I’d like to take the credit for the poem below, but alas I cannot. In fact, my creative well has been a bit low lately and finding the right words to express what’s in my heart right now has not been easy. So, I spent some time on the internet trying to find the exact sentiment that I can share with you this holiday season.
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My Christmas Wish For You
Posted in Baer House Inn, Christmas, eating, Family, food, friends, Holidays, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, love, toys, travel, Vicksburg, writing, tagged Christmas, Christmas cheer, creativity, happy holidays, holiday poems, holiday season, holidays, merry Christmas, poems, poetry, Southern Living on December 20, 2021| 6 Comments »
The Good Old Days
Posted in Autumn, blogging, breakfast, cars, Christmas, eating, Family, food, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, sports, success, toys, words, writers, writing, tagged auto mechanics, batteries, Black Friday, food, food packaging, good old days, key fobs, keys, mechanics, medicine, packaging, reminiscing, safety, safety seals, Shopping, technology, Thanksgiving on November 16, 2020| 7 Comments »
I want to go back. Back to the good old days. Not that I want to be younger or actually GO back in time, but rather I want things to stop changing. I like stuff the way it currently is or used to be. Some things nowadays are designed to make our lives easier, but they just make it harder. And when things break down, it takes a skilled technician, two weeks and a thousand dollars to fix them.
(more…)It Seemed Like A Good Idea – Until I Got To the Store
Posted in blogging, Christmas, Family, Fiction, food, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, love, toys, writing, tagged babies, baby, baby clothes, baby supplies, bankrupt, blankets, bottles, clothes, diapers, grandchildren, moms, money, mothers, newborns, pacifiers, pregnant, Shopping on June 24, 2019| 12 Comments »
My husband and I are going to be grands. Sort of. Neither of us have any children of our own, but we do have nieces and nephews, the oldest of which is having a baby. So, it’s our first grand niece or nephew. That’s pretty darned exciting! (more…)