Apr 06
I have my Black Watch tartan ready to go to wear but we won’t be able to go the parade in New York this year 🙁 Don’t be surprised if you see people decked out in tartan this weekend. Today, April 6, the United States is celebrating National Tartan Day. The day is intended to …
Apr 06
NATIONAL TARTAN DAY April 6 is National Tartan Day. This is an official national holiday. April 6th has been designated as National Tartan Day, a day for celebrating Scottish heritage and pride. The New York Tartan Day Parade is usually held the Saturday nearest Tartan Day. The 2017 18th Annual New York Tartan Day Parade …
Jan 27
Another anniversary rolls around, the 44th, to be exact. I always like to check out this picture of our wedding expenses. We have it framed and sitting on our mantle. Tom paid $50.26 (blood tests and wedding ring!) and my costs (I made my own dress) were $29.25. We were lucky. My …
Sep 11
I originally wrote this on 9/11/01… I, too, was stunned to hear the news this morning and continuing throughout the day. It was just something unbelievable. My husband and I were on a Land Rover 4X4 tour of the off-road areas of Barbados when we first got the news. At first, when we …
May 06
A few weeks ago, in one of my Facebook groups, we were talking about using the JoyTunes metronome on the new Apple Watch since a couple of the piano teachers there had preordered them. I jumped in (or course!) and said that I’d been reading all I could, watching videos but I wasn’t sure if …
