AskTracy

Guess what?  I've been asked to write a column in the local community magazine about education!  This will be a new type of writing for me as I know what I do best, encourage YOU.  What a compliment though, and I hope I am able to educate people, even just one person, that there are choices when educating your child.

Okay, on to another topic... Have I told you that I like what I wrote in the past?  The one thing my site doesn't do well, or maybe I just don't know how to do it, is to bring my old writing to the front.  Or at least mix it up so you can read what I wrote.  So I think what I'll do is once a week make a repeat day.  Let's start today with a holiday bit from last year called...

Stress Free Holidays 
Eureka! I think I found it!  The secrets to a stress free holiday season!  Are you interested?  It all started with the Christmas dinner.  Christmas morning we would get up bright and early and then I would cook all day.  Yea!  Okay, not!  So a few years back, I started having the big meal on Christmas Eve.  And do you know what?  Leftovers never tasted so good after playing with my kids all morning with all the new Christmas goodies.  Another Christmas I learned that it's not all about Martha Stewart.  My then 6 year old son was making a Christmas tree cake and got green frosting and colorful sprinkles all over the entire kitchen, tracking it from one room to another, right before we had dinner guests.  I was the "Grinch" for sure and I'll never put Martha Stewart in front of my children's Christmas memories ever again. Now for the last stress buster... Christmas cards have been boycotted in my home.  Wow, I feel so light I could float away!  Quick, feed me some Christmas cookies and a cup of eggnog to keep me on the ground!  : ) TM