Since Tuesday I have cooked 4 pies, 1 cake, 6 full meals for 8 people, done 5 loads of laundry (washed, dried, and folded) run the dishwasher 8 times, washed 3 sets of sheets and put them back on the beds, vacuumed, mopped, taken 3 showers, and applied compound w to David's wart 3 times (gag me with a spoon).
I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to all the adults in my life that never complained about doing all those things every Christmas for the past 39 years. You are my heros!!!
I still have to sort presents and put them in piles for the kids (Abby hates this but it makes me happy), make sure Santa has stockings filled, presents out, and has eaten his cookies and delivered the apples to the reindeer. Calgon take me away!!! It will be more like Tylenol pm take me away. I can't wait!!
Merry Christmas to everyone!!
Luke 2:18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
December 24, 2009
December 23, 2009
December 22, 2009
We put our Christmas tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving and decorated the week after. I think I have whined enough about how I dislike decorating for Christmas. That's why this is going to seem strange.
Today my in-laws come for Christmas. They will stay until the day after Christmas and then my mom will come and spend a few days.
I've decided that I would much rather decorate for Christmas closer to the actual day. Today I was cooking (please no laughing!) pies, cake, fudge, almond bark stuff, and breads. I was thinking that it would be so much more festive if we were decorating the tree and the house for Christmas now. Today.
It seems like now the Christmas decorations are just part of our home decor. Nothing special. We've gotten use to the tree in the room, the village lit up, and the nativity on the side table. We don't even turn on the tree lights every morning like we did just a couple of weeks ago.
I'm afraid it has gotten old, just when I'm ready to rev it up.
Anyone else? Am I the only one?
Today my in-laws come for Christmas. They will stay until the day after Christmas and then my mom will come and spend a few days.
I've decided that I would much rather decorate for Christmas closer to the actual day. Today I was cooking (please no laughing!) pies, cake, fudge, almond bark stuff, and breads. I was thinking that it would be so much more festive if we were decorating the tree and the house for Christmas now. Today.
It seems like now the Christmas decorations are just part of our home decor. Nothing special. We've gotten use to the tree in the room, the village lit up, and the nativity on the side table. We don't even turn on the tree lights every morning like we did just a couple of weeks ago.
I'm afraid it has gotten old, just when I'm ready to rev it up.
Anyone else? Am I the only one?
December 14, 2009
Daybook December 14, 2009
Outside my window.....a cloudy day, but I did see the sun shine just a moment ago.
I am thinking.....that God can handle anything.
I am thankful for.....faithful servants, good friends
I am wearing.....sweats and a sweatshirt, and socks of course
I am remembering.....that God knows all
I am going.....Christmas shopping tomorrow!
I am currently reading.....nothing, can you believe it??
I am hoping.....that David's wart freezing goes good today
On my mind.....so many things
Noticing that.....my children are getting bigger
Around the house.....things need to start getting in gear for Christmas week
Pondering these words.....
One of my favorite things.....a cold can Coke
A few plans for the rest of the week.....clean this house
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I am thinking.....that God can handle anything.
I am thankful for.....faithful servants, good friends
I am wearing.....sweats and a sweatshirt, and socks of course
I am remembering.....that God knows all
I am going.....Christmas shopping tomorrow!
I am currently reading.....nothing, can you believe it??
I am hoping.....that David's wart freezing goes good today
On my mind.....so many things
Noticing that.....my children are getting bigger
Around the house.....things need to start getting in gear for Christmas week
Pondering these words.....
One of my favorite things.....a cold can Coke
A few plans for the rest of the week.....clean this house
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December 13, 2009
So, I've made it pretty clear that I don't enjoy decorating for Christmas. And I've probably not said anything about Christmas cooking, but I don't enjoy that either.
But I do enjoy me some Christmas movies.
Do you just love this or what??
It started with the countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas and then the actual 25 Days of Christmas. And add in Hallmark, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, and all the other channels. It is a Christmas movie bonanza!
They are safe to watch. You can pretty much bet they are going to have happy endings. Well, except for The Christmas Shoes. The song, the book, the movie, they make me cry. And it is the ugly cry. You know where the kids are looking at me like someone in the room has died. I didn't even know there was a trilogy of The Christmas Shoes. Who knew. But the other two aren't as sad as the first one. Thank heavens for that.
