the star of the tree

- Day 11 – We have a guest blogger today.  My daughter Alycia.  Take it away girlie… Hi everybody.  I am going to tell you about a project we made in art class yesterday. It all started when Mrs Fowler said “alright everyone we will be making ornaments for your tree.” I was happy!  So [...]

the envelopes… (titled by Alycia)

- Day 12 – Today is the day I realized I have a lot more to do then I thought!  Finish making gifts, wrapping, writing clues, baking (not much though), cleaning, packing…  I better get crackin’, huh?  Alycia and I are almost done with the necklaces and are going to start wrapping them up this [...]

Christmas, Christmas time is here…

- Day 13 – Damon I decided before we started our Christmas shopping that we would spend less this year.  There were many reasons, but the forefront of them being… value.  Not value as in, the worth of the gift.  Value as in, they just didn’t add it to the lives of the people we [...]

it’s a giveaway! share a memory – you might win!

- Day 14 – I remember being so frustrated on Christmas mornings.  We used to have to wait at the top of the stairs until all of the kids were awake, all six.. and until my parents had everything downstairs situated and the video camera on.  My brother, stubborn man that one, would get so [...]

what a ballsy day

- Day 15 – Today felt like it should have been a lazy day.  I felt like I could have fallen asleep at any moment.  (Still do!)  Ever have a day like that?  Nevertheless, I did drag Damon out this evening. Ha!  It was all my fault that I wasn’t relaxing, but I wanted to [...]

gifts, gifts.. they’re good for the heart..

- Day 16 – So, Damon and I took the plunge and cancelled our cable service. We decided that it was a big factor in why we are not living as healthy a lifestyle as we should be.  We are joining a gym – tomorrow.  This will be a good thing for us and we [...]

guests during the holidays

- Day 17 – When I was sixteen, we had a rather  funny/odd occurrence at our house during Christmas time.  Our chimney was not capped and a family of squirrels must have decided they needed a change of address because, they moved in!  Perhaps it was the ambiance and free rent! {shrug} ; )  After [...]

Christmmmaaaaassss decorations. (Titled by AJ)

- Day 18 – Today I tried to focus on getting out more Christmas decorations.  It’s coming along well.. and I think we’ll be quite ready in time for the big day!  It’s so much easier to get everything set when you have people making dinner for you.  That’s right.. I have “people”.  Miss Alycia [...]

stick it to the reindeer

- Day 19 – .. and oh what a day!  This is so late, but still before Midnight… so I think I’m okay. I have to tell you.  This is the project I was most anticipating since  I started this countdown.  I have been thinking and dreaming about it for a long time. (You’d think [...]

a day for a tree!

I’m sneaking in an extra post before tomorrow’s craft blog.  : )  We had such a great time getting our tree!!  Here are a few pics to document our day. Jude sitting on the pony.  He didn’t want to ride it, but he was okay to sit on it for a minute or so. He [...]

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