I’m staying at The Kahler Grand Hotel in Rochester, MN for business and the first thing you see when you enter the lobby is this huge, larger than life-sized gingerbread house. I’m talking about big. It takes up most of the lobby space!! The dimensions of the house is 8 1/2 feet wide, 12 feet long and 16 feet tall at the peak of the chimney. That’s tall!!!!!!! It has over 3,600 gingerbread bricks on [...]

So many holidays come and go throughout the year and we celebrate them with some civility with the exception of the dreaded Black Friday. Who invented Black Friday anyway? I understand the concept-dirt cheap deals once a year after you’ve spent a bunch of money putting together your Thanksgiving dinner. The stores also lure you out of your bed early with great door busters, as they call it, with the best deals that you could [...]

One of my neighbors came to my house today along with my dog Max. My initial thought was “damn what has Max done now and how much is it going to cost me”. When I opened the door and asked her what Max had done, she proceeded to tell me the full story. Two days ago her old, deaf and blind dog got lost. Due to her medical issues she called the fire department to [...]

If you’re reading this, I want to welcome you to my blog. My plan is to write about anything and everything. I have so much to share; from birthday party ideas, cooking recipes, decorating tips (my style, naturally), financial advice, planning vacations, my thoughts, adventures and experiences while I’m out in the world traveling. So stay tuned, because there’s a lot more to come! I’ll leave you with this quote: Dignity does not float down [...]