

The Importance of Cocktail Hour
As the holidays pick up speed, and we run around trying to meet all the commitments we’ve made, I find it even more important for my husband and I to sit down for cocktail hour occasionally.






As the holidays pick up speed, and we run around trying to meet all the commitments we’ve made, I find it even more important for my husband and I to sit down for cocktail hour occasionally.
I am not one for self help books. And I would never in a million years acknowledge I read one, let alone recommend one. Until now.
The cover of 10% Happier by Dan Harris is what drew me in. I was perusing Amazon’s book selection for my grandmother’s yearly Christmas gift of 12 books for the New Year (I get my shopping done early). This was on one of the lists I was looking at. The cover page says “How I tamed the voice in my head…” Yup, that’s for me! My husband saw me reading it for the first time and read that line and said “Yup, that’s for you!”
Hooray! I did it and I didn’t cheat! I completed my Whole 30 this weekend and I have to pat myself on the back for actually sticking with it.
As suspected, it was not life-altering, but I definitely have a few take-aways that I’m going to keep using. Read more »