Today is a mixed up day. It started about an hour and a half after the time I normally arise. I was greeted with bright sunshine peeking through my blinds. But, the thermometer said it was 10 below zero! There is no need to make lunches or get to school on time. There are four…
By the time we got to the summit, the moon was setting in a cold crystal clear sky and the sun was not yet visible over the clouds below us. At over 10,000 feet, Christmas Day, 2015 we were shuttled up to the top of Haleakala Volcano to see the sun rise and then bike…
My son came home from school yesterday and said he did well on some kind of in class Christmas movie trivia contest his teacher had on Kahoot. I laughed at it because he had me pegged, stating that he told his teacher that it isn’t Christmas in our house until we have watched White Christmas at…
Last night we had potato pancakes or latkes for dinner! We regularly had these while I was growing up. So recently, when my 18-year-old asked us to switch up what we were serving for meals, I thought this was a great opportunity to try them again. But, I started to laugh as I grated the…
Yesterday, I was making some jewelry at my workstation in our home. It is another hobby of mine. With my graduate classes in full swing this fall, I did not have much time available for creativity regarding my beadwork. Pandora was festively playing traditional Christmas tunes that kept me in good company while I worked. …
This is the first Christmas is 15 years we have not had our pet cats stirring up trouble at holiday time. Unfortunately, both died this past year. Clark died first in March and then, Lewis passed away in my arms in June. Here is what I miss about having them around during the Christmas season….
Last year, a parent donated 220 Amaryllis Kits to the after school garden club I ran at our local elementary school. It was not the first time she had made such a donation, but the volume this time was much larger! 220 Kits! Wow! I had about 40 students enrolled in garden club and knew…
The following are my postings for Cee’s Photo Challenge: Amaryllis for December 18th, 2017, The amaryllis is a large, colorful flowering bulb that is popular at holiday time. For the last two years, I have had the pleasure of planting 100-200 of these bulbs with individual elementary students at our local schools. If you are…
We are late this year getting the holiday decorations up. Yesterday, we finally got our tree – a live one – bummed off some friends with a tree farm for a bottle of whiskey! Hey, it pays to know people! Right? Most of the tree farms have opened and already closed for the season. Today, I…