Celebrate Good Times!
Here We Go A Caroling
As a child of about ten years old, one of my favorite things about Christmas was going Christmas Caroling on Christmas Eve. Along with the neighbors, we’d bundle up in our winter coats and take our candles with tinfoil holders, caroling music sometimes tucked under our arms. Then the five or six us us would…
Christmas Wrapping Made Easy
In the past I had just wrapped my four kids’ presents and put the name tags on them, then I’d separate them into piles for each child. It made opening presents with four kids less chaotic on Christmas morning. Then a couple of years ago I started selecting different wrapping paper for each child. No…
Do You Believe?
During the month of December I’m going to be reflecting on Christmas past, our past! January 8, 2005 Timmy, Grace and I were home alone tonight while the big boys went to see the Harlem Globtrotters. So Timmy wouldn’t feel left out, I told him we could watch a movie after I put Grace to…
Real or Fake?
Reposted from Nov. 2003 I grew up having a real Christmas tree. I loved to go to the tree lots and spend almost an hour trying to pick out the perfect tree. Yet, I hated setting it up. Since I grew up without a father in the home and I was the oldest, many of…
Give Thanks!
glitter-graphics.com Whether you’re spending a quiet holiday by yourself, or are surrounded by family and friends, don’t forget to give thanks! Here are some of the things I’m thankful for: Spending this holiday with family My health and the health of the ones I love Funny, creative kids and a hard working husband The gift…
Holiday Blues No More!?!
They say be careful what you wish for. And whoever THEY are they’re right. For the past fifteen years we haven’t had family in town. When the kids were young and we had only one or two, we’d fly to grandma’s for the holidays. Then came number three and four and we drove to see…
It’s Been a Crazy Week I almost forgot my Birthday!
Yes, I’ve been that busy, but it is my birthday month! Last year I had a month long celebration on this blog. This year it totally slipped my mind. So if it’s not too late, I’d like you all to celebrate my (GULP) 39th birthday! I’m not really focusing on this year’s celebration because I…
CHRISTmas Plans
Reflections of Christmas Past December 2003 This year since we weren’t visiting family, I had planned to make it a special Christmas by thinking of others and focusing more on Jesus. But I didn’t accomplish everything I wanted to. My two oldest boys were in a musical which ran until the 21st of December and…
The Pumpkin Gospel
Reprint from October 2006 I wasn’t even going to post on Halloween until I read this post. And I’m not going to get into the pagan history of the “fun” holiday because if you want to get picky about things, even Easter has pagan origins, but I am going to share with you a Godly…