A few years ago I had a shopping shenanigan with my youngest child that always makes me re-think the fast pace I try to maintain during the Christmas season. I was trying to cram in a quick Target run before picking the older two girls up from school. We ran in the store, loaded our…
Despite my best efforts to be well prepared, I’m heading into Christmas on two wheels again. I’m not sure what the antidote to all the crazy is, but I know what it is not: the parking lot of our city’s shopping mecca forty-eight hours before the holiday. The shirt I’m wearing may say “Holly Jolly…
We live off a busy road where the traffic issues seem to be increasing by the day. As I was driving on one particularly busy stretch of this road earlier this week, I noticed a table set up very near the road in the grass. And on the table is a purple tablecloth, a wreath,…
This time of year retail stores everywhere seem to be abuzz with more shoppers than usual. I occasionally forget this and try to cram an errand into a time slot it won’t fit in between activities. This was the case recently when I ran into Target with the Preschooler to grab a few quick things…