Christmas 2025 is starting to wrap up here. The presents have been put away and we’re eating up all the leftover food from our Christmas Eve party. New Year’s Eve is coming in just a few days and soon, we’ll be watching the ball drop and welcoming 2026. It’s kind of scary to think aboutContinue reading “Christmas 2025: A Look Back “
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It’s a Wrap on Christmas Shopping!
It’s time to sit back and count down to Christmas. I’ve officially wrapped up shopping for the holiday, finishing up yesterday afternoon. It wasn’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 “It’s a Wrap on Christmas Shopping!”
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!”
Making (Early) Holiday Plans!
Thanksgiving At home, we are getting ready for the holidays. The fridge upstairs is packed full and ready to go this week. The turkey is sitting there awaiting its fate.. Thursday morning it will be put in the oven and be eaten along with the stuffing and other sides.. At work I’ve been pretty busyContinue reading “Making (Early) Holiday Plans!”
A Cute Cardigan Christmas! *200th Blog of 2024*
Tuesday was our annual Christmas Eve party that just like previous years was at our house. Unlike past years, we had more people coming and we would hold it earlier than we usually would. 2020 and 2021 we had very few at the house and the same was said about 2022. ’20 and ’21 wereContinue reading “A Cute Cardigan Christmas! *200th Blog of 2024*”
Holiday Baking!
Last week when I was off, Mom was hard at work baking Christmas cookies. She made her usual cookies and will put together some new creations, including lemon bars. She also made her raspberry thumbprints, with the jam she bought at Moo Echo in Somerset. When she ran out of raspberry jam, she used someContinue reading “Holiday Baking!”
Kicking off the Peppermint Mocha Tour at Cutie’s!
A difficult week has come to an end for me, and now it’s time to focus on upcoming events like Hershey, Thanksgiving, and my week off when I’ll do my Christmas shopping. I battled through despair and discouragement, feeling sad for my friends, and even considered deactivating my Facebook and Instagram accounts. I’ll keep myContinue reading “Kicking off the Peppermint Mocha Tour at Cutie’s!”
Thanksgiving Came Early!
Today, begins with me embarking on quite an adventure. Between today and Christmas Day, I’ll be posting blogs just about every day. It’s going to be the most content I’ve ever written over that period (save for a two month stretch in early 2020 when the blog was just beginning). It’s kind of my CountdownContinue reading “Thanksgiving Came Early!”
Stylish 🍒 