Year-End Money & Holiday Round Up

You might have guessed that since I am a planner professionally, that carries over into my personal life (which is a whole other thing than being organized…I can PLAN how I want things to go, but for some reason I am always running out of batteries and light bulbs…so I choose my battles). So YES,…

What are your Holiday “Buttons”?

Here we go, into the year end (2023 was a whirlwind, wasn’t it?) … hopefully it’s been a good year personally, in spite of all of the external goings ons… stress makes us all less patient and more trigger-happy on our emotional outbursts. And since the holidays are also a stressful time of interacting with…

Time to Plan Your Holiday Season

I always re-up this post before Thanksgiving, because I think that is the perfect time to check in with family and friends about gift giving and other holiday plans for the upcoming season.  Ask them: How many times have you sat around the day after Thanksgiving and/or Christmas and vowed that next year — next…