On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, “a sister who loves me.” On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, “two Germend Sheperds.” On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, “three loving brothers.” On the fourth day of Christmas, my true […]
Amy spent the entire morning drawing pictures and writing love notes to the shelf elf. “He’s going to take them all back to the North Pole tonight.” I suggested that the elf had plenty and perhaps she should do art for other people. “I’m going to make enough pictures for the shelf elf to take […]
On the first day of Christmas, my children gave to me, one lump on the head. On the second day of Christmas, my children gave to me, two different black eyes. On the third day of Christmas, my children gave to me, three hangnails. On the fourth day of Christmas, my children gave to me, […]
A. Evan moves the ornaments from the middle of the tree to the bottom of the tree. B. The dogs knock the ornaments to the floor. C. I move the ornaments from the floor to the middle of the tree. D. Repeat. All the day long.
Despite my attempts to avoid letters to Santa this year, Amy took it upon herself to leave notes out from herself and Evan. Evan’s is fairly easy, although I am perplexed why a child who has never seen a batman movie or cartoon would suddenly focus on Batman. Figurines are priced and built for adults, […]
Our 2009 Christmas Card as photographed by the lovely and talented Kristyk. previous cards: 2008 2007 2006 2005
While watching the Rankin/Bass channel aka ABC Family this week, I started mentally composing a list of my favorite Christmas movies. In no particular order, I like to wrap, craft and snuggle while watching: Elf The Santa Claus 1 & 2 (not 3) Die Hard A Christmas Story Mixed Nuts Fitzwilly While You Were Sleeping […]
After seeing the umpteenth car with reindeer antlers, I suggested that we Griswald our van with an old, ratty, artificial tree. What Doug heard me say, was “Decorate the car for the crazy wife.” What he should have heard, was “Let’s weigh down the mileage on the car with bald tires and broken tie rods.” […]
What is the Halloween version of the Grinch? Me. Well, if you ask my teenagers, it’s me. Tommy hasn’t gone trick or treating for years, but suddenly he has started mumbling that trick or treating sounds like fun. It’s only mumbling though. He is happy with the long-standing deal that when you stop trick or […]
Is July 5th too soon after the Independence Day celebrations to confess that I don’t love fireworks? Like everyone else, I enjoy trying to capture fireworks in photographs. At the same time, every boom, crackle and hiss makes me cringe. Explosions are the soundtrack for the lives of men, women and children all over the […]