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Category: christmas
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Always planning ahead. Christmas cards are a big undertaking every year. I believe in hand written, hand addressed cards with personalized messages to my loved ones. This means starting early to get them out on time. And that means I need your help. When my Blackberry died I lost some addresses. And during the year…
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Y’all are so sweet about this picture, thank you! Not bad for a self portrait, huh? What you can’t tell is that I’m wearing Christmas Jammies in this picture. There they are. Quite festive, no? I wore them all day Christmas. CSP came into our bedroom right after I pulled on the pants and stopped…
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Christmas day I woke up at the Craaaack and started cooking. I had crock pot mac and cheese to make and cookies to bake. Christmas Eve day I had baked beer bread and lemon squares. I called over to Sara’s house to talk to her and the boys to see if Santa had come. He…
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Christmas Eve after CSP got home from work we loaded up our presents in the car and headed out for his parents’ house. The first picture is his parents’ ginormous tree- so pretty! Marsha & Larry were there too (our honorary aunt and uncle). We all had dinner (their traditional oyster stew) then opened presents.…
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My aunt Marcia (wife of my Uncle Kevin who cut off his thumb a couple years ago) always sends the most beautiful Christmas cards. She hand draws gorgeous Winter scenes. Cardinals in pine trees, poinsettias, etc. So when my card came in the mail this week I couldn’t wait to see what she came up…
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We’ve decided not to put up our big tree this year. Zoe is still too much of a puppy and is into EVERYTHING. She’s still a big chewer too. So, to avoid a huge Christmas tree disaster I’m just gonna put up the little pink tree and the little silver tree- both elevated out of…
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So Carrie asked in the comments: You’ll have to tell us more about your online shopping…Do you have any favorite Web sites? What were some of the gifts that were big hits? I can’t stand mall shopping. I do enjoy mall browsing with a couple of girlfriends with no goal purchase in mind. That’s different.…
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As I mentioned in my last post, my nephews Jake (almost 5) and Joey (almost 3) received a set of those battery powered trucks. Joey is still a little too small to operate his so he rides around with Jake at the wheel. It was the cutest thing ever, seeing this little demo. The two…