Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas!

And by that, I mean,

"I wish peace, love and happiness for you, now and always."

And by an ironic twist of events, I am the only one awake in the house. On the one day all THREE kiddos decided to sleep in (isn't today supposed to be the day kiddos wake up EARLY!?), me the one who barely sleeps during the night and should have taken advantage of the extra sleep time, is up. And has been up for a while, waiting.

Alas.

I hear the kiddos starting to stir.

In the meantime, I have enjoyed a few quite, peaceful moments to myself...before the ruckus of Christmas morning begins!

So excited.

I hope you enjoy your day, whether or not you are celebrating!

Monday, December 27, 2010

Merriment

We had a wonderful weekend {and I hope you did too}. This year was the first year I felt like our Christmas was all about moments, rather than gifts. I loved it. At one point, Ken and I even got to doze on the sofa together while the kiddos played, a rare treat.

There was lots of eating and laughing and much more love.

I still can't believe this year is coming to an end. But of course this means a whole lot of new beginnings and wonderful blessings.

I am so full of love and gratefulness.



P.S. Oh, and I'm addicted to the Hunger Games trilogy. I devoured the first book and moving on to the second one today.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Lost marbles...

Oh bother. I feel like such a dumb dumb. In the last couple of weeks I seem to have lost something. A marble or two perhaps?

I have worked the last few Fridays and every single shift, without fail, I make a mistake or many, on cash. Either ring in something as cash when it was debit or credit card...or can't remember the code for a product or a price or whatever. Foggy brain is the diagnosis.

Next...

I took the kiddos to have their holiday picture taken. It all went well, as well as could be expected with little Isaac. We got 3 decent pictures out of the whole shoot. 3. What do I go and do? Because I couldn't decide how many to get or what sizes I bought the copyright CD and paid $80 for THREE good pictures, that I then to pay extra to get developed.

OK well maybe the three pictures are worth it. I then check the pictures on my computer and send them off to get printed. It's not until I get them back that I realize one of them is blurry AND that I didn't get them in glossy print. They look OK, but I know they could look better. There goes another $10. I reordered them, in glossy this time, and hopefully they will look prettier. We shall see. In the meantime my holiday cards are delayed in getting mailed.

But the worst, must dumb dumb thing I have done so far is this.

On Saturday night I drove for half an hour to visit a good friend for her holiday party. I get there, park and then proceed to exit the car and shut the door. Leaving the keys safely on the passenger side seat where I left them while I grabbed my purse. What the hell!? Come on!

So I had to call our roadside assistance plan, but because I'm in the middle of nowhere {almost} they take a long time to get there and they charged me to break in to my car because it was outside the "service area". That pissed me off. The lovely visit with my friend was the only thing that helped me calm down. Sixty three dollars was worth it {that's what I keep telling myself!}.

Oh well.

The good things that are happening recently are many too...outweighing these blips.

We have our tree up. And it was magical to see the kiddos excited to decorate it and see it all finished.

I have officially decided that we are homeschooling and I am beyond excited for this. Maddie is responding so well and I am loving the approach we are taking {I will have more on this later, I promise}.

But just in case, I am going to look under the sofa to see if my lost marbles are there {it's the only place I haven't looked yet}.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Oh {Eco-Local} Christmas Tree

If you want to support an eco friendly cause and a local business when it comes to shopping for your Christmas tree, then I have good news.

The ecology action centre is once again selling their organic {chemical free, sustainably grown} Christmas Trees. We have bought our tree from them for 3 years now and have always been pleased. The tree smells lovely, just like a Christmas tree should, and I feel at peace knowing that there are no chemicals polluting my home along with that amazing pine scent.

Oh and I promise that the price is comparable to what you would spend on it's counterpart {it's only $30 for a nice 6-8 footer or $35 for an 8+ footer}.

You can also buy wreaths. I can attest from experience to the heftiness of these wreaths. They are quite lovely. I just ordered mine online tonight {I got the golden bow...can't wait!}.

If you want to get one, do it quick because pickup is on December 11.

And while you're over there, check out some of the other earth friendly holiday ideas on the EAC site.

Our lights are up and soon our tree will be too. I love this time of year, especially when I have little people to share all this with.


{Christmas 2008...look how tiny she was!}