This blog is the second part in a series, following January's " Boost Energy ". I am summarizing the work of Gretchen Rubin in her book " The Happiness Project " and my reaction to it. I once read a quote that the person we marry is responsible for 90% of our happiness, and I believe that to be true. I also remember my sister Fran telling me that you needed to have a really strong relationship with your spouse BEFORE you had kids, because kids have a way of adding stress t

This is a different type of blog for me. Rather than create original material based on my interests/experience, I am sharing the writing of another person and then my own reaction to it. There are twelve chapters to the book, so I plan to make this the first installment of a 12-part series. Many years ago, I read about this book (The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin) in a magazine article and then went out and bought it and read it. This book was published in 2009, s

Those of you who keep up with my blogs read about the project I did last year to search for a wedding venue  for Katelyn's wedding. I thought it only fair to tell you how the event went now that it's over. Katelyn and Sam danced the night away as a fitting end to the celebration of a lifetime Katelyn and Sam ended up choosing the Gloria Ferrer winery just outside Sonoma, and that was a great choice. One of the things I learned is that it makes a big difference to have good p

Our family's relationship with Liberty School started in 1998, when Brian was 4 years old and we were searching for an elementary school....

A first for me, writing two blogs in one day! We'll see if I actually finish it. The dates on the photos show that we first toured the...

Float Fest tickets were offered for a small additional fee on top of parade tickets, so we decided to extend our stay and see the floats...

This blog has been a long time in the making, but a few recent events caused me to bring my computer on vacation so I could work on it. ...

If you were to peruse my blogs in order of writing them, you can see how my interests vary over time. The latest thing taking my time is...

It's 6:00 in the morning, the 9th day since I tested positive for Covid. Given the pandemic started nearly 4 years ago, it's actually...

One of my favorite childhood memories is doing jigsaw puzzles with the family. Most of us kids got our start doing the "state puzzle", a...

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is the Christmas tree. Beginning with obtaining one and especially with decorating it. I...

As I've been making my trip down memory lane lately, one of the thoughts that occurred to me is how much pleasure I've derived from the...

When we moved to this house 25 years ago, I swore we'd get to know the neighbors. This was based on my experience living "in town",...

While I have long been a customer of rummage sales, I had very little experience running one. I love going to garage and rummage sales,...

I wanted to share the experience of observing the film crew who documented Lanie Grant using HomeCourt at our house last February. At...