatever that “it” might be. This picture may look like a jumbled mess to one and a treasure to another. To me it is beautiful. It’s not beautiful just because I love jewelry. It’s beautiful because of the memories that go along with it. That doesn’t mean I know exactly when and where I acquired each treasure. It means that I can think of different occasions where I wore a certain piece, and it brings back the memory of that. I drift off from my point though. This past holiday weekend we went to Enchant Christmas in Arlington, Texas. It was…
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In the Kitchen & Down Memory Lane
Holidays bring back lots of memories…mostly good ones. Even the ones that make me sad are usually good. At Thanksgiving when I start thinking about what I will bring to our family dinner, I always think of my Granny. Her house was where we had our Thanksgiving meal. She made the turkey and dressing and lots of weird salads that as a child a would not touch! One year while I was in college, I didn’t get to come home for Thanksgiving. I called Granny to get her dressing recipe. That sounds simple. It was not. She didn’t have a recipe. She made it by memory…maybe that’s why some years…
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Another Goal Set!!
This goal may actually be more difficult than my previous one of finishing my first half Ironman triathlon! I still feel a bit fake saying I did it because the swim was cancelled, but that is not the point today. My goal is…drum roll: to be finished Christmas shopping by 12/01/2018! It has been declared publicly, so now it is really real. I don’t want to be finished Christmas shopping because I don’t like shopping. I do like shopping, and I like giving gifts to others even more. I don’t like the pressure that I sometimes feel with the Christmas present. There are set people that you buy for each…