I have been giving this some thought and I would love to see this happen. Anyone wanna do a Yule/ Winter Solstice/ Giftmas / any other holiday in the month of December card swap? I am thinking I do a pair up instead of sending a list of everyone who signed up and that way [...]

Have I mentioned how much I hate not having a laptop? I hate it lots. So guess who is getting one for Yule? Yep, me. I put one on layaway at Walmart and informed the family that I didn’t need to get anything else for the holidays and that if they so much as look [...]

Our vigil was amazing! I took the eldest and a friend with me. I also made my crock pot tacos and some moon and stars sugar cookies to take along. And of course some tea and hot chocolate. We gathered at our beloved Crone’s home whom has a wonderful fire pit on a hill behind [...]

Yesterday plans changed quickly. Originally the evening was going to be spent at Carraba’s with the inlaws for eldest’s birthday. I was going to take the red velvet cake I made from scratch. Side note: I will never buy a red velvet cake OR cream cheese icing from a store again! Ok now to get [...]

When I was a kid, my mom would wake us up at 12:01 am on Christmas Day to open presents. When I had my own I decided I was not going that route. We usually wake up at a more normal hour, like 6 am. Then the kids get up and tear into their stockings [...]