Christmas with the Miller family.  My sister, Megan, and her family were here this Christmas so it was so much fun to have all of my nieces and nephews here.  It was loud, but very fun. My Christmas morning started out with the most exciting news (of which I have been waiting over a month […]

Christmas Eve brings with it some traditions.  One tradition is my gift exchange with my sister, Carla.  We’ve been doing this for several years.  It started because my parents postponed Christmas presents one year until several days after Christmas and we were outraged so we started our own Christmas exchange which is now an annual […]

I walked out of work tonight and spotted a naked bush, missing all of it’s leaves and strutting a bunch of mangled branches.  And I wanted my camera.  It was a beautiful bush.  It has been raining freezing ice all day and the ice perfectly coated the bush with a glittery, crystal sheen.  My whole […]

Dinner tonight. As a side note, I drink a lot of coffee.  I am also a clutz.  So you can imagine how many times I’ve knocked over my entire mug of coffee on my desk as work.  (Yes, imagine that.)  I have a desk calendar, which has been replaced numerous times as a result of […]

Today I was walking outside the mall and suddenly felt like I was hit with a brick of memories. It was a mixture of the cold air and the smell of exhaust pipes and the combination of the smells of the food court wafting into the sidewalk and the slushing of my boots along the […]

I admit it: I have never watched Star Trek before.  *collective gasp*  I know, right? So yesterday while we were making Christmas cookies and dipping pretzels in chocolate (our house is filled with holiday cheer!), we had the new Star Trek movie playing.  Everyone else in the world probably knows about the “Live long and […]