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Fall is my most favorite time of year. Growing up in the Midwest, the Fall season was MAGICAL. As a kid, you would go back to school, and within a few weeks the weather would become just a bit chilly, the leaves would change into intense shades of red, orange and yellow. And we would […]

Frances Mary Fassett: December 2, 1936 – September 3, 2010 My mom passed away last Friday after her courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. We got the call around 4:30 in the morning that she passed away peacefully in her sleep. Alzheimer’s is one of those horrible diseases that robs you of your dignity at every stage, […]

So we like to go down to San Diego during the summer… we rent a house on the beach — 15 feet from the sand — and RELAX. Which I can tell you we all needed BADLY. My husband works a ton and needed the break, and I was looking forward to having a week […]

Haven’t been blogging much… once again “life” gets in the way… My mom has advanced-stage Alzheimer’s. She got the diagnosis two years ago, but we knew for a while that something was wrong. For whatever reason, she has declined rapidly since then. She has basically progressed through all the stages of the disease in two […]

I wouldn’t consider myself a contest-entering-junkie. I mean, sure, I can get behind the random contest every now and again… I once committed myself to entering the Frontgate sweepstakes where you could win a backyard makeover worth $100,000. And I had to enter everyday. And I did. And no. I didn’t win. I still daydream […]