The word ‘advent’ means “coming”. In this season of the year, we focus on the meaning of the coming of the Son of God into the world. And the spirit of our celebration should be the spirit in which he came. And the spirit of that coming is summed up in Luke 19:10: “The Son… Read More Advent
What a great Thanksgiving weekend. We celebrated here at home in the afternoon and that evening, I went to the hospice house while Chris and the boys had dessert with neighbors. We’ve had boatloads of turkey leftovers, some of which have already been transformed into turkey salad sandwiches, turkey broth, and turkey tetrazzini. The next… Read More Post-Thanksgiving and Pre-Christmas
Joe and Jack and I went to see Santa Claus at New Town Shopping Center in Williamsburg. By far, it was the most low-key Santa visit that I’ve ever had. We almost didn’t go. I’ve been so overwhelmed and busy lately that I thought perhaps it would be good to knock this thing off the… Read More Visit to Santa Claus
Some photos of my birthday celebration at the park and of our Christmas day… My birthday was pretty low-key, which was alright with yours truly. We visited a local park where I took photos and video while Chris and Joe played. The day ended with – what else – cake! Christmas Day was a little… Read More Birthday and Christmas
After writing my rather Scrooge-y post last night, I decided to do some Christmas decorating. I know that you’ll all be impressed. Yes, that is a Fisher-Price manger scene, sans Mary. She apparently decided to skip out on all of the guests and well-wishing animals in order to take a post-delivery nap. Much needed, I’m… Read More Update to Christmas: I’ve Decorated!
It’s less than 5 days till Christmas here in NZ and you know what? I have yet to buy a single Christmas card, put out a single Christmas decoration, wrap (or even buy) a single Christmas present for the immediate family, and I’m not all that stressed out about it. Christmas feels different over here. … Read More Christmas, or lack thereof
I had such a blast during our visit to the States. Food! Family! And shopping! I bought so much stuff. And returned so much stuff. And thought about, and hemmed and hawed, and drooled over so much stuff. America has a lot of “stuff” in it. Just visit any Walmart and you’ll know what I’m… Read More What I Shouldn’t Have Bought
For the next 2 weeks, the 3 of us will be hanging out at Chris’ childhood home in St. Simons Island, GA. At the moment, I’m currently seated at probably one of my favorite spots in the guest house: Overlooking the marsh on the downstairs porch I have a pork loin roast in the slow-cooker. … Read More St. Simons Island
Hello, my lovely readers! I hope that you’re all doing well and enjoying the season. This is such a wonderful time of year for so many of us, but I know that it can also be a hard month for those who are away from loved ones or struggling with other issues. I hope that… Read More Santa, Baby!
Today, I’m linking up with The Blog Dare on Bloggy Moms. I’ve only recently heard about it, and thought that I’d start it up in 2012. I was looking over some of the 2011 prompts, saw the ones listed for the remainder of December, and thought, “Why not do a few now?” So today, that’s… Read More Holiday Events!
On Saturday, Chris and I went to an Auckland event that’s been going on for the last 17 years – Christmas in the Park… This is a free concert sponsored by Coca-Cola and featuring several NZ artists, both old and new. Since we’ve only been in NZ for about 7 months, every artist was new… Read More Christmas in the Park, Drinking, and Dirty Diapers
I was shopping at Sam’s Club this weekend and stumbled across this little gem: Holey moley! All of my favorite childhood Christmas movies in one box. How have I gotten through a Christmas without this? Now if only this one was in the collection, too… I’m looking forward to spending a few evenings watching these… Read More Best Purchase of the Black Friday/Cyber Monday Weekend
