Dec 12
“Do you think we’ll get everything done in time?” I was supposed to be relaxing, leaning back on the recliner, wrapped up in my favorite afghan lovingly knit by my late grandma, ice on my shoulder. “Get what done in time?” He barely looked up as he answered me… partly because he was engrossed in …
Nov 29
For the past three years, the end of November has meant two things: I’d 1) be furiously and joyously and manically finishing up my 50,000 word novel for NaNoWriMo, and 2) be going all gangbusters on the house, setting up the tree, getting out the decorations, hanging the stockings, and stringing up the advent …
Dec 08
I’ve never been very good at fitting in with one group. Never has this been more clear to me than it has been since the advent of Facebook, where I can SEE right there in black and white just how very different my friends are. I have friends who are Christians, friends who are …
Dec 06
Just nineteen days till Christmas. I was recently living some Christmases past on my blog, feeling sad about the fact that I’ve always written about our advent activities in great detail, and that this year… um… it’s not happening. I feel like we have been go, go, going for the past six days – they’ve …
Nov 25
The cashier was pleasant and friendly. He joked around with the kids, and easily made small talk while he lovingly rang up our toothpaste and toilet paper. He carefully bagged our baubles and breakables, and he made sure to ask if we wanted the drinks we’d just grabbed from the cooler left out. He offered …
Dec 31
We pulled it off. After a rather odd and stressful week leading up to Christmas, with kids with fevers and husbands with bronchitis, and missed Christmas Eve services, and last minute trips to buy new sleeper couches … it all somehow came together. I had my lingering doubts right up until 9:00 the night before …
Dec 18
This was the first year we bought one of those pre-packaged gingerbread kits, in all its hydrogenated, artificially colored glory. Everett immediately put himself in charge. “I’m doing something fun with my brothers and it involves CANDY!” Sometime around here, 2 year old disappeared. She was clear across the house. “No, I don’t have a …
Dec 18
Last year, we decided not to send Christmas cards. I wanted to save money, I was concerned about the trees (oh the trees!!), and it seemed just another thing to stress out about during an already busy holiday season. Not sending cards made me sad. This year, we have twice as many things to …
Nov 20
There’s a scene that I keep thinking of in the movie Blast From the Past. Blast From the Blast was a very mediocre popcorn movie from 1999, which I watched when I was going through a phase of having to watch every movie Brendan Fraser ever made. It was cute but ridiculous, and it wasn’t …
Dec 28
Christmas has come and gone, like it always does, in a flash of food, fun, and new toys. Christmas Eve was wonderful, and I truly think that Christmas morning was the best we’ve ever had. There’s a scene in an episode of Friends that I love. The gang is sitting in Monica’s apartment, about to …
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