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I finally ordered my holiday cards today. I often order from Shutterfly, but not this year. Their card designs were pretty, and if they would have let me buy the quantity I needed, I would have paid what they asked. … Continue reading →

I am not diabetic, but (duh) I feel better when I eat regular meals and limit the amount of simple carbohydrates that I consume. To comment on social media is to invite other people’s opinions, but to state a contrary … Continue reading →

Present-Day Me is tired and struggling to keep up and only realized today that tomorrow is December 1, which means it’s time to start the Advent calendar. Uh-oh! Luckily, Former Me was thinking ahead when she put the Advent Calendar … Continue reading →

Survive Thanksgiving Finish and order photo album Finish and order holiday card Make an Advent schedule (12/14 update: winging it.) Make and print Advent tickets (12/14 update: winging it.) Buy Advent gifts Set up tree Decorate tree Plan Christmas menu … Continue reading →

Dear Retailers: If your “Black Friday Deals start today,” they’re not Black Friday Deals, because it’s Wednesday. You don’t get to erase entire days of the year. I know you really want my Christmas dollars, but Friday is literally just … Continue reading →

Things never to buy again: crayons, markers, colored pencils, gel pens, and erasers. Today I found so many of these things that I doubt we’ll ever be able to use them all up. The kids must have been hiding them … Continue reading →

This morning I woke up in my new bed. I looked up at the shelves behind my head and reached up to touch them. It must have seemed like a strange thing to do, because my husband asked what I … Continue reading →

I slept in my own bedroom last night for the first time in weeks. It had been so long since we used the room that I felt as if I were in a completely new place as I was getting … Continue reading →

Today I had parent-teacher conferences with my kids’ teachers. The teachers were all nice. The kids are both doing well in school. That makes me happy. I had some blood work done recently. The test results came in the mail … Continue reading →

Today I wrote a list of things that I hate about Twitter and then deleted it. There was no need to bore you with it, especially not when the gist was so simple. What it boiled down to was that … Continue reading →