P.S. I forgot to say Happy Valentine’s Day. I hope you’re spending at least part of the day with people you love who love you back. I am - I’m with my kids.

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I’m enjoying a great trend in my life. Each New Year that comes along is better than the last one. Problems (attitudes) that were so pervasive last year are gone now. I can see the progress I’m making, and I am so grateful (for the progress, and even more that I can see it!)
Yes, there [...]

That’s Prima Donna Daughter there to the left of Santa, cheesin’ for the camera. They’re joined by Mrs. Claus, an Elf and four other reindeer (don’t ask me what happened to the other three reindeer - I couldn’t get a straight answer.)
They were “in costume” for one of the songs her class was doing in [...]

The other day, I mentioned IzzyMom’s Consumer Culture and Kids post reminded me that I struggle with a similar issue related to Christmas and it’s been on my mind again this year. The issue is the consumerization of Christmas.
Each year, I get more and more pissed off with the social pressure to spend, spend, spend [...]

As luck would have it, I missed posting yesterday on the last day of NaBloPoMo. In spite of that, though, my NaBloPoMo mission was accomplished: I got back into the swing of blogging, in spite of the continuing drama that I let pull me away. And I made some new blog friends - even better!
Today [...]

Neither did I.
He WAS in it, but the camera panned so quickly through the group, we didn’t actually see HIM. This is Spy Nephew who lives in Maryland and is 16 (son of Spy Sister - “Spy” because both my sister and her husband work for the NSA and can’t talk about their jobs - [...]