Bless Your Heart

Living out loud in the Carolinas

Category: holidays

  • I’d so ditch most of our Christmas ornaments and go with all the cool new colors out there. Like these lime green, aqua, hot pink ones. I also saw a black and white tree and it was just stunning. Sigh. Looks like we’ll be stuck with what we’ve got for a long time. We went…

  • While it is still November I thought I’d tell y’all about the Legendary Canned Thanksgiving When Uncle Larry Set Himself On Fire. Ok, first you need to know that Uncle Larry (UL from here on out) is a quiet, quiet man. He’s been married to my Aunt Nina for just about as long as I…

  • Speaking of online shopping….I bought Morgan’s (little sister) Christmas present online a week or so ago. Now, before I get to the meat of the story I have to remind you of something. Back in September it was National Talk Like a Pirate Day. So I looked up my pirate name online and found it…

  • Thanksgiving: This year was our year to be at Jon’s parents’ house. It was nice to see everyone and we all had fun catching up. Jon’s aunt, uncle, cousins, and a couple that’s good friends with his parents (kind of like our honorary aunt and uncle) were there. Today: I was able to do all…

  • For Jon (CSP), my family, friends, health, you guys, the opportunity to adopt, so much more. Have a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!

  • You know what really chaps my ass? First, there’s no Christmas anymore. It’s just Holiday. “So what are you doing for Holiday?” “Oh, for Holiday I’m having Holiday ham and opening Holiday presents.” It’s so generic. Like it could be Groundhog or Flag Day but we’ll never know cause we’re just calling it Holiday. And…

  • I want to make sure my address book is updated and correct since the holiday season is almost here. I send out Thanksgiving and Christmas pug photo cards, much to Kiki’s chagrin- not a fan of playing dress up! Please email me your new address if you’ve moved in the last year (esp if you…

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