I was feeling a little down on Christmas day when I realized that all of my siblings were either in serious relationships or married (in fact, my baby brother just got married this past weekend) and I was spending another holiday season single. It wasn't necessarily a lonely feeling, because I'm seeing a few people now but none of them exclusively. This means that there were no gifts exchanged, no photos taken for cute couple holiday ... Read the Post...
Tuneage Tuesday – Discover Christmas 2017
I don't know about y'all, but I'm still listening to Christmas music. In fact I'll probably be decking the halls with boughs of holly until well into the new year. I kind of have this thing where I'll start playing Christmas music off and on after my birthday in August, ramp it up after Thanksgiving and then hang it up around January 5th. This means that every version of "Silver Bells" is playing at my apartment and my desk at ... Read the Post...
Merry Christmas
It’s so nice that I still get to do family traditions, and even better now that I’m on the other side of the celebrations. Watching the kids open their gifts, seeing the joy on their faces gives me joy. Eating a lunch/dinner together and watching ‘A Christmas Story’ for at least 3 hours (or watching it for 2 and having it watch us while we nap) is a tradition I don’t see ending anytime soon. I'm about to head out to the ... Read the Post...
I Have a Bone to Pick with Hallmark Christmas Movies
Anyone who knows me knows that I love a good Hallmark holiday movie. I've shared my love the cheesy movies on numerous tweets and Instagram posts as well as during an episode of my podcast! It's no secret that one of my televisions is always on the Hallmark channel (channel 365 for those of you with U-Verse in Houston) starting Halloween night. Between the older ones and the two new ones they drop every weekend leading up to ... Read the Post...