by Ana Morlier, The Crazy Plant Lady Navigating the Trials  & Tree-bulations of    Christmas Trees Merry December, readers! Now that the season of excess leftovers (still sitting in one’s freezer, never to be finished) and forced-family reunions are over (for now), it’s time for the winter celebrations to begin! I see that eye…

Paint and Pop Tarts by Valerie Nusbaum Recently, our upstairs landing and stairwell finally got a fresh coat of paint. That project had been “on the list” and “in the works” for several years, but something had always come up to keep the job from getting started. Randy, bless his heart, took a day of…