Are you ready for Thanksgiving? Do you have Thanksgiving plans? This year, I’m going over to my parents’ house, and we’ll be celebrating with more family members than usual. I’ve been tasked with bringing two desserts this year, up from my usual one, because of all the guests, and I am thrilled. I’m vacillating between a pumpkin bundt cake, a Nutella no-bake cheesecake, or an apple pie. I already Continue Reading
Choose Your Candy Calories Wisely!
Happy day before Halloween, all my fellow Halloween-celebrators out there! Have I mentioned that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays? Mostly because I love candy, costumes, and giving children candy. I particularly like giving the kids candy because that means it’s no longer in my house, tempting me with its sweet sugary goodness. I have a huge sweet tooth (it takes Continue Reading
When Your Coworkers Hate the Holidays
The other day, as I was walking back from the break room to my cube, I overheard a co-worker say ‘don’t tell me what to do with my daughter at Halloween!’ The right thing to do would have been to hurry back to my desk, but that’s not what I did. My first reaction? Ooooo snap, that guy just opened a can of worms! The guy at work who innocuously asked why our coworker wasn’t Continue Reading