It’s mid-January and my house feels naked. Gone are all the wonderful, glittery, Christmas decorations that made our home feel cozy. The house no longer smells like pine. Our cookie tins are empty and already packed away. I think I am suffering from Christmas withdrawals. Is that a thing? I feel sad. My son and I respectively returned to school and work last week. My husband resumed…
It’s that time of year that we are inundated with gym membership commercials, miracle pills that melt fat away and financial gurus promising to get us out of debt. Advertisers are playing on our emotions and banking on us wanting to begin 2020 with new goals/resolutions. Most people that make new year’s resolutions target exercise, losing weight and handling money better as their main goals…
In November of 2016, breast cancer entered my life. Why did it have to be November? As a nation, November is the month we celebrate Thanksgiving. It is the time of year we practice gratitude. We gather with friends and family, we share a huge meal and eat way too much. Our drinks become pumpkin or spice-flavored; ditto on pies and donuts too. We decorate our homes with lovely…
It’s the first week of November and that means it is time to start planning for the holidays to ensure they remain stress-free for you this year. I have taken a November calendar and added my tasks directly to it, printed it and have it hanging above my desk staring me in the face every day! I don’t know about you but I just LOVE placing a…
My son is sixteen years old and a senior in high school. We are currently “on the hunt,” looking for a college that he can attend next year. There are literally thousands of colleges to choose from in the United States. Thank goodness he has already decided that he would like to be a commuter. Given that we live in Nassau County on Long Island, he still has…
I love feeling that nip in the air when I leave the house in the morning. Fall is my favorite season. Historically, Fall is the calm before the storm in my life. Why? Because the holiday season is lurking around the corner and, once Halloween hits, it’s off to the races with Thanksgiving and then Christmas hitting us back-to-back. For the past couple of years, I…