I totally forgot! Our house has a weird….kid? cherub? ghost? hanging out above the front door. He’s actually a little bit creepy. I don’t think any other house in the neighborhood has one; I’m not sure why anyone ever thought it was a great idea to put him there. But, at any rate, there he is. And as soon as … Continue reading
In years past (most of them anyway), we have done things like going to tree farms to cut down our own tree, or we’ve gone places that had hayrides and cocoa and visits with Santa to complement their overpriced trees, or, at the very least, we’ve gone to a less elaborate tree selling place but sprung for the Noble Fir, … Continue reading
Last week of the Dare to DIY link party, and I’m back with another DIY project fit for a 7 year old! I was going to do one mammoth Christmas decorating post (well, as mammoth as it could be given our less than mammoth Christmas decorations (pregnant! universal excuse for everything I don’t do!)), but I seem to be having … Continue reading
THIS is the project my broken (well, broken until yesterday; still somewhat unreliable and testy) printer delayed and nearly ruined Christmas by refusing to print for me. My poor kids didn’t even have an Advent calendar until December 2! Tragic! And, of course, if you’re reading this in 2012, you either already have an Advent calendar or you’re pretty much … Continue reading
I know that there are approximately 80 gazillion tutorials out there for how to make your very own DIY coasters out of 16 cent tiles from Lowes….but I think maybe the reason for this is that coasters are actually pretty useful (like, if I had any, I wouldn’t always have to grab a random scrap of paper to put my … Continue reading
I did not mean to go so long between blog entries. I have a bunch of them in the queue, so to speak, that I have not gotten around to writing yet for various reasons. Such as: 1. Out of town guests2. Strep throat (Ari, not me)3. My *&(&(^*&%^* printer won’t work, and its functionality is essential for one of … Continue reading
I love Christmas songs. Old ones and new ones. Sincere ones and cynical ones. Happy ones and sad ones. Jesusy ones and secular ones. All of them! Well. Not really all of them, because then I could just put on a Pandora holiday station and be done with it. Instead, I have spent the past few years carefully crafting the … Continue reading
Last year was our first gluten free year, and I didn’t really feel ready for doing everything homemade. So I wound up buying pre-made bread (and regular old wheat rolls for our non GF guests). We did make a pie:, as I recall. But this year I’m ready; I’m going to attempt my very first gluten free dinner rolls! For … Continue reading
AKA The Prettiest Table In the World In My House I DID buy the Patch dessert plates from Target. Then I waited and waited and waited for like FOUR DAYS for them to get here. And then they did! And it was a magical day. There was a time, back like…a week and a half ago, when I planned to … Continue reading
The relatives start arriving tomorrow evening, so a lot of what’s going on around here is frantic cleaning (clean refrigerator! vacuumed under the couch cushions!)….but there have been interludes for slightly more fun stuff, too (more fun than vacuuming under the couch cushions?! Yes, even more fun than that). I finally got around to taking down the Halloween-y anatomy flash cards (not … Continue reading