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May 15-21, Honoring Friends
Published: 05-15-2012 10:59am
Since this is National New
Friends, Old Friends Week, I wanted to focus on and jot down a few thoughts
about girlfriends…first and foremost is the question, where would we be without
them??
Whatever your relationship
status, no matter how much you love your husband/significant other, there is
just no replacing girlfriends. They listen to our rants, offer a shoulder or
sage advice, pick us up and dust us off after a disastrous relationship or
career meltdown. We need a sympathetic and understanding ear to vent about our
kids, our boss, the mother-in-law, laugh about hubby and his unnatural affinity
for duct tape or our neighbor ... » Read More
Happy Mother's Day!
Published: 05-13-2012 08:17am
H – is for all
the Hootin’ and Hollerin’ you’ve done on our behalf at all our games, whether we
won or lost
A – is for the Ambulance you called when we fell out
of that tree in the front yard
P – is for not
giving up on the Potty Training,
which has ended up paying off after all
P – is for all
the Parties, birthday and otherwise,
you’ve thrown over the years, each one better than the last
Y – is for
saying “Yes” as many times as you
had to say “No”
M – is for Marrying Dad so we could be here in the
first place
O – is for
celebrating our Oddities, telling us
one day we would apprecia... » Read More
Celebrating Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Week
Published: 05-04-2012 07:45am
The first week of May is
Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Week, so I simply have to share this White
Chocolate Bread Pudding recipe I’ve had for awhile. It’s got tons of rich
ingredients and it’s very decadent so I only make for special occasions but I
get so many requests for the recipe it occurred to me I should start charging.
Hope you love it as well. And since the key word here is “Exchange,” feel free
to share your favorite!
White Chocolate Bread Pudding
16 slices firm white bread
1 quart heavy cream
1 ½ c. whole milk
½ c. sugar
12 oz. good quality white chocolate, chopped
3 large eggs
8 large egg yol... » Read More
May is Creative Beginnings Month
Published: 05-01-2012 08:31am
Time to tap into your inner
artiste (or your version of…) and start jotting down a list of all the creative
things you’ve dreamed of doing, meant to find the time for or have a natural
affinity toward. It’s the perfect time of year – gorgeous weather, flowers are
blooming, everyone’s in a good mood and the itch is palpable to find that next
adventure (either that or its allergy time again).
OK, spill…what’s it going to
be? You’ve always wanted to pan for gold, take an art class, become a nurse or
a clown. Or there’s never been time for flying a kite, learning to ride a
motorcycle, finding some wet cement to scrawl yo... » Read More
April 10th is National Sibling Day
Published: 04-29-2012 02:43pm
National Sibling Day was
created to “honor, appreciate and celebrate all brothers and sisters, and
memorialize those who are no longer with us.”
I hereby shamefully admit
that growing up, I envied my friends who were blessed to be single offspring –
the sun rises and sets with the only child. Instead, I was #2 of six. Of
course, these same friends felt I
was the fortunate one…the grass is always greener...and as I matured, I came to
agree with them wholeheartedly. At the time, however, with two busy working
parents (college professor/organist/composer dad, registered nurse mom), the
house was chaotic and brimming with bickerin... » Read More
April 10th is National Equal Pay Day
Published: 04-29-2012 02:04pm
Hard to believe we’ve still
got this one on the calendar. It’s a bit confusing. Are we celebrating equal
pay? Negative; we have a way to go. Are we acknowledging improvement? I’m OK
with that. Or, more to the point, is this our ‘official’ annual reminder that
we’re not there yet? Women’s earnings account for a considerable share of the financial support of their families, but they are still experiencing a gap in pay compared to men's wages for similar work.
While progress has been made
according to US labor statistics, (women were earning, on average, $.59 on the
dollar compared to men when the Equal Pay Act was signed in... » Read More
April is Celebrate Diversity Month
Published: 04-29-2012 01:54pm
Now that's an occasion. In this day and age where every miniscule nuance is trumpeted –
Does the drool on your pillow look like Yoda? You seriously contacted the Guinness Book of World Records to find out if they have a ‘Most
Bellybutton Lint’ category? -
celebrating diversity is worth the hoopla.As a kid, you want to fit in, be the same as your friends. Growing up with red hair, that wasn’t much of an option for me. I gamely endured the nicknames - Carrot Top,
Rusty, Woody (as in Woodpecker), Howdy (as in Doody); after all, they certainly could have been worse. But as I got older, I started appreciating the fact that it made me ... » Read More
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