Christmas is just not my thing
I don’t enjoy Xmas. I really don’t. It saddens me because it was such an important time of year for me years ago. During my single days, pre-children, when there were only 3 people in the world I had to … Continued
what a wonderful xmas!
finally getting around to blogging about xmas…i have been waiting to get the pictures from adam, who already took them off the camera and uploaded to his computer. so hopefully by the time i finish this post he’ll have gotten … Continued
“the gift of giving”–sorta different perspective?
i mean “the gift of giving” in a little different sense. usually its used to mean that its a gift of giving something to someone, right? i am thinking of it in terms of giving my kids the gift of … Continued
its here! its here!!
space station arrived today. 2 days AFTER xmas. never did hear back from the company after my last particularly pissy email. as far as he was concerned, he didn’t know if my 3yr old had anything to open on xmas … Continued
the “real” xmas
i just realized i talked about the stress of xmas, the prep and the roof caving in…but didn’t really detail how our actual family time went… so here goes… let’s see…normally we do xmas eve at adam’s dad’s house (his … Continued
xmas part 2
here’s the rest of our 2008 xmas story…copied/pasted from an IM conversation i had today with my friend beckie…i’m sunflowermom30…i didn’t feel like typing it all again, LOL!!…._______________________________________________[22:15] sunflowermom30: hey, well, ummmm…our ceiling fell down in the big room yesterday, … Continued
made it through another xmas!
and had a good time! i just hate all the stress surrounding this holiday. all the money stress leading up to it and all the stress over getting gifts and for me, this year, all the stress of finishing planned … Continued
my friggin son won’t go to SLEEP!!!
its nearly 12:30am…its xmas day for pete’s sake!! and he WON’T sleep!!! i am so friggin mad right now!!! i have a buttload of stuff still to do!!!! and i can’t do it all til he goes to sleep!!!
sorta almost ready for xmas
things are getting less stressful, i think…we are sloooooowly getting stuff done (although my kids have been fighting nonstop, which makes mommy a beast to be around and growling and yelling seems to be the only way i am capable … Continued
something to think about–xmas trees
i just read this very thought provoking article about the tradition of xmas trees. it had some very interesting things to say, and just firmed up my belief in going artificial vs live xmas tree. i grew up in a … Continued