This picture is from December 1994, and it’s (left to right) me (Jane), Mom, Dad and Audrey. It was taken before our high school Christmas dance, before our dates arrived to pick us up! Mom, could you have maybe suggested I put a little make-up on? Can you say “pasty white!?”

This next one is from […]

[Read more →]

I’m on vacation this week and I forgot to scan pictures for Throwback Thursday before I left home! But I did have some old pictures that I had used for TT on my other blog (but never before used on this blog!), so rest assured, TT is still on.
This first photo is circa 1983 […]

[Read more →]

I know I’m probably in the minority here, but I absolutely love wrapping Christmas presents. It’s actually one of my favorite parts of the holiday.
I love looking at each present before I wrap it, thinking about what the recipient of the gift means to me, and smiling as I anticipate the look on his […]

[Read more →]

It’s a busy time of year.
OK.
I have lists literally falling from every coat pocket.
OK again.
There are gifts to purchase. Gifts to wrap. Special people to acknowledge, like my wonderful mailman, web designer, hairdresser, bartenders at favorite restaurants. My husband and I always visit Mrs. Couture, our wonderful, dear friend (at 90+ and still […]

[Read more →]

Christmas transforms my home into a journey a cherished memories… the ones in the past and hopefully the ones for the future. Each decoration, no matter how big or small, tattered or new, expensive or not… has its own story. As I unpack each box or bin or tin, people and places come […]

[Read more →]

I don’t know what I was thinking yesterday, but I decided to join my brother and sister-in-law yesterday in a 10K race.
That’s 6.2 miles.
Last year I ran a half marathon, but that was after a lot of training. And I was in good shape.
Right now, I’m just not.
But the three of us have signed up […]

[Read more →]

Stay tuned tomorrow, December 4th, for the start of the Pinks & Blues Stocking Stuffer Giveaway Days, right here on the Pinks & Blues Girls Blog!
We will be giving away 12 fun Stocking Stuffers, one each day, from December 4th - December 15th.
This will ensure that all Stocking Stuffers will arrive in time for Christmas […]

[Read more →]

Christmas memories are oftentimes so clear. So powerful. So immense.
These memories quicken our senses.
And if it is true that to be able to enjoy one’s memories is to live twice, then my Christmas Angel has allowed me to live over and over again… and again.
Each Christmas, when I unwrap my Angel, swirls of […]

[Read more →]

I just love the honest and innocent sincerity with which children respond to adults.
Take last weekend, for example.
My entire family of 10 adults and 7 grandkids went to New York City to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. And “spectacular” it was!
But getting to New York City for the 11:30 am show (we got […]

[Read more →]

Drive to Pittsburgh with tolls and gas: $95.00
Matching fleece shirts for all three boys: $34.50
New boots for Benjamin: $12.99
Picture with Santa (plus frame): $6.00
Seeing my 3 boys on Santa’s lap: PRICELESS

Ahh… it’s the holiday season!

[Read more →]