Musings of an irreverent blonde girl

Hello and welcome to Kate’s Holiday Letter 2024!  Some of you may be new to this format, though I know many of you have received my letters in the past. If you like my holiday stories, be sure to let me know and you will keep receiving them. I do enjoy my one opportunity a year to share my writing and experiences with you guys. This year, I’m excited to share something very special with you. As many of you are aware, this is the time of year when my family becomes basically unavailable because we are skiing almost every weekend. For us, ski season is the most beloved time of year. It’s a time when we clear our calendars of social obligations and devote ourselves to the worship of snow.  However, perhaps you do not understand our love of this cold, expensive, intense activity - and that is the impetus behind this year’s story. I want you to catch a glimpse of what it’s like for us, and in doing so, you will understand more of what it means to be a Sydney/Cook. Our story b...

Well, it’s been quite a while since I’ve written.  Now that I’ve been on vacation for one full week, I feel like my brain has calmed down enough to allow me the time and space to actually reflect.  Reflections on Weddings: Here is what I think.  I had every intention of being the best wedding planner of all time.  I mean, all I do at work is plan out projects and execute them, so how hard could it be?  The problem is that there is no practice for wedding planning.  Hopefully, you only ever plan for one wedding, so when you do it, it’s your first and last time.  I feel like my wedding was just about as perfect as it could have been.  I have no complaints.  However, in retrospect, there are many things I would change about the planning process itself.  Anyway, I don’t feel like doling out advice.  There are too many websites for that.  I will simply say the following things: 1) The Knot website is poorly designed and d...