It’s been a long time since we’ve held one of our family cooking competitions, but the kids decided to resurrect the tradition over our holiday break – and they decided it should be a Christmas Cookie Bake-Off. The idea is simple: we would each bake our own chosen kind of cookie, and at the end… Continue reading Our First Christmas Cookie Bake-Off
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8 Reasons You Should Visit the Colonial Inn in Hillsborough, NC
Former owner Francis Henry once called the Colonial Inn the “battered wife of Hillsborough,” and if you’ve seen it in the past twenty years, you might agree (though that’s tragic in more ways than one). Having been in business back as far as 1838, with evidence taking it back nearly another 100 years, the Inn… Continue reading 8 Reasons You Should Visit the Colonial Inn in Hillsborough, NC
Why My Kids Enter Competitions
I don’t think I’ve ever been as nervous as I was this past Saturday, when My Big Helper entered her first district History Day competition. Even though I competed myself for years, and have had kids, gotten married, and faced all sorts of other major life events, watching my daughter nervously await her interview with… Continue reading Why My Kids Enter Competitions
“Smurfs: The Lost Village” Opening Soon! + Giveaway
When I was a kid, I watched the Smurfs every Saturday morning. I loved the Smurfs. They were friendly, funny little creatures who loved being together and were always seeing the good in life. I had all the Smurf gear, too – an alarm clock, bank, and more, and I took it all to Smurf Day at… Continue reading “Smurfs: The Lost Village” Opening Soon! + Giveaway
The First Snowfall is Snow Fun!
We got our first snowfall this week! We’ve had snow much fun playing around in it – and since the forecasters were a bit off in how much we might get, we were happily surprised by the 8 inches to a foot that we actually received. It’s been bitterly cold, too, which is quite… Continue reading The First Snowfall is Snow Fun!
The Meaning of a Legacy
Legacies have come up in conversation a lot lately. It seems that most people consider a legacy to be money – a sum of money, preferably a sizeable sum – that one bequeaths to another upon death. That is a type of legacy. It’s a concrete legacy with a beginning, ending, and with concrete purpose… Continue reading The Meaning of a Legacy
