Picture pages, picture pages Time to get your picture pages Time to get your crayons and your pencils That jingle has been running through my head. I consulted my best friend Google to figure out from where in my childhood it came. Captain Kangaroo! Which I’m sure dates me, but as far as you-all know, […]
Author Archives: jennifergrashel
Decluttering
In attempting to embrace and channel my word of the year, namely focus, my need to declutter a few things has become apparent. A decluttered environment leads to a decluttered brain. The struggle is real. We’re not talking a Hoarders level of clutter or anywhere close. I’ve long recognized my need to be surrounded by […]
Focus
Sometimes you don’t realize how much people are thinking the same thing until you open up your mouth and talk about it. Just another tactic Satan uses … discourage and distract those with something that should be said … prompt those who should keep their mouths shut … generally disturb the balance of the two. […]
The Most Depressing Day of the Year
Every January we go from the most wonderful time of the year to the most depressing time of the year. So they say. Whoever “they” are. The third Monday of January – which occurred earlier this week – is allegedly THE MOST DEPRESSING DAY OF THE YEAR. According to this article, though, that label wasn’t […]
Fresh Turnips
Fresh turnips. That’s not a sign you see every day. The sign said … Fresh. Turnips. It’s January in Ohio. And it was just a random farm as I drove down the road. Not a grocery or even what looked like a farm market or produce stand. No signs of life. But I couldn’t stop […]
Reminders & Remembrances
The older and busier I get, the more I’m in love with the reminders app on my phone. They say the memory is the first thing to go, and perhaps that statement is true, but our lists of things to remember often grows beyond our human capacity. I actually put a reminder in my phone, […]
Walk This Way
Have you seen the meme about the holidays? The one depicting a stick figure described as festive December 1-26, “confused, full of cheese, unsure of the day of the week” December 27-31, and fat from January on. Give me an amen if you resemble that remark. The remark may also be applicable if you replace […]
Boxing Day
Okay, we’re there now. As there as we’re gonna be. And no, I don’t really box anything up on Boxing Day. There are twelve days of Christmas. I’m just getting started. The shopping was finished. The wrapping, which involved the copious use of gift bags in an effort to spare my gimpy wrists and fingers, […]
Are We There Yet?
It’s December 19 and *ichigan still … no wait, I meant to say I almost have my Christmas shopping done. Almost. Which is somewhat of a triggering word in my world, as the conversation in my house went like this for a season … “Is your homework finished?” “Almost.” Lather. Rinse. Repeat. The number one […]
I Love Jesus But I Hate Christmas
There. I said it. I actually said it out loud last night to a couple people, threatening to make it the title of this week’s post. They nodded their heads, understanding what I was getting at. For those who seem obsessed with calling Christmas a pagan celebration since we appropriated Saturnalia back in the day […]