Repeat after me; it’s going to be a great Christmas. Or a memorable Hanukkah. Or a beautiful Kwanza. Whichever! This holiday will be the best!

And that’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown: positivity and warmth. Our listener needs to hear and see that it really is the most wonderful time of the year.

Last Christmas, COVID prevented this sentiment from being fully heard. Everyone was affected, from medical professionals to restaurant workers.

My oldest daughter found out two days prior to Christmas that her hair stylist tested positive for COVID, she just had her pink roots touched up and now needed to quarantine herself. Yep, that was our family dancing in front of her apartment window on Christmas morning with our own no-contact delivery of brunch and gifts.

This column is being brought to you by my daughter, Hannah, who is very close to graduating college at the end of this year (insert roaring applause here). She’s famously known for the decadent study snacks she makes and shares. She really outdid herself a few ...

We all have one or two little tricks up our sleeve. My friend, Brenda, can make $100 worth of groceries feed a family of five for a whole week. Me? I have a knack for finding cheap international trips. In 2019, five months out from my daughter’s 30 birthday, I ...

One remodel job deserves another, right? I am still waiting on the contractors for a home construction job I originally scheduled for this past July. It's now November, and my garage is still filled with a few pallets of tile, toilets and tubs, enough to remodel two ...

"If you want to call in and donate for the Humane Society of Silicon Valley's "Day of Giving" on 98.1 The Breeze, just dial 409-942-3000. Go on, give us a ring, I'm on the phone right now!" The above text was sent to me from a good friend who works at said humane ...

Sadly, it's not a universal law for employers to provide maternity leave benefits. For a majority of companies with 50 employees or less, pregnant workers have no legal right to paid maternity leave or unpaid time off. In many cases, companies will offer unpaid family ...

Cleaning out the gutters is a chore most homeowners would rather skip. Gutter guards could be worth the extra cost, but still, they are not the perfect fix. After making my way through several Google searches, I've learned there is NO existing gutter system that ...

You might consider downtown Nashville as the party capital of the USA. The hooting and hollering from the open-top party busses and tractors were full or bachelorette parties and people having a great time during my recent visit. All vehicles had extra construction to ...

Who else is tired of hearing about COVID? Every conversation revolves around it. One friend offers statistics about how minimal the situation is and another won’t come out of quarantine. It’s a never-ending trial. At the beginning of the pandemic, I wrote ...

In the distance, leaf blowers roar, scattering one neighbor’s leaves onto someone else's space. It’s a noisy way to clean up one's yard. A landscaping company started blowing leaves right under my window last Saturday morning at 7 am. It didn’t take ...