Monthly Archives: December 2001

As the new year looms over us, so do the opportunities for new adventures, new ideas or new ways to impact the world. For a really different adventure in entertainment try bowling. Not just any bowling, but Xtreme bowling – … Continue reading →

Holidays used to be so easy. On Christmas eve, go to Grandma and Grandpa’s house, fight over whose turn it was to pass out the gifts: The girls or the boys. Rip open a few gifts without looking at what … Continue reading →

My mother assured me I would be Santa’s six-year-old helper if I carried gift-wrapped boxes from her bedroom to the tree in the living room. She forestalled any childish questions by saying Santa magically filled the gift-wrapped packages with presents … Continue reading →

After all the time spent remodeling, fixing up and repairing around our venerable, suburban, family home in the suburbs, I thought we needed an open house. When I mentioned it to my husband he asked, “What would we have to … Continue reading →

It is time for the yearly agony of deciding what gift to buy my husband for Christmas – besides another tie for his overflowing tie rack. He has about everything he wants … except a shiny red sports car. I … Continue reading →