Finding the perfect gift is never easy. Here are a few suggestions to help you get started with the Holiday Gift List.
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Holiday Gift Guide – 2020 The COVID Edition
The Holiday Season is going to be very different this year. Thinking of having a Holiday open house? Fuggetaboutit. Holiday office party? Nixed. Traveling to be with family? Do it at your own peril. I am expecting the remainder of 2020 to be more of the same. Because many people are staying home as much…
Holiday Foodie Gift Guide – 2016
It’s Giving Tuesday (I didn’t know that was a real thing) and it’s that time of year again. You know, the “What do I get for <fill in the blank>?” time of year. We all struggle with that one, so here’s my annual Holiday Gift Guide for all the foodies on your list. Last year…
Closed for Thanksgiving
My favorite holiday of the year is Thanksgiving. In 29 years of marriage, John and I have only had Thanksgiving with extended family a handful of times. As a military family, it just wasn’t possible financially or logistically, but that has been changing in the past few years. My cousin Christine and my SILs from…
War on Thanksgiving – Updated
I know everyone keeps bitching about a “War on Christmas”, but I can assure you there is not. Even before the Halloween decorations were down, the Christmas stuff started going up. How in the hell is that a war against a holiday? To promote it so vividly and early constitutes an act of war? It…
Murray’s Cheese Shop
If you know me at all, you know that I LOVE cheese. In a small secret circle I am known as Sister Silver Hair, Goddess of the Cheeses. I once tried a diet that had me eliminate dairy. Yeah, that lasted about 48 hours. I will put cheese on just about anything and I literally…
Grocery Shopping
Remember that July is the Month of the Bitch? Yeah, well here’s some more. I love shopping, I even love grocery shopping. What I can’t stand about grocery shopping are three main things: The way the stores are laid out The other shoppers Coupons Let’s take them one at a time, shall we? The way…