holidays

Gift Baskets (MM #2102)

Holiday gift baskets fascinate me. I think I enjoy the variety you find in gift baskets, most. But I’ve noticed that they often contain products that you can never find anywhere else. I wonder if some companies create products that are specifically made for the gift baskets. Sometimes I’ll find a product that I enjoy…

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Tis The Season (MM #2100)

Tis the season… for strange weather. Over the weekend we nearly experienced all four seasons in one day. We started the day wrestling an ice storm in Indiana.  Twelve hours later we ended our day back in Tennessee under a tornado watch and 70 degree temperatures….

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Egg Nog (MM #2096)

Egg nog is one of those things that you either love or hate. I’m one of those people in the love column. I truly thought that everyone had an opinion. That was, until I met someone who had never tried egg nog…

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LEON (MM #2090)

During the holiday season there’s one word that makes me smile. It even make me chuckle. And the funny thing, it’s not a funny word. The word; LEON. Now those four letters may not mean anything to you, but I know that I’m not alone. So, why LEON?

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Party Time (MM #2088)

It’s party time tonight! I guess I should say that it’s office party time. Tonight is my wife’s office Christmas party. I’m looking forward to it. I couldn’t say that back in my younger days. I used to dread going to holiday parties.  But over the last few years I’ve really come to enjoy them. …

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Cheese And Crackers (MM #2085)

Sometimes it’s the simplest things that make you happy. These days, cheese and crackers make me happy. I don’t eat them often, but during the holiday season they’re hard to resist…

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Holiday Stress (MM #2071)

How is your holiday stress level right now? I realize that Thanksgiving isn’t even here yet but I’m already feeling a bit stressed. I was hoping that life would slow down a little bit over the next few weeks. But while most of my friends will be slowing down, it looks like my work load is busier…

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New Holidays (MM #1870)

The don’t often add new holidays to our calendar. When Martin Luther King Day was added a few years ago it was the last new holiday that’s been created in quite some time. But I know if they’re thinking about adding a new holiday there’s one day that is probably at the top of the…

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Avoiding Germs (MM #1759)

We all hate germs. And usually about this time every year I’m fighting some sort of bug. But it looks like I did a good job avoiding germs this year during the holidays. When you don’t have kids you seem a little more susceptible to getting the crud…

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Wrapping Things Up (MM #1743)

The end of the year is almost here, and we should be wrapping things up. That’s what all of us try to do. I keep waiting for the slow time around the holidays, but it never seems to happen for me. I guess that means a few projects I hoped to get done by the…

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