I am a person that has a horrible time with change. In my world change is bad…bottom line. I get that change is a part of life, but it’s definitely a part that truly scares me. One big area where I find change to be bad is during the holidays. Growing up, Christmas was such…
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Tag Archive: Christmas
Packing For Holiday Travel
As I write this, I have just sat down after running around like a crazy person getting packed up for my trip to Pennsylvania to be with my family for the holidays. Recently, all my trips out of town have been weekend trips, but since I will be gone from Tuesday-Sunday, with many different types…
Christmas Traditions
I am sure all of you are pretty tired at this point of me telling you how much I love Christmas time, but guess what? You are going to have to hear about it again. Christmas is a holiday that is full of traditions in my house. Some may say that I am stuck in…
Yes, Virginia and Macy’s First National BELIEVE DAY!
When I was a little girl I truly believed in Christmas and all the magic that surrounded it. Santa brought the Christmas presents, Reindeer flew, and my Christmas letter flew up the chimney each year for Santa to read. The Captain picks on me to this day for believing in Santa past the third…
Wifey 101: No Secrets For Santa
Ok ladies, let’s be honest. We all get excited at the idea of presents from our men around Christmas time. I don’t know about you, but Captain Awesome pretty much sticks to the regular gift giving holidays to give a present, rather than giving random gifts through out the year, and therefore when the holidays come…
Twas The Month Before Christmas…
I just received this little poem in a forward from my mom, and I wanted to share.(I’d love to credit someone for writing it but there was no name!) When I was growing up I must admit that I lived in a sheltered area. Everyone seemed to be Christian, I had no idea what ethnic background my friends…
Works for Me Wednesday: Christmas Shopping BEFORE Thanksgiving
I know that it’s hard, when it’s not even Halloween, to think about the upcoming holiday season. And you are probably thinking, what is this girl talking about? I just finished picking pumpkins and the leaves are still on the trees…why would I start planning for the holidays? Well I’ll tell you why….I’ll start by bringing back…
