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Okay, so it’s the last day of 2010 and I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about my New Year’s resolutions. Things I should change, things I can do better. You know the [...]

So here we are, in that weird space between Christmas and New Year’s. The visitors have gone home, the tree and decorations are down, and I have no idea what day it is. Seriously. I keep [...]

I’ve been so busy the last couple of days. You know, tying on my gingham check apron to make batches of gingerbread cookies. Roasting chestnuts. Wrapping gifts with homemade paper I [...]

1. I am writing this in the midst of a Snow Day. Actually, it’s more like a Some Snow Some Freezing Rain Some Ice Mostly Nasty Day, but the upshot is that I haven’t been out since [...]

I just read online that Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds broke up. This on the heels of Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter AND Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron. What is it with breakups just [...]

This weekend was awash in nostalgia for me. This is not uncommon, I guess. I live in my hometown, and memories are inescapable. But Saturday morning, I bundled up my daughter and took her to the [...]

1. Reason number 1,023 I need to learn to say NO more: I just spent about forty minutes answering online surveys for DirecTV, Apple, and other companies. Why, dear God, WHY do I not delete these [...]

Maybe it’s the cold, and the whole hibernation/nesting thing. Or the fact that I know within a couple of weeks we will have an influx of plush and plastic. Whatever the reason, these days I [...]

Although I have lived in NC since I was three, I do not consider myself a real Southerner. This is for various reasons: my mom is from New York, my dad from Baltimore (which is either the South [...]

1. This is a dangerous time of year for me. First, I like to shop. Second, I like to shop online. And third, this is a time I can spend without feeling QUITE so guilty because I am buying for [...]