From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Let's shop with Holly!

December 12, 2008

While in the toy aisles of Wal-Mart last night I came across the perfect gift for all the 8 year old boys on your Christmas list. These toys are brought to us by the geniuses at WWE. They are: Ruthless Aggression is a series of “action” figures that ages 8 and up can play with [...]

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O Tannenbaum! Gesundheit!

December 11, 2008

Blog-Stedman and I have celebrated 18 Christmases together. 15 of those have been celebrated under the plastic boughs of a faux-tree. The first few Christmases we had a fake fir for financial reasons. Once we were a bit more established (Christmas #4) we jumped in our Cherokee and drove to a local tree farm. I [...]

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It is not me, it is EATPLAYLOVE

December 10, 2008

Last night I was trying to figure out what to do today and realized it was going to be Wednesday and realized that I hadn’t officially asked anyone to let me steal their work and realized it was getting late and realized I usually have these things lined up weeks in advance and realized…crap. So [...]

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About that Christmas gift…

December 9, 2008

Dear Brother and Sister-in-law, It was early on black Friday when Ryan and I entered the Target toy aisle. It was crowded. We were looking around when I saw it. It was the perfect gift for your daughter, my 4 y/o niece. I picked it up and it looked at me. I jumped a little. [...]

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The potluck in search of cake

December 7, 2008

Merry Monday and a Happy Potluck. I am hoping that by bringing the holiday spirit into my potluck today my Christmas cards will magically be addressed, my packages wrapped and the scent of baking fills my home. Speaking of baking. I am in the mood for