3... 2... 1... Happy New Year!!! Welcome 2014! How are you celebrating this New Year’s Day? Sleeping in because of a late night last night? Are you up and at ‘em early to get a head start on conquering the new year? Maybe today seems like every other day? What I love about the beginning of a new year is all the possibilities it holds. Thanksgiving and Christmas are so close together that I often emerge from the holiday season feeling sluggish and unaccomplished (though I love me some Christmas!), and the new year gives me the opportunity to look at life fresh and make plans for the next … [Read more...]

How did you celebrate New Year’s Eve when you were a kid? Fireworks and kisses? Or, did you fall asleep at 9pm and wake up fresh on New Year’s Day? Did your parents have friends over? Did you go to a prayer vigil at church? Maybe you enjoyed pizza and watching the ball drop? New Year’s Eve, like other holidays, is celebrated in a number of different ways. Heather’s New Year’s Eve When I was old enough, I did start staying up to see the clock strike twelve, but I was not interested in watching the ball drop (and especially not interested in all the entertainment leading up to it). If I … [Read more...]

Do you get the after-Christmas blues? I surely do! As much as I love the bright Christmas colors, seeing ornaments everywhere I go, shopping for family and friends, enjoying gift exchanges, and spending quality time with those I love most, getting back to normal life can leave me feeling completely down in the dumps. There is such a buildup and then suddenly... it’s over. January is such a long month! There are ways to make the end of the Christmas season feel a little less sad. Consider the ideas below… Save Some Gifts One year, my mom forgot about some gifts she had hidden in the … [Read more...]