Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’

The Last Christmas

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Christmas Tree Decorating 2011-12-05 024

Do not wish for sun, for this may be the last snow. Do not wish for spring, for this may be the last winter. Spring will come soon enough, But this could be the last Christmas. I typed those lines as we drove from Bettendorf to Grundy Center last weekend, from my father’s house to [...]

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What Will We Do When We Have All The Stuff?

Friday, December 16th, 2011
for the person who has everything

My 12-year old son wants nothing for Christmas. Well, he wants a few things: a gift card maybe to Barnes & Noble or GameStop, although he has plenty of money in his savings account to buy books and games; a new bike, although he is happy riding the one he has; new shoes, and this [...]

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Closing Time

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Today is the last day of school for the kids before their Christmas break, that glorious in limbo time when reality seems to stop for a weeks.  No alarm clocks. No homework. No scheduled lunches and tests. It’s been a while since I was in school myself, but I can’t help but feel that I’m [...]

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I’m In The Mood

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

I am absolutely over the moon that today is Christmas Eve. Jared and I both have to work today, but tonight we’ll go to church with the kids and Hilly.  After church, we’ll come home to have chilli and appetizers, just like we do every year on Christmas Eve.  Of course, this is the first [...]

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Remember when your grandparents forced you to look at their vacation slides for hours? It’s like that.

Monday, January 5th, 2009

I spent several hours yesterday uploading 500 pictures – and I’m still not done. I then proceeded to spend several more hours painting the front entry and hallway of my house – because that totally makes sense to do right after you come home from vacation and should be getting ready for work. What that [...]

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