I highly recommend the Holiday Tea at the Arboretum. It's not too late to go, because they are having it every day at 11 and 2 until the 23rd. It was a special treat I planned for me and my mom to share during her recent visit. It was so nice that...

My mom and I volunteered in Ava's class today at school. We helped run centers about "Christmas Around the World." At one of the centers, the kids wrote a letter to Santa, and here is what Ava wrote: "Dear Santa, I would like a kitten for Christmas....

Oh great. I can't believe this. I usually take the kids to the library on Tuesdays to get books and a dvd or two. Yesterday we decided not to go, but I had to return our two dvds because they are only one week rentals. So I grabbed the two, drove...

Those who have a newspaper subscription know that every year in December, the newspaper carrier sticks a small card in the paper with a self addressed envelope and a holiday greeting. This is so people can send them tips. 'Tis the season of tipping,...

I was sitting there, watching the Alabama vs. Florida game when suddenly I saw the most terrible, wrong, creepy commercial from Kay Jewelers, of all companies. Whoever came up with this marketing idea should be out of a job. It's so bad, that I...