The Holidays are Here!
Yesterday was Thanksgiving. That means….. today my family decorates for Christmas! My daughter loves to help put up the tree, decorate and spread cheer around the house. Last year, I went over the top and…
Christmas
Holiday-palooza!
This was my downstairs/finished basement last week: Now don’t get me wrong, I am actually NOT an early Christmas decorator. I have dubbed the day after Thanksgiving “Christmas Decoration Day!” (and a little shopping too)….
It’s a Conspiracy
This is 12/25 in the United States. Gifts, gifts, gifts. Money, money, money. I want video games. I want sweets. I want bigger. Better. This is 12/25 in Cambodia. I want water. I want a…
All Aboard the Polar Express!
Note: Completely new and expanded product! Long, long ago (read: 2000) in a land far, far away (read: New England) my husband and I were on a downtown adventure to the new Border’s bookstore (read:…
Baby, Baby….Gingerbread Baby
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me Cuz I’m Super Woman! I can jog in place, do jumping jacks, and run in circles…
Holiday Gifts that Save the World
Our family goal at the holidays is to try to give lovingly and intentionally. Give up and above the 10% we give throughout the rest of the year. Give to show that Jesus’s birth is…
12 Days of Rethinking Christmas
Re-post from last year. But hey, a girl can be proud of a great post, right? On the first day of Christmas my true love said, “Think Globally.” ‘Cause Christmas is more than stuff under…
Learning the States (A Follow-up)
After giving up on a few remaining stragglers, our Christmas Card wall is complete for the 2008 Holiday Season. Thank you so everyone who helped us add more stars to the map, and thus learn…
Overlooking all faults
Gosh, I hope Super Grandma isn’t reading this…When my mother paved the way for Monstrosi-trees in the family, my husband and I said, “WHAT?!” A fake tree? And it doesn’t even pretend to look real?…
A Christmas conversation between Super Woman and herself
It’s Christmas Eve, Super Woman! Why in the world are you at the table blogging? Don’t you have a life? Holiday traditions? Family? Funny you should ask, Super Woman. In fact I have no life….
Christmas Codes
In our home, you’ve got to work for your gifts. Oh yeah. No freebies here. Everyone in the family has a gift code that only I know. Each year the code changes, so no cheating….
Tree of Cranes
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Do you remember your very first Christmas? Me neither. But what if you did? What sights, smells, emotions might you attribute to that first magical day? In Tree…
Twas a week before Christmas
Twas a week before Christmas And all through the school, All the students were rowdy Ignoring the rule. Buzzing all through their classes All anxious to speak. To announce what great presents They’d get in…