Unwrapping some sanity!

Last week, we got to have dinner with Pleaser Priscilla, her older sister, Passive aggressive Polly, and her husband Peacekeeping Paul, their younger sister, Entitled Emily, and her husband, Monopolizer Marvin, their mother, Critical Christine, Aunt Attention-seeking...

There’s no place like home for the holidays????

Dinner is at Pleaser Priscilla’s house this year… as it is every year. Family is important to Pleaser Priscilla. She knows that if she didn’t host the dinner, there would be no family dinner at all. She’s tried in the past to suggest a...

Is gratitude on your Thanksgiving menu?

Before we go careening into Christmas (or Hanukkah for our Jewish friends) like an out of control sleigh, we should make a Thanksgiving pit-stop. In many ways, Thanksgiving may not actually be the official start of the holiday season anymore. However, it does seem to...

I’m dreaming of … a perfect Christmas… NOT.

One of my (Michelle) favorite things to do during the holiday season is to enjoy a cup of tea while watching a Christmas movie. These days, we can binge watch them on the Hallmark channel; but my favorites are the classics like “It’s a Wonderful...

Fa la la la la… ugh.

Twas 2 months before Christmas and all through the house, all the creatures were stressin’…yes, even the mouse. November has arrived and marks the ‘unofficial start’ to the holiday season. Hallmark is showing Christmas movies already and Sirius...