So much seems to be going on right now…can we get off the roller coaster…chill…take a moment from the madness?
Seems folks need other things to distract them…including someone else’s misery…sigh.
I have a great work group…and even tho’ it includes six women and one lone male…for the most part we all get along well…until today. 
As I [...]

Thirteen Things about MY CHILD WHO WANTS TO STAY HOME ALONE…OVERNIGHT.

Hubby and I are going  to an event which will require us to spend two nights away from home.  
It was supposed to be a family event, but our teenage, high-school age son has decided he doesn’t want to travel with us. 
Son would prefer to stay home.  [...]

My Thirteen FAVORITE BOOKS for 2008 (in no particular order)

Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice
House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper
Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Going Down South by Bonnie Glover
You Gotta Sin to Get Saved by JD Mason
Song Yet Sung by James McBride
Slow Burn by Ebony Farashuu
Conception by Kalisha Buckhanon
Testimony by Anita Shreve
The [...]

As we get ready to ring in another year, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of the crazy (and not so crazy) things that get dropped on New Years Day. Note that because I live in PA most of my items are concentrated in this state.  I was actually quite surprised at some [...]

Thirteen of my FAVORITE CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY SONGS

Silent Night by the Temptations
Silver and Gold by Vanessa Williams
Go Tell It on the Mountain by Mariah Carey
This Christmas by Donnie Hathaway
What Do the Lonely Do At Christmas by the Emotions
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Luther Vandross
Let It Snow by Boyz II Men
Thankful by Mary, Mary
Sleigh Ride by [...]

My cousin, Carlton, sent me an article today by Norma White titled  You Want Change?  Try These Ideas.  Some of you might have seen the article, as it was written back in October, primarily as a response to the Presidential candidates change platforms.  As I read through White’s list, I realized that while I agreed [...]

Thirteen Things about Today!  This year has been a roller-coaster year and today was no different, except it had a slight silver lining.

Today was the best of days.
Today was the worst of days.
There was good news.
I wasn’t laid off.
There was bad news.
The raise I was expecting in January won’t materialize.
As with 40 some other states, [...]

For the last 17 years, Thanksgivings have been spent in MD with my in-laws.  Even tho’ we traveled two hours to be with them, I generally got off easy.  Granted I would cook Thanksgiving Dinner sometime before the weekend, but usually I was only responsible for something mundane…like mac&cheese or the beverages.  This year we [...]

Today is the 33rd annual Great American Smoke-Out (GASO) Day.  Annually, on the third Thursday of November, the American Cancer Society for the last 33 years has asked smokers to give up smoking just for today.  The belief is if smokers can quit for a day, make that first quit attempt, then maybe they can continue [...]

 
 
 
Thirteen Things about World Kindness Day.  Thursday, November 13 is World Kindness Day. This was the opening day of the first World Kindness Movement® conference held at Tokyo in 1998, and the 35th anniversary of the Small Kindness Movement of Japan, which brought the signatories of the ‘declaration of kindness’ of the World Kindness Movement [...]