Christmas Pajamas
Did anyone get pajamas for Christmas this year? Pajamas are a common Christmas gift, and my children always got a new set of sleep ware for Christmas. I opened many gifts, to find beautiful negligees or peignoirs sets, and loved every one of them. And, I like to give gifts that comfort those I love, […]
Christmas is Over
Christmas is over. Now, new toys are consuming your world, and you are about over it. Before you reach the next level and become truly frustrated, there is something you can do, that not only answers your immediate need, but also becomes a tool that will boost your parenting. It’s time to teach your child […]
Family Friendly Places to Celebrate New Year’s Eve
I am looking for a family friendly place to ring in the new year but I can’t really find anything that I think is appropriate for my younger children. Do you know of anything that is relatively cheap to do for the new year that kids can also participate in? If you have never done […]
What To Buy Kids This Holiday Season
Following up on last week’s “What to Buy the Harry Potter Generation,” I thought I’d help out the younger readers this week, just in time for some last minute scrambling to the bookstores. Children can be difficult to buy books for, mostly because their interests seem to be so specific. The key, in my experience […]
Dealing With Holiday Stress
As adults, we are very acquainted with holiday stress. We experience it every year. While the holidays are enjoyable (we look forward to them), they can be very stressful for some, if not all, of us. Sometimes we forget that our children our not immuned to the stress of the holidays, simply because they do […]
Christmas Party Merriment
‘Tis the season for Christmas parties. Now, I hope the Office of Diversity at the University of Tennessee doesn’t get upset with me over the term “Christmas party.” Oh, who am I kidding? Ze can forcefully insert zeir offense in a gender neutral location. Christmas parties are an integral part of the season and more […]
When is the New Market Christmas Parade?
I know when the Dandridge and Jefferson City Christmas Parades are but I haven’t read anything about New Market? Are they planning one this year? New Market will have the final parade in Jefferson County. It will be on Sunday, December 20th.
What To Buy “The Harry Potter Generation”
Christmas is quickly approaching, and books are surely (hopefully) running through the minds of every shopper. One of the biggest problems I always hear is that the “Harry Potter generation” can never find a series to get into. The Harry Potter generation is that group of teens – 20 somethings that grew up reading stories […]
Thanksgiving Memories
This time of year always brings back Thanksgiving memories. I can smell the turkey and pumpkin pies now. I can see a table flowing over with harvest food. I see corn, beans, potatoes, sweet potato casserole, cornbread stuffing, oyster souffle, broccoli casserole, baked acorn squash, pumpkin soup, cabbage casserole, cheese grit casserole, marinaded carrots, cauliflower […]
Thankfulness
Thanksgiving is once again upon us, a beautiful time of year, unless of course, you’re a turkey or glazable pig. And while it’s easy to mistake this holiday for an opportunity to inflate childhood icons to alarming sizes or ingest enough food to cause a belly to increase to alarming sizes putting someone’s eye out […]
When is the Next County Commission Meeting?
I am interested in internet service and was thinking about going to a County Commission meeting to give them my opinion but cannot find the date that they are meeting. Do you know when they will be meeting next? Actually, there is not a scheduled meeting of the County Commission in December. Unless a special […]
Developing Memory Continued: Mnemonics
Mnemonics are memory devices that help recall larger pieces of information. I have listed examples, but you can create these for anything your child needs to remember. In a Name Mnemonic, the 1st letter of each word in a list of items is used to make a name of a person or thing. – Roy […]
County Internet Coverage
I heard that areas in the County that do not have internet may be getting it. Is that true? If so then that is great because it costs me a small fortune to get the sketchy service that I have now and it really isn’t worth it but I need internet. There is a very […]
Global Warming and Terrorism
I try not to get political on these pages, but a funny thing happened in the latest presidential debate. Bernie Sanders linked terrorism and global warming. Apparently, I’m somehow supposed to believe people terrorize Paris because they’re thirsty. Yes, global warming will melt ice caps leading to immense flooding, but amazingly, it also will make […]
Snowed in over Thanksgiving
This a November memory shared by a relative of mine. At the time of the memory, she lived in Long Island, New York. She remembers a Thanksgiving in the early 1950’s that made a strong impression on her. “In the 1950s, I came down from New York on the train with my mother and father […]
Christmas Activities in the County
I have noticed that several businesses in the County have already started decorating for Christmas and was wondering if there is any information on holiday activities? While some plans are still up in the air, I know that Merriment on Main Street, the kick off for Christmas in Historic Dandridge, is on Saturday, November, 21, […]
