Last Blog of 2025!

On Tuesday, I blogged about some of the events that had the biggest impact on me in 2025. These ranged from Toastmasters events and clubs achieving success to work and my many visits to Cutieโ€™s. But, one of the other things that made news was the anniversaries Iโ€™ve celebrated in my own personal life. 2025Continue reading “Last Blog of 2025!”

Christmas 2025: A Look Back 

Christmas 2025 is starting to wrap up here. The presents have been put away and weโ€™re eating up all the leftover food from our Christmas Eve party. New Yearโ€™s Eve is coming in just a few days and soon, weโ€™ll be watching the ball drop and welcoming 2026. Itโ€™s kind of scary to think aboutContinue reading “Christmas 2025: A Look Back “

Navigating Chaotic Holidays with Autism

Today I listened to an interesting episode of “The L Podcast.” The podcast (hosted by a Toastmaster from Central PA) talked about to handle the holidays. Itโ€™s supposed to be a magic time, the most wonderful time of year. But for those who are neurodivergent, this time of year can be chaotic and stressful. BeingContinue reading “Navigating Chaotic Holidays with Autism”

Itโ€™s a Wrap on Christmas Shopping!

Itโ€™s time to sit back and count down to Christmas. Iโ€™ve officially wrapped up shopping for the holiday, finishing up yesterday afternoon. It wasnโ€™t hard to wrap the last few presents this morning. All I needed was some gift bags and some tissue paper. Those bags from previous Christmases sure come in handy! During theContinue reading “Itโ€™s a Wrap on Christmas Shopping!”

Christmas Movies and New Years Resolutions at Greensburg Toastmasters!

I got an unexpected surprise this week. That would be a Wednesday evening off from work. It doesnโ€™t happen often, unless Iโ€™m on vacation. When I woke up that afternoon, Mom went to pick up Annabelle from school. That bought me some time to wrap another gift. It didnโ€™t take me long at all andContinue reading “Christmas Movies and New Years Resolutions at Greensburg Toastmasters!”

After the Storm

The snow on the ground is melting as the sun shines on this cold mid-December day. Tuesday was nice compared to the cold, snowy weekend we just had. Pittsburgh received seven inches of snow from Saturdayโ€™s storm. After the snow ended, we dealt with two days of bitter cold temperatures. It wasnโ€™t even worth goingContinue reading “After the Storm”

A Cold Weekend Ahead!

Recently, a content creator I have followed over the years celebrated another year on YouTube. Jesse Ridgway (also known as McJuggernuggets) started his channel in December of 2006. I was a year out of college at the time and trying to decide what to do with my life. This 14 year old from New JerseyContinue reading “A Cold Weekend Ahead!”

Celebrating our Little Wins at Laurel Highlands Toastmasters!

Tuesday night we held our Laurel Highlands Toastmasters. We were online with six in attendance. This was our first meeting since Winter TLI. It seemed like everyone was well rested since our big Saturday and ready to share their stories. Ryan thanked everyone for coming out to WCCC and Sharon (Program Quality Director) applauded himContinue reading “Celebrating our Little Wins at Laurel Highlands Toastmasters!”