Someone Else’s Kids

Last year I wrote a post asking if sledding was a lost art. You can read it here Sledding – A Lost Art.
What made me think of it again today was that I was in a department store the other day and I didn’t notice any sleds! It hasn’t snowed yet in […]

Have you ever attended Boston Red Sox spring training? I worked with a girl who made it an annual ritual and she loved it. She would come back with the stories of her favorite players telling us how they performed and who she got to meet. I always thought it would be […]

Are your kids ready to decorate your house for Christmas weeks before you are? Do you think they want to do it so early in the season that they could qualify to be retail executives?
It is interesting how there is such a range of opinion and practice out there about the best time to […]

We always think of unique baby gifts as being for when the baby is born, but baby gifts are also appropriate for any time in the child’s first couple of years. In fact, new parents are often showered with gifts and help in the first month after bringing a baby home and then everyone forgets […]

This is a subject that people don’t think about very often until a need arises, such as after the death of a loved one. However, the best time to think about it is not when there is an immediate need, but rather when you want that background sense of security. The topic is […]

How often do you say that you are going to put more emphasis on exercise and good health in your life, but then you get sidetracked and decide you will “do it next week instead?”
You may not get much exercise surfing the Internet except for your fingers. (Do people have stronger fingers today than we […]

As an adult, have you reconnected with any of your childhood friends? If not, you should look them up. If they no longer live in the same house or same town, take advantage of the Internet and look for their names in Google or look on sites such as Classmates.com where people register […]

Everybody can end up a little strapped for cash during the holiday season because there are so many things on which to spend money, from gifts to office parties the regular bills that somehow seem worse when you have so many other demands on your wallet.
What if you suddenly needed a small amount of cash […]