Category: Holidays
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Christmas Shopping With a Paper Check?!
I can’t recall why my husband and I were discussing shopping via the Sears and JCPenney Christmas catalogs back in the “1990’s”, but we were – in front of our 27-year young daughter. If you are under 45 years old, you may not know what these thick Christmas books looked…
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Can a Few Lone Retailers Survive? Not If They Keep Bothering Us
This is the second of three December-themed Throw-Back-Thursdays. Today’s post was originally published on this blog in 2018. MLM The bricks and mortar stores that try to sell an actual experience are still doing relatively well in the era where Amazon and other online retailers threaten store fronts across America.…
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Do We Really “Need” It? A Former Student Says NO
This is the first of three Throw-Back Thursdays – Christmas themed articles. Today’s post was originally published on this blog in 2018. I hope you enjoy it! MLM A student from a few years ago just came to mind as I began to notice how many people around me were…
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“Nights Should All Be Silent, Days Should All Slow Down”
My post title includes lyrics from the iconic song, Christmas Dream, sung by Perry Como. Every year when I played it during the holidays, the kids would cringe yelling, “Mom, this song sounds so olddddddd…!” Well, it is old! Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote Christmas Dream for a…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
“Let us come before him with thanksgiving!” Psalm 95:2 NIV I wish you and your beloveds the Happiest of Thanksgivings!
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Thank You Veterans
To our current United States veterans – and to the soldiers who gave all – thank you. All images: family5power.com https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/Default.aspx?tsid=10043
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To All Who Labor…
Enjoy today! Click on images for sources. Featured image: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/06/29/could-workers-become-obsolete
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Do We Really “Need” It? A Former Student Says NO.
A student from a few years ago just came to mind as I began to notice how many people around me were saying what they “needed” for Christmas. “I really need black boots because all my other pairs are brown…I need a TV for the bathroom…”? Then, I noticed I…
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Shhh…I’ve Been Doing “Nothing”!
My husband and I are both “A-” personalities. I know a few true type A’s, and while I admire their daily sanitized and shining kitchen floors, that’s not happening in my house! Therefore, I’m an A- to a B+ on most days. I share this to illustrate the truth that…
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 