Tag Archives: holidays

A lot of people are not too excited about holidays, with added stress and expenses and family drama. And I’ve noticed that a lot of people don’t seem to enjoy or care about Thanksgiving. It gets kind of overshadowed by the heavy hitters of Halloween and Christmas, but it has …

Every year I wait with anticipation for the first one to arrive. December is the best mail month! I adore the thought and love each card contains. I love that the sender thinks enough of my little family to place us on a list of people important enough to send …

December is always a particularly meaningful and contemplative time for me. There’s Christmas — about which, I confess, I’m absolutely obsessed, am always immersed in by November 1, and find its trappings immensely joyful — and the whole end-of-a-year thing; but also, I was born in December. Now that I …

The holidays are a time of happiness, joy, and family. And while I agree, I think we do ourselves a disservice by forgetting that they can also be a time of sadness, stress, and anxiety. But why limit it to holidays? Life is hard. Parenting is hard. Being a human …

Calling all Christmas elves!!! The annual, northern Nevada Toys for Tots Drive is happening NOW through December 10! Dolan Auto Group is proud to partner with the Marines for this campaign yet again. We have participated in Toys for Tots for 6 years running and we look forward to helping …

Dinner isn’t the only thing that needs to stay hot around the holidays. You can be married for all of ten seconds and fully grasp how hellish the holidays can be on your relationship. Your time, your energy, and your resources are going to everyone and everything other than your …

As Easter quickly approaches this year (Too quickly! Where did the first three months of the year go?) I find myself settling into my favorite pre-holiday routine: scouring Pinterest and cookbooks to create my menu for the day. This is one of my favorite parts of any holiday: planning the food …

1) Don’t be consumed with the actual date you have your children on special occasions. Celebrate the occasion not the date. Holidays like Thanksgiving and Easter have changing dates annually. Allow yourself to let the other holidays dates or birthdays to be flexible also. This will save you lots of …

Dear Pre-Holiday Mama, You have now entered the time of the most wonderful time of the year. * cue all of your favorite holiday memories* Now, let’s take a step back into reality and comprehend that though this typically the most “wonderful time of the year” it’s also the most …

It’s that time of year again when the grandparents start asking us for our lists of what everyone wants for Christmas. The kids of course have all kinds of ideas (my daughter wants a “trip to Hollywood to be on the Disney Channel”). When it comes to my list, I …