New Year’s Day 2012

January 9, 2012

The older I get, the more I want to actively mark traditions, especially those related to Christmas and the holiday season. So far I have the following: My Christmas tree goes up on the last weekend of November. I host a Christmas fête the following weekend, for friends, on the first Saturday of December (it [...]

Christmas and Boxing Day 2011

January 6, 2012

Happy New Year! This entry is a bit late but I hope you had a great Christmas—I did! The family (except for Brother #1) attended a special evening program on Christmas Eve called Stranded. I had a lot to do so after doing some Boxing Day shopping online at my parents’ house (more on that [...]

On counselling, gift-giving (and receiving)

December 21, 2011

The phone app (will I one day look back on this entry and wonder what an ‘app’ is?) that is supposed to make it easy to update my blog on the go has an annoying glitch where it doesn’t recognize apostrophes. Instead of refusing to blog from my phone, I’ll just be thankful that I [...]

Christmas fête recap

December 6, 2011

It’s been ages since I’ve posted, but not for lack of trying. Every entry I drafted was whiny in tone, complaining about how overwhelmed I was feeling. I don’t know why I allow things to happen in such a way that I end up stressed and extremely cranky. The only reason I could come up [...]