Before I started my blog I needed to come up with a domain name. Anyone who has sat around trying to define a name for a blog knows how much time and energy can be spent on this one little activity. After bouncing around names for a few days, I settled on Positively Stacey. In …
Ah, the month of February and Valentine’s day is right around the corner. Valentine’s day is a day to focus on the love in your life; love of spouse, love of partner, love of family, love of friends. While we often think about how to make this one day special for our loved ones, we …
2014 is coming to an end! And in a few short days we will be ringing in 2015! Now that New Year’s is just around the corner, people nationwide are wondering what to expect in the coming year. I had the pleasure of connecting with Sheryl Connelly, Global Trends & Futuring Manager for Ford Motor …
How many of you have tucked love notes into your child’s lunch from time to time? Just a little note to let them know that you are thinking about them or a note to make them laugh? I know I have. I most often write something short like: Have a great day, Smile, Enjoy learning …
It’s Giving Tuesday! And here is an easy way to give! 12/2/2014 0 Comments I love the idea of a Global Giving Day! And I love that it is December 2 as this is a great way to kick of the holiday season. You may have seen my recent post highlighting our 25 Days of Giving …
It’s the holidays and in my world that means an abundance of food! food seems to be everywhere I turn – most of it in my very own kitchen. You have seen how many recipes I have been posting – well that is a direct reflection of all of the cooking and baking that has …
Every year my children receive a chocolate filled Advent calendar from their great-aunt. They look forward to this tasty chocolaty tradition every year. I am sure that the salesclerk also got a kick out of this as Zia would purchase dozens of these advent calendars for all of her nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. Opening …
I was flipping through some notes of mine today looking for a favorite recipe when I came upon a short note of thanks I wrote titled,Thanksgiving Blessings. I wrote this little piece on Thanksgiving Day in 2009. Thanksgiving Blessings Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends! I’m busy counting my blessings – and there are so …
They say when you send your children off to college it is hard. And yes that is! Having lived through that four times already, I can tell you that for me it never got easier whether my child was a freshman, or a sophomore, or a junior, or a senior returning to campus after a …
Dating. What can I say? It can be wonderful, it can be hard, it can be crazy, it can be fun. It should always be safe. I dated from the time I was 16 until I got married at 24. Then 23 years later I started dating again after my divorce. I can tell you that dating as …
