February Photo Challenge: Photographer’s Choice

Oh boy....am I late to the Linky party this month. PJ's prompt for February was Photographer's Choice and you'll see a definite theme running through all my photos. Our family just returned from a winter vacay to Cancun, Mexico. And, again, we weren't completely sure it was going to happen because Entrepreneur's mom took another …

My One Word for 2022

This will be the eighth year I've opted to select One Word for my focus going into the new year instead of resolutions. I began this in 2015 after Entrepreneur was diagnosed with renal cell cancer in late 2014. As you can see, the past seven years have spanned quite a few topics. One Word …

December Photo Challenge: Holly Jolly

Well, December just flew right by me. Entrepreneur and I try and get most of the gift shopping/shipping done by Thanksgiving so we can enjoy Christmas festivities without a lot of stress.....because we've had enough stress the last two months to last a lifetime. We were ready for a little Holly Jolly! And thanks to …

Thankful Thursday: Christmas

I look forward to Christmas every year. It's all I can do to wait until after Thanksgiving to turn on Christmas lights, put up the tree and play Christmas songs. It does irritate me to see Christmas decorations in the stores alongside Halloween, but I've been guilty of sneaking a few peeks at the end …

Our 2021 Christmas letter

Every year we get lovely Christmas update letters tucked into cards from friends and relatives that summarize their year. While some of these letters mention the curveballs that are sometimes thrown, most of the time the letters gush with news of grandchild births, graduations, promotions, exciting travels and overall good fortune. I view these letters …