I was catching up on my blog reading (OK, the truth is I had horrible insomnia, AGAIN, and was up half the night surfing the net and I’m still nowhere near caught up on my blog reading. There are just so many great blogs to read, I’ll never get caught up.) when I came across [...]

I didn’t spend Thanksgiving with my family this year.  Instead I chose to spend the day with friends.  We had a pretty traditional Thanksgiving meal and a wonderful and relaxing day. But unlike the friends I celebrated with, my family isn’t far away.  They’re local.  Less than an hour away, Well, I say “they” but [...]