Archive for December, 2007

Storytime Saturday - Santa Kid

One of my favorite things about the Christmas season is unpacking our Christmas boxes from the attic. O.k., well not really. Lugging all 500 boxes of Christmas stuff out of storage is not fun, but I love opening up the box of collected Christmas books and curling up in front of the fire to share these “new again” stories with my children.

In addition to our favorites that we keep packed away until December, I found a new favorite at the library a few weeks back. “SantaKid” by James Patterson and illustrated by Michael Garland, is a wonderful Christmas tale for older children (by older, I mean like 5-7 years old). Read the rest of this entry »


Fun With Christmas Tunes

Here’s a little diddy to get your feet a-tappin’ (if your feet aren’t frantically racing around getting all the last minute Christmas preparations done, that is :smile: ). Enjoy!

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Christmas Meme

Hootin’ Anni has a Christmas Meme going. Since I’ve never been tagged for a meme :cry: , I thought I’d give this one a try.

1. Christmas is _______________. [fill in the blank with ONE WORD]

Christmas is hectic frantic emotional busy special.

2. In memories, what was the best part of your Christmases past?

My favorite Christmas was about 8 years ago when I was Read the rest of this entry »


Lock Your Lingerie Drawer

If you don’t already keep your lingerie under lock-and-key, this commercial will surely change your mind! Read the rest of this entry »


A Christmas Shopping Podcast

 
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Hubby and I have been wanting to do a podcast for about six months now. We thought trying to put this together during the busiest time of year when we’re already pulling our hair out would make the most sense. Don’t you agree?

While we should have released this episode (our first) about three months ago, we thought Read the rest of this entry »


All I Want For Christmas . . .


Ten on Tuesday this week is what 10 things we want for Christmas. Here goes . . . .

1. A new camera - I’m cheating here, cuz I already received my new Canon Powershot S3 IS. What would be the point in getting a camera on Christmas Day when you’d miss all kinds of great photo and movie ops??? I’m studying the THREE manuals so I’ll be ready come Christmas Day!

2. A new vacuum cleaner - I’m cheating again Read the rest of this entry »


Bathroom Makeover


You might wonder what my bathroom makeover has to do with the Heads or Tails theme of anything in the sky or under the water this week

I could tie it in by saying that I wish the sky were the limit on our redecorating. After buying up the decorative items at Target today, I’m afraid it’s just our credit card balance that’s gone sky high!

And I think we can all use our imagination to think of Read the rest of this entry »


Menu Plan Monday


Well another week has already passed, putting us JUST.THAT.MUCH.CLOSER.TO.CHRISTMAS!!! Yikes! I can’t believe we’re only two weeks away - are all of y’all ready?

We still gotta eat, unfortunately. While I’m planning for this week, I’ll share last week’s plan with you. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »


Merry Tossmas!

Have you seen this one? I couldn’t agree more! I’m off to toss!

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Need A Quickie?


Shannon, over at Rocks in My Dryer, has a themed Works For Me Wednesday this week - I’m late as usual.

The theme is last minute dinner ideas when you haven’t planned. Well, I plan, so I’m kinda struggling with this. I could just refer you to all my great menu plans that I post every week over at Laura’s for Menu Plan Monday. I tend to stick to easy, 5-ingredients-or-less kind of recipes.

When those Hormel and Tyson ready-to-eat-meat Read the rest of this entry »