Christmas! It happened! It was lovely.

Christmas Eve we went to the tiny service at my parents' church. Then we ate appetizers for dinner, read the Christmas story, and we each opened one gift--I opened one from my brother and sister-in-law, which was red matryoshka measuring cups! This is excellent because we are always short of measuring cups, ( Read more... )

It's the holidays! And I am not thinking about my problems for at least three days. Instead I am wearing pink cupcake pajamas and admiring the giant pile of presents under our tree (it's mathmatically inevitable that we have lots of presents--ten immediate family members, all exchanging individually-ish, often with multiple small gifts instead of ( Read more... )

It's Christmas Day! Happy Christmas ( Read more... )

Rushing off...again...

I will eventually tell you all about my Christmas, I promise!

But for now, for Jenn and Angel (and Andrea!) here is Sophia responding to her Christmas present:

Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
I know that there are songs that almost-always make me tear up...but I cannot think of them just now. In a week I will suddenly remember them all....

But for now, here is this one:

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I am working many, many hours lately. I am feeling worn out and really depressed about the crafts that I don't have ( Read more... )

Aw, my little sis is on her way to a winter formal! I didn't even know that the homeschool group put on a formal, but Mel came to show me her outfit and she looks so adorable that I took a picture to show you, and it is not a very good picture, but you get the point. Melody wins at dressing herself (I, on the other hand, am wearing pajama pants, ( Read more... )

Hhmph. I am just not in the Christmas spirit. I don't feel humbuggy at all, and Christmas is my favorite holiday--I'm just having trouble believing that it's really almost Christmas. It still feels like fall! I'm still feeling the vibe of pumpkins and candy! It startles me every time I realize that I'm already surrounded by nutcrackers and ( Read more... )

I feel as if Christmas has dropped like a bomb. Where did you come from, holly shaped shrapnel ( Read more... )

I have mentioned that I love you guys?

I do. I love you guys.

I've been feeling rather less than Christmassy, because I spend all of my time working, it feels like, and don't have time to be Christmassy, but the Christmas spirit has Invaded!

First I got a little box from merimask. She is the bomb--if you don't know her, you may have drooled over her ( Read more... )

Oh man, I have been so tired this week ( Read more... )