On the 17th of December, we got dumped on with 40 inches of snow. It was huge. I have lived in the northeast my whole life and have never seen so much snow in one storm. When I went to bed the night before, I was expecting to wake up to 5 inches or so, maybe. Instead, at 4:45 a.m. when I let the dog out, we both…
Looking ahead … I see opportunities. Are you going to be ready for them? As I was putting the finishing touches on the first batch of buckeyes last night, I couldn’t help but think about the year coming up and what it was going to look like for me — and what I want it to look like. I don’t want to rush you, but have you started…
Every December I go through hoops decorating the house for Christmas. As the kids and I teetered on a ladder Thursday evening putting up Christmas lights on our front entrance, Jacob and I both looked at each other and asked, “Why?” Do you know why? Jacob and I shook our heads and laughed a little, holding the garland as Tyler wobbled up on the top of the ladder.…
Thanksgiving 2020. Bittersweet top to bottom. It seems that the older I get the deeper my thoughts run. Why are the tears always bubbling just under the surface? Even when I am so thoroughly happy. Wednesday I felt a pang of homesickness as I thought about the fact that normally we would have been heading to New Hampshire that afternoon … but I got over it on the…
The holidays are going to seem a little different this year. Our plans have had to change due to the pandemic, and the reality is setting in as to how vigilant we still need to be. Last weekend we decided, as a family, that we were all going to stay put. Stiff regulations on how we can travel to other states as New Yorkers helped along the decision…
Sometimes it’s nice to do a quick inventory and weigh in on yourself and what’s going on in your mind. Here’s where I’m at; feel free to respond with your list. And cheers to a mid-November Monday morning! Big question on my mind: Why do car salespeople have to be so pushy? They treat buying a car like going to the grocery store for food. Just put it…
When Margaret cheered in the office the other day upon receiving the digital copy of her professional cow photo, I went back in my mind. I couldn’t help but think of my days of showing and that professional photo that still sits on my bookshelf. Pictures are now sent digitally, and they have fancier coloring and touch ups. The cow genetics have exponentially gotten better, but the excitement…
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