I’ve been singing “I’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas” since I learned how to talk. Not only is it a beautiful song, but it comes from my favorite Christmas movie. But I don’t believe it at all. I’d take a colorful Christmas, with warm air and a cool breeze any day. I hope you’re…
Long Drives Elicite Random Thoughts
First of all, I wouldn’t recommend trying to blog after spending 17 hours in a car. It doesn’t work very well. You know you’re tired and loopy when you stop at a gas station and see a Blockbuster video store, point and say, “Look! It’s a dinosaur!” I swear I meant to say Blockbuster, and…
Surviving Long Car Trips With Kids
If you are reading this, then you can, with sympathies, imagine me in a packed-to-the-brim mini van with 5 active kids. We’re on our way to spend the holidays with Nana and Grandpap in Florida. Whenever anybody hears that we are crazy enough to drive 18 hours with 7 people packed in a car, they…
Where’s Lolli?
In the spirit of Christmas and the great Waldo, here’s a little Where’s Lolli? holiday photo. May you have a wonderful holiday, whether you celebrate Christmas like us or another Winter holiday. May your week be enjoyable and the last few days of 2010 the best of the year. If you haven’t heard me chatting…
Teaching Kids the Spirit of Giving, Not Receiving
As soon as Halloween is over, the Christmas decorations slowly make their way out in every store. By the time Thanksgiving is here, Christmas has officially taken over retail, television, and radio. Soon our neighborhoods are also reminders of the Holiday season. It’s hard to leave the house or tune in to anything outside your…
Link Up Your Giveaways 12/19
Who is done shopping for Christmas? I think I’m done, but only because our big gift to the kids this year is a trip to Florida to visit Nana and Grandpap (and the dogs and the beach). If you’ve still got a few things left on your wishlist, be sure to stop by the giveaways…
The Best Christmas Craft Project Ever!
My kids and I traditionally decorate our Christmas tree together each December. This year, however, we took decorating the Christmas tree to a whole new level and created something that we will hopefully be keeping around as a Christmas decoration for years to come. We were sent a recycled cardboard Christmas tree from Cascades Boutique…
This Photostory Friday is like the Holidays. Busy.
The hours and minutes seem to accelerate during the Holidays, and despite the fact that there’s so much to do and so much to keep track of, these holiday experiences are the moments I enjoy the most out of the entire year. For today’s Photostory Friday and Give Me Your Best Shot, I have a…
Tempur-Cloud Pillow from Tempur-pedic
I sleep with 3 pillows: a shaped memory foam pillow for my head and neck, a well-loved body pillow that I got for Mother’s Day 1999, and a squishy pillow for my back. If CandyMan happens to fall asleep before me and takes one of my pillows, I WILL wake him up to steal it…
Kindred Spirits
I’m recording my youth, one year per week. This week I’m talking about life in the 8th grade (age 13). I can’t think of eighth grade without thinking of Amy. As cheesy as Anne Shirley’s term “kindred spirits” might be, it really is the best description of the kind of relationship Amy and I had….
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