Heart Hope by Olga

Did you know that Conversation Hearts are the best selling Valentine's Day candy? Over 8 billion of the hearts will be produced this year, which is enough candy to stretch from Rome, Italy to Valentine, Arizona and back twenty times! Why are these hard chalky sugar hearts so popular when they really are not even that tasty? I happen to think it is because of the crazy messages that they display. Every adult and child can probably remember receiving a candy heart from someone they had a crush on and couldn’t wait to read the message to see if it implied a special feeling. Some of the messages have remained the same through the years, while others have gone through transformations along with the rest of the language of today. Some of my all time favorite sayings are: Lover Boy, Be Mine, and Cool. I understand they have retired the saying “fax me” but have added one that says “text me.” I guess they have to stay up with the times. If these small sugary delights get so much atte...

All garage sales are not created equal. In Texas, they are big, with lots of stuff, in Mississippi there are treasures to be found, but in Colorado, they tend to be small since people are generally not big collectors of things due to space limitations. Garage sales, estate sales, junk sales, or yard sales, no matter what you call them, they usually have certain elements in common. You can almost always find some kind of fitness items (which were bought at another garage sale when you thought you were going to get fit), vases from the Valentine, birthday and anniversary flowers from the past year (which no one else needs either) and wedding gifts that you didn’t want or need in the first place (no matter whether you got married last year or have celebrated decades of marriage). Now I happen to love garage sales; not going to them, but hosting them. If I sound a bit weird, let me explain, it is not because I love to clean out closets and get organized, but because I enjoy the people who ...