PSA: donating items

I am becoming a master at finding charities who need the random things we need to give away -- for example, old towels, bathmats and empty pill bottles - animal shelters can use them!  

It makes me happy when I can find an organization that needs items that we no longer have use for.

Please consider local charities when cleaning out your belongings....I'm trying to reduce what goes to Goodwill and find more direct use charities, there are so many out there that need help.

I haven't talked much about it publicly, but we moved my parents to an assisted living facility towards the end of last year and have been dealing with how to work through the belongings they don't want anymore at their last home, it made for a different sort of holiday but was the best move for them, really for all of us.

Happy New Year!

We're already 10 days into 2016, where does the time go?


We rang in the new year at our neighbors' house, sort of a progressive party to the other two townhouses in the complex, it was great!  We even ran back home to get a card table that was needed, so convenient and no driving.    I was able to snap one photo of us both with our party hats!


I'd like to say I'll post more in 2016, but that is not likely to be true, but I can give you another blog you should read...my coworker posting about her adventures, including many photos of her almost 2 year old, its called Momma is thinking.

So that they are more public, I will  go ahead and post a few of our resolutions here:

• travel outside of Texas
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• incorporate more vegetables into our diet -- plan: try 1 new recipe each week for a veggie dish/side dish
• one week in: success -- we tried glazed carrots

• take break from alcohol - no alcohol the month of January (joint resolution with Kev
• one week in: mixed success, Kevin has amended to refraining from hard liquor; and I had 2 drinks on Friday