We had a lovely Christmas. It was a small, relaxed event with our main activity being Christmas Eve church services. And shoveling. Did you hear about the blizzard that struck the Midwest? That included us. A foot of snow fell over the three days, which in Minnesota terms really isn’t that big a deal. Happening [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Holidays’
December 9, 2009
Cookies!
Yesterday I decided that I could whine to myself about not having started my holiday baking, or I could do something about it. So at nap time I tried to get the gingerbread cookie dough mixed up, only to find that I didn’t have enough molasses. Determined not to let that get me down, I [...]
December 6, 2009
Family Balancing Act
When we moved to SmallTown we decided to only travel every other year. It was not a decision we made lightly. We love our families and miss not being there for all the celebrations.
The first year we decided to stay home for two reasons. First we owned two houses. ’nuff said. Second, we didn’t want [...]
October 13, 2009
Christmas Cards
This year I am trying to get my act together early in hopes of a more relaxed holiday season. I am going on a scrapbook retreat the weekend before Thanksgiving and that has kind of become my “done by” date in my head. Not done with everything, mind you. But I would like to have [...]
