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 [...]

Tough times

December 13, 2011

If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it’s yours forever, if it doesn’t, then it was never meant to be. The only person you can change is you. When people show you who they are, believe them. Brother #1 and I have not been getting along for years. We [...]