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OK I know I missed a few. In the last 20 days I have been sick as have all of the kids. Today is the first day that everyone made it to school and I am breathing a sigh of relief. Needless to say I am way behind on my schedule. I had [...]
Have a Christmas Party
This past week I did something great. I had a PartyLite party. It was nice for many many reasons. I want to start by saying I do not sell PartyLite so I do not care if we talk about an At Home America Party, A Tupperware party or a PartyLite Party. The [...]
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is just about two weeks away. It is a holiday that often gets overshadowed. I think that it is quite unfair but I also fall right into it. I do not rush though it and start my Christmas season early but I still look forward to all that it brings because [...]
Santa Clause
We all know him and love him. Some of us know him as Saint Nick, some know him as Father Christmas and some know him as Santa Clause. The point is that we all know him. Young or old, Jewish or Christian we all know who he is and what he [...]
Christmas Caroling
Long gone are the days of people going door to door singing happy joyful Christmas music. You see all of the Norman Rockwell pictures of old time people singing in the center of town. It all looks so great. I remember as a child we used to go to Christmas Caroling with church. It [...]
The Christmas elf
Does your family have an elf?
Elmer the Elf has been around for quite some time. I know that he was there for my grandfather, he was there for my father, he was there for me and now he is there for my children. I can only begin to imagine [...]
Holiday Cheer
I think that for many of us it is important to be cheery for the holidays. Last year I just could not do it. It was all I could do not to have a nervous breakdown. Everything was just far too stressful to be in anyway fun. I HATED it. [...]
When is the right time to decorate?
Year after year people start decorating earlier and earlier. It is something that continues to anoy me. I think that it actually annoys me more then the thought of retailer trying to cram Christmas down our throats. This is because it is the proof I need [...]
Holiday Commercials
Well here we are again. The day after Halloween and the Christmas Ads began. It really is amazing how this all works. What happened to Turkey Day? Where is Thanksgiving? If we left it all up to the retailers in the United States they would start advertising for Christmas [...]
The Holiday Cleaning List
The holidays bring a chance to clean and get reorganized. While this is my intention before I start to pull out all of my decorations I am going to yet again need a plan. After spending the entire summer in a cast I feel like my house is a gross [...]