• Christmas,  Family,  Food,  Holidays,  Home,  Party,  Planning,  Video,  Vlog

    Was it Joy or Bah Humbug? A Behind the Scenes Look at December!

    Here’s the insider view to our December. A behind the scenes look at getting ready for the holidays leading up to Christmas Day. Dexter scenes are sprinkled throughout. It’s a bit longer than normal, but catching you up to speed for the whole month, set to some great music. I chose regular every day music and not holiday themed because who wants to listen to Christmas music in January? Not me. I hope you enjoy. Let me know if you think it’s joyous or a bah humbug. Twas nice that we had a white Christmas that did not mess us up too badly with family in town. Nice memories. Here’s…

  • Happiness,  Holidays,  Life,  Planning,  Productivity,  To Do List,  Weekend,  Wellness

    Hmmm, Did You Meet Your Goals Last Year? Did I? Let’s See!

    HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope yours is wonderful! There’s been a trend of folks moving away from setting goals at the new year. Personally, it keeps me motivated to have a vision of what I’m moving to. Some people do life without a specific written list and just move naturally toward their goals. For me, I always got a thrill by seeing it written and then checked off. It somehow gives my life validity, a purpose, and shows my reason for existence. But that is just me. I still think we should enjoy life while we are busying ourselves with trying to be better, be better at it, shooting to hit…

  • Blogmas,  Christmas,  Dogs,  Family,  Food,  Happiness,  Holidays

    Behind the Scenes: Christmas Day at Our House with Family, Food, Fun, Fur Babes, and Foibles

    The day started off intensely cold and also ended that way. The sunrise coming through the sunroom with the snow, was beautiful. I noted the ice developing on the windows and that God had painted a daffodil with the ice on the window, giving promise of warmer days to come. How cool is that? And we ended up with a white Christmas for the first time in about 13 years I think. George and Dexter and I opened our stockings and sipped coffee. We had a while before the others would arrive, around 10:30 or 11:00, giving us time to get things ready. Dexter got another new bed that I…