I made a list of my favorite Christmas movies so far this year. And of course I can't find it. It wasn't that good of a list anyway.
I wanted to watch Santa Baby 2 tonight. But after subjecting the family to The Christmas Shoes Trilogy I decided to let Stephen choose what to watch after that. I'll catch Santa Baby 2 some other time. Because thats the other thing about Christmas movies, they replay them all the time!
Do you have any favorites??
But I do enjoy me some Christmas movies.
Do you just love this or what??
It started with the countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas and then the actual 25 Days of Christmas. And add in Hallmark, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, and all the other channels. It is a Christmas movie bonanza!
They are safe to watch. You can pretty much bet they are going to have happy endings. Well, except for The Christmas Shoes. The song, the book, the movie, they make me cry. And it is the ugly cry. You know where the kids are looking at me like someone in the room has died. I didn't even know there was a trilogy of The Christmas Shoes. Who knew. But the other two aren't as sad as the first one. Thank heavens for that.
I made a list of my favorite Christmas movies so far this year. And of course I can't find it. It wasn't that good of a list anyway.
I wanted to watch Santa Baby 2 tonight. But after subjecting the family to The Christmas Shoes Trilogy I decided to let Stephen choose what to watch after that. I'll catch Santa Baby 2 some other time. Because thats the other thing about Christmas movies, they replay them all the time!
Do you have any favorites??
December 10, 2009
This is how I Christmas!
This week in This is how we Christmas, it is the decorations edition!
For great Christmas decorating ideas visit Lisa and the other bloggers that actually decorate for Christmas.
I have two problems with this edition .
1. I am not a decorator. Not at all. I love decorations, I just can't seem to use them very well.
2. I don't have a camera that works!
But, I will write about my decorations. Maybe in my writing of them you will see something more beautiful than if I had a camera. Maybe.
Nativity
Jesus is the reason for the season. I know that and everyone in my family knows that. Because our house is the parsonage, and my kids are at church every time the doors are open, I tend to take for granted that my children know all there is to know about Christmas. I figure they know all about Christ's birth and the joy that surrounds it. Isn't that awful? I'm taking a different approach this year. This year they will be hearing all the stories of Christ's birth from the gospels and they will be memorizing scripture to recite on Christmas Eve. I'm pretty sure I'm more excited than they are.
Anyway! The nativity. This is the first year for the one we have on our side table in the living room. Last year we didn't have one at all, because the year before some hyper-active teenage boys were playing guitar hero, got excited, slammed into the couch, which in turn, knocked over the sofa table that held the nativity scene. Breaking everyone and decapitating the animals and a wise guy. This nativity is on a table by itself. It isn't so special that the kids can't move the characters around. There is a special nativity set that is in my family that my Great-Grandmother made. I don't know who will get that when it comes to handing it down to my generation. But I WANT IT!
Tree
We are a "real Christmas tree" family. We used to have an artificial tree but the fluffing every year made me ugly, so I decided that the cost of a real tree every year was worth it if I didn't have to fluff a fake tree.
This year after the kids had decorated the tree (I'm not much help, I pretty much let them decorate it by themselves) it fell. over. I was not happy! We lost a couple of ornaments. And since the branches are so weak ornaments keep falling off the tree. By Christmas day we will probably only have lights on it! But not as many as Lisa!!
Snowmen and Santas
I love them both. I have all my Santas in my kitchen and my snowmen in my foyer. Doesn't that sound lofty? A foyer.
There aren't any that are real special, but I like they way they look and so I put them out.
Mantel
We have a mantel. You would think that we would have a fireplace too, but we don't. Well, we have the hole for the fireplace but no chimney and no gas logs. Oh the stories I could tell. Anyway! Then mantel is decorated quite nicely I must say. I got the idea from my sister who in her pregnancy decided to not decorate very much for Christmas. Please go here and see how she "didn't" decorate very much! I have greenery laying on the mantel with red and silver balls all over it. Beautiful, simply gorgeous!
How do you decorate for Christmas?
Did I mention that I won last weeks edition? I'll show you what I got when I get it!!!
For great Christmas decorating ideas visit Lisa and the other bloggers that actually decorate for Christmas.
I have two problems with this edition .
1. I am not a decorator. Not at all. I love decorations, I just can't seem to use them very well.
2. I don't have a camera that works!
But, I will write about my decorations. Maybe in my writing of them you will see something more beautiful than if I had a camera. Maybe.
Nativity
Jesus is the reason for the season. I know that and everyone in my family knows that. Because our house is the parsonage, and my kids are at church every time the doors are open, I tend to take for granted that my children know all there is to know about Christmas. I figure they know all about Christ's birth and the joy that surrounds it. Isn't that awful? I'm taking a different approach this year. This year they will be hearing all the stories of Christ's birth from the gospels and they will be memorizing scripture to recite on Christmas Eve. I'm pretty sure I'm more excited than they are.
Anyway! The nativity. This is the first year for the one we have on our side table in the living room. Last year we didn't have one at all, because the year before some hyper-active teenage boys were playing guitar hero, got excited, slammed into the couch, which in turn, knocked over the sofa table that held the nativity scene. Breaking everyone and decapitating the animals and a wise guy. This nativity is on a table by itself. It isn't so special that the kids can't move the characters around. There is a special nativity set that is in my family that my Great-Grandmother made. I don't know who will get that when it comes to handing it down to my generation. But I WANT IT!
Tree
We are a "real Christmas tree" family. We used to have an artificial tree but the fluffing every year made me ugly, so I decided that the cost of a real tree every year was worth it if I didn't have to fluff a fake tree.
This year after the kids had decorated the tree (I'm not much help, I pretty much let them decorate it by themselves) it fell. over. I was not happy! We lost a couple of ornaments. And since the branches are so weak ornaments keep falling off the tree. By Christmas day we will probably only have lights on it! But not as many as Lisa!!
Snowmen and Santas
I love them both. I have all my Santas in my kitchen and my snowmen in my foyer. Doesn't that sound lofty? A foyer.
There aren't any that are real special, but I like they way they look and so I put them out.
Mantel
We have a mantel. You would think that we would have a fireplace too, but we don't. Well, we have the hole for the fireplace but no chimney and no gas logs. Oh the stories I could tell. Anyway! Then mantel is decorated quite nicely I must say. I got the idea from my sister who in her pregnancy decided to not decorate very much for Christmas. Please go here and see how she "didn't" decorate very much! I have greenery laying on the mantel with red and silver balls all over it. Beautiful, simply gorgeous!
How do you decorate for Christmas?
Did I mention that I won last weeks edition? I'll show you what I got when I get it!!!
December 7, 2009
Daybook 12/7/09
It's been a while but I love this so I will start up again.
Outside my window.....A cloudy, cold wintry day. I love it!
I am thinking.....there is so much to do
I am thankful for.....my four children and the love that they will have for each other as they grow older.
I am wearing.....a cute green sweater, a gray scarf and my new Old Navy jeans, the dreamer style. Love them!
I am remembering.....how babylike Henry smelled the last time I held him, I miss him!
I am going.....to the library
I am currently reading.....Christmas books
I am hoping.....I can think of something for supper
On my mind.....my friend LeeAnn and her family. Her daddy died this morning.
Noticing that.....My house is a cluttered mess.
Pondering these words.....Debra said "I want my kids to have good relationships with each other." That is my desire for my children.
Around the house.....Christmas decorations and lights.
One of my favorite things.....Christmas movies
A few plans for the rest of the week.....some Christmas shopping, house cleaning, and menu planning
http://www.thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/
Outside my window.....A cloudy, cold wintry day. I love it!
I am thinking.....there is so much to do
I am thankful for.....my four children and the love that they will have for each other as they grow older.
I am wearing.....a cute green sweater, a gray scarf and my new Old Navy jeans, the dreamer style. Love them!
I am remembering.....how babylike Henry smelled the last time I held him, I miss him!
I am going.....to the library
I am currently reading.....Christmas books
I am hoping.....I can think of something for supper
On my mind.....my friend LeeAnn and her family. Her daddy died this morning.
Noticing that.....My house is a cluttered mess.
Pondering these words.....Debra said "I want my kids to have good relationships with each other." That is my desire for my children.
Around the house.....Christmas decorations and lights.
One of my favorite things.....Christmas movies
A few plans for the rest of the week.....some Christmas shopping, house cleaning, and menu planning
http://www.thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/
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