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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Apparently we jumped the gun in procuring a live Christmas tree, this year. With five days remaining until Jesus’ birthday, ours was dead as a highly combustible doornail. Ebeneezer Handsome Husband insisted we remove the fire hazard, replacing it with our faux fir and relocating the dehydrated skeleton to the back porch. O tannenbaum! Piano Teacher’s…
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Gingerbread Merriment, version 8.0
I know, I know– you’re all,“Not another thing! We want a simple holiday– no more things!” I get it. Our Christmas used to be crazy-busy, too. (…and then we moved a thousand miles away from extended family.) But, if your family is like mine, with the compatible combo of socially ravenous home-school kids, a window of time for a quick…
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Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World, part II
So I just finished reviewing Kristen Welch‘s new book, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World, and thought it warranted another mention. (read part I here) In a nutshell– this book is worth your time. As a member of her official launch team, I’ve had the blessing of being a part of a like-minded community of readers passionate about her…
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Warm Holiday Greetings! {sponsored by Minted}
Am I the only one who has yet to get her Christmas cards in the mail? Yikers! I recently shared a trip down our Christmas card photo memory lane, but neglected to snap this year’s shot until just today. Frankly, I’ve been waiting for snow. What’s a Montana greeting without a wintery-white backdrop? The snow arrived,…
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Sleigh Ride
Just hear those sleigh bells ring-a-ling, ring ting ting-a-ling too, C’mon it’s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you. Today I fell in love with Montana all over again, on a 4-H field trip with my girls. So technically it wasn’t a sleigh ride, but a wagon ride– due to insufficient snow*. (*sentence…
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Easiest Christmas Treats in the History of Ever
My much older sister is the undisputed baker of the family… people pay her actual money to bake cakes! Me? Not so much. To our mother’s chagrin, I’ve never once made a pie crust. I’m a cook, not a baker. Though the kids and I did recently bake Great Grandma Schafer’s famous Green Tree Cookies, the process was merely a means…
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Memory Lane – Christmas Edition
What is it about the holidays that renders one especially nostalgic? Between baking Great Grandma Schafer‘s legendary ‘Green Tree Cookies’ and unearthing our collection of keepsake ornaments spanning several decades, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks a certifiable bundle of sentiment. When a Facebook friend recently posted a pic of a Christmas card photo from the archives,…
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Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World – a book review
Following on the heels of the season of thanks, and with a generous helping of conviction, I’m reviewing a book about instilling an attitude of gratitude in our children… Speaking of Thanksgiving, we had a lovely holiday; celebrating, simply, with dear friends/former neighbors who’ve become our surrogate extended family here in Montana. We have much to be thankful for. Kristen…
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Halls: Decked
We spent the extended Thanksgiving weekend fighting an angry head-cold and decking the halls. Lacking boughs of holly, we opted instead for a single, stout Douglas Fir. Hoping to avoid further provocation of Husband’s man-cold, he shirked lumberjack duty and shamefully reluctantly purchased our conifer from a parking lot. To be frank, the ones grown here in Montana…
