March brings with it hope for spring (well, not for us in Vermont, but hey we can dream), thoughts of vegetable gardens, and the...
Fall, for many reasons, is my favorite season of the year. Not only is it a time for family, food, and festivities, but a...
Thanksgiving is right around the corner. While we are planning our menus and decorating our tables, it's easy to forget that not everyone will...
Are you looking for some more holiday cheer in your life? It's dark and gloomy way too early these days so why don't you...
Why can’t you just be like everyone else?
Because I’m not like everyone else.
Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday celebrated in December (usually)*, is all about being...
I really enjoy Halloween. I love seeing everyone dressed up and their creative costumes, haunted houses, the Teal Pumpkin Project, and the fun events planned...
There I stood, front and center of the holiday candy aisle in my friendly neighborhood Walmart. Not only was I confused about what to...
In the last few years I've stopped making a New Year's resolution.
I make enough resolutions throughout the year, that by the time New Years...
There’s an immense amount of pressure to have an ambitious New Year’s resolution. If you think about it, New Year’s resolutions are nothing more...
I’m not a recipe braggart. I swear. I fully get that my favorite go-to recipe could be your gigantic failure (although if you don’t...
My children love to get advent calendars at the beginning of every December.
Advent calendars help them count down the days until Christmas. They also...
It’s the first week of December, the tree is up, the stockings are hung by the chimney with care and our menorahs are ready...
My daughter’s favorite person in the whole world is her Joon. My daughter is almost five and she is one of the most socially,...
Every year we do a fun family night where we carve all of our pumpkins. It ends up being a lot of work...

















