Several years ago, I was listening to the radio station and the host of the hour said that instead of New Year’s resolutions she liked to pick a word. A word to dwell on or define her year. I thought that was kind of cool. I mean, I like words. ?… Continue reading
I’m a Christmas music snob I can’t just listen to the generic department-store music. I hand pick each song that goes into my playlist and it goes in only with a very specific reason: Maybe it’s a song that hubby grew up listening to during Christmas. Or maybe it’s the song… Continue reading
It happens at almost every Thanksgiving dinner: “Let’s go around the table and everyone say ONE THING they’re thankful for.” By the time it comes around to me, everyone’s already said “Jesus” or “my family” or “my spouse” and I’m left looking like a copycat. 😛 When I’m asked this question,… Continue reading
I’ve been waiting for three years for September 7th to fall on a Wednesday. (My blogging day.) At last, it is HEEEEERE! But why is this a big deal? Well . . . because I get to talk about Buy a Book Day. THIS IS TOTALLY A REAL THING, GUYS.… Continue reading
Um…I’m not sure how a summer song about favorite things turned into a Christmas song, but thankfully it’s one song (Christmas or not) that doesn’t get old for me. And, because I love sharing favorite things, I thought it’d be fun if we shared a list of our favorite things. 🙂 (But don’t… Continue reading
Something I like to do every Christmas is to target an author. Not with a lightsaber or sniper paintball gun (though that’d be fun…), but with a Cupid Christmas arrow. I wrote up this post when I wasn’t an author, and then I got published and felt too weird to post… Continue reading
Every Christmas, amidst the celebration and wonder, I always hear whispers (or shouts) here and there from people who want to argue why we put a tree in our house (“What does that have to do with Jesus?!”) or why we put lights on our houses (“Waste of energy! What does that have… Continue reading
We all know that physical appearance is the big dragon that women are trying to slay these days. We have clothing companies either trimming down their humans into little waifs, or plastering “this model is not photoshopped!” on their ads. (Go Aerie!) I want to talk about the long-term stuff. What… Continue reading
