I’m still thinking about Christmas… It’s almost here! It’s this weekend! How is it, that something that occurs every single year, on the exact same day, can sneak up on us and leave us feeling stressed? Every year, about this time, I say, “I’m going to starting planning earlier next year!” But do I? Nope,... Continue Reading →
My Grown-Up Christmas List
So, as with the rest of the Christmas celebrating population, I’ve been thinking a lot about my Christmas List or as the song says, My Grown Up Christmas List. But in conjunction with that, I’ve also been thinking about consumerism. I’ve thought about this off and on for years around the holidays. I’ve done several... Continue Reading →
Are you ready?
How is it that Christmas always sneaks up on me? I mean every single year! Even when I get started early! It always seems to come out of no where and I find myself unprepared. Maybe I need to make more lists and make them earlier. I know for sure I need to write down... Continue Reading →
Boys are different
So this isn't my new year's post... I don't think, that will come later. For now, I want to talk about boys, sons. They are different. My first born was my son. He and I were inseparable. His dad, DH, was gone A LOT so it was often just the two of us. We were... Continue Reading →
Christmas in July part 2
I don't know about you, but I've been needing a little escape from all the ... craziness in the world (well, mostly the United States). It's been overwhelming and exhausting. So the other DD and I took a Christmas break! Yep, we just did Christmas all day. We baked cookies, we ate cookies, we drank... Continue Reading →
Christmas In July part 1
So, it's July... how can it possibly be? AND the middle of it at that! That means Christmas is less than 6 months away! It will be here in less than 166 days! What?!?! 😳 Yeah, I know... when I realized this last week, I started working on some Christmas gifts. If I'm going to... Continue Reading →
Christmas in July
I thought I'd spend the month of July sharing Christmas in July posts and here we are almost halfway through and I haven't shared a single Christmas in July post yet! It's been crazy. My emotions have been going haywire, my stress levels have been high and I've been feeling like I'm losing my mind... Continue Reading →