Dear Santa it’s a long story… Have I been naughty or nice? Well I think this year coal is out of the question as most would agree. I have been nice, but it’s a long story. I have worked hard on getting old bad relationships out of my life and forgiving those who have done me wrong. But don’t misunderstand...
I just saw a preview for a new series beginning on tv called "The Job Interview" where “someone is going to get hired.” My immediate thought was why? What could this show do to hold my attention? I have never gone to a job interview that I didn’t get so it is hard for me to understand. The preview...
No not another season of the Elf I thought to myself. Yes, I too made the decision to purchase an Elf several years ago and didn’t understand the commitment that I was heading into. If you haven’t heard of this classic toy, then I must ask where have you been, but I will explain. The Elf shows up just after...
I started to believe customer service was dead when I came across a couple of incidents that really bothered me. One example: I was getting lunch the other day at a cafeteria style restaurant and the woman in front of me was with her young daughter. The woman had a broken arm in a sling and was struggling to...
Now I am mad. I mean very MAD. Now don’t misunderstand me, I completely understand if you have just bought a new townhouse or home and you have work to do, but come on- waiting until 10 pm to start the demolition and actually drilling and hammering at midnight? Who does that? Well new neighbors I have apparently do and...
So the time came when my ten year olds daughter's fashion sense has kicked in and she is beginning to notice what other girls her age are wearing. Going to a uniform school, I have been able to bypass the usual requests of a specific shirt or skirts, but recently she came to me to have a sit down. It...
Last year as I was reviewing my fourth grader’s Social Studies test, I couldn’t help but laugh at an answer she had written. Of course in Fourth Grade it is all about the BEST answer, not a correct answer to a problem as it is enforced in Kindergarten through Third Grade, so fourth grade was a big change for...
The board game of “Life” is in the closet still used from time to time, but I find that we tend to play the electronic version more often. If you are familiar with the game, it makes you spin a wheel moving your game piece and picking your life possibilities. Recently while playing the game of Life with my daughter...
The Fourth Grade Blues When did fourth grade become so difficult? My daughter who has always brought home fantastic grades and rarely needed homework to be reviewed is now struggling with the fourth grade. She definitely already has the fourth grade blues and school has just begun. Her teacher has told me that fourth grade is the big life changing grade...
Sometimes it is good for children to believe in magical ideas such as Santa or good old Saint Nick. I believe it not only helps their imagination, but creates good will making them act maybe a little better believing Santa is watching them. After all, there really was a Saint Nicholas who was a rich kind man and was...
