When you ask different people what Christmas is about you’ll get different answers. Peace Joy Love Family Traditions PRESENTS!! Christmas, to this family, is enhanced by those things, HOWEVER, Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus. No, He wasn’t born in the winter. Yes, Christians kind of took over the winter solstice celebrations andContinue reading “We do “Christmas” on Christmas Eve”
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Where is my bleeping brain?
There comes a point in time when you realize that it is not possible to pay to become smarter. In common sense that is. I graduated from college, I really did, with honors even. That proves that I have some kind of book smarts, or at least I know how to study to pass aContinue reading “Where is my bleeping brain?”
Where are the bleeping Christmas decorations?
It’s tradition to decorate our house for Christmas on the day after Thanksgiving. Just like everyone else I think. After reading my last post you’ll understand a little better as to why we didn’t do that this year. On Black Friday we were out shopping and then celebrating our own family Thanksgiving. So, no ChristmasContinue reading “Where are the bleeping Christmas decorations?”
We crashed the Walter Reed Thanksgiving meal
Our intentions were good: let’s go visit the wounded troops on Thanksgiving and help them feel appreciated and loved on a day when many might not have family around! There were seven of us. I had even called in advance to make sure we were allowed to visit on Thanksgiving. The lady on the otherContinue reading “We crashed the Walter Reed Thanksgiving meal”
The children’s brains are mush
Alternate title: Sometimes sitting your kids in front of the tv for a multi-day movie marathon can be a life saver. Our girls normally get to watch one movie a day and sometimes they even forget to ask for one. Since we don’t have cable or the new antenna thingy to watch HD tv there’sContinue reading “The children’s brains are mush”
I don’t care, you’re still going to school
When I was growing up I never missed a day of school because I was sick. Not that I never was sick, mind you. In order for me to miss school there had to be blood, or a dangling eyeball, or something kind of serious like that. And unfortunately there never was. I remember timesContinue reading “I don’t care, you’re still going to school”
Not So SAHM 