Happy Christmas

We arrived home tonight from our Christmas time in BC with my family. Dan always says that its good to leave places wanting more and I was feeling that way. I felt like I just didn’t have quite enough time to visit as I needed. I was torn between wanting to get...

Stockings, and Shutting down

Wow it has been a busy last 24 hours! I have been working to finish up the last of our gifts and the girls’ stockings, cleaning and doing laundry, being horrified by disturbing content on Etsy, sending multiple emails to Etsy, trying to get others to write...

No lights on the tree

I want to preface these next thoughts by saying that I don’t take my little corner of the internet world more seriously than I should; that is, I don’t share things with the expectation than all or any will choose to do what I do. I am not looking at other...

Advent Week 1: Hope

I blogged about the coming of Advent in an earlier post and so I thought I would share a little more of our plans. Again, this is a tradition that we are just learning and enjoying as we go. I have found suggestion from others to be very helpful and so I also want to...

Preparing for the Advent

Disclaimer: As I thought about sharing this on my blog, I am aware that not all hold my views on this season of Christmas and its meaning; for many it is a time of family, peace, gifts, beauty, good food and loving each other. I also celebrate and hold these things...