A Good Way to Begin December…

…realizing how blessed we are.
Check out this article from Yahoo to get a global perspective on our wealth in the United States.  For me, it was a good reminder of how blessed I am compared to most of the world’s population.  It also gives me perspective as I go into December and the upcoming Christmas [...]

Do U Send Christmas Cards?

I do!  I love good old-fashioned Christmas cards!  But it can be a lot of work.  And a lot of money if you add Christmas photos of the family!
Here’s a link to an awesome website I’ve been visiting a lot lately (and getting some great money-saving tips!).
But even better than that… click on the link [...]

TTAH Tuesday – Keeping Christ in Christmas

Struggling to find ways to keep your (and your kids’) focus on Christ during this busy season??
One of my favorite traditions we’ve started is having a birthday party for Jesus on Christmas Eve. 
We have a ham dinner and usually invite extended family over.  For dessert, we have a cake – complete with candles and singing [...]

TTAH Tuesday – Pop-up Cards

I’m totally stealing this tip. 
And so sorry for you, fellow MOPS mommy readers, because you know this already. 
But, for those of you who don’t come to our local MOPS group (why not, by the way, because we’re really cool?), your tip to make some very, very, fabulous pop-up Christmas cards is located
here.
Go there.  (or don’t, [...]

Remember When…

Christmas decorating was actually fun??
I’ve always loved the Christmas season – filled with cookie-making, shopping for the perfect gift, awesome music, decorating, and I love, love, love when the ground & trees are covered with a blanket of snow and flakes are softly falling…
ok, back to reality…
I still look forward to decorating every year.  But I could do with [...]

TTAH Tuesday – Shopping Date

One of our traditions is to take a day in December, just my hubby and I, to do our Christmas shopping.  We get a babysitter (usually one of the grandmas) and we spend the whole day – just the two of us – together. 
It’s like a day-long date.  Almost like playing hooky (although I assure [...]

i love the first snow of the year!

Warning:  This is going to be an interactive blog.  You MUST comment or I’ll wish for more snow. 
My tradition is to pull out some Christmas music and play it the first time it snows.  So we did that last night.
My top three favorite Christmas songs…

I’ll Have a Blue Christmas – Elvis
O Holy Night [...]