Well, the Christmas season isn’t following the plan I laid out so neatly and carefully. My mother’s death, a year ago this week, is weighing heavily on me. The adopt-a-family project I’m coordinating at work has run into some roadblocks. The cabinet my husband is assembling is spread across the [continue reading]
3 Simple Ways to Make Your House Smell Like Christmas
I always want my home to smell good, but at Christmas I want it to smell great. In fact, I want my home to smell like Christmas. I want it to smell like my childhood home did, the one in which my mom stayed home, baked dozens of Christmas cookies, [continue reading]
Homemade Granola – The Easiest and Most Delicious Christmas Food Gift + Recipe
Are you stressed out about the Christmas food gifts you need to make for family, friends, teachers, co-workers or neighborhoods? In the past I always worried about them; for some reason, making food gifts was one of my biggest stresses of the Christmas season. Most years, I started thinking, worrying [continue reading]
6 Christmas Gifts Every Family Needs this Year
Unbelievably, Christmas is right around the corner. The realization that the holidays are upon us could easily throw me into a panic, but I’m going to try very hard to keep things calm and relaxed this year. And I’m going to focus on family Christmas gifts that will bring real [continue reading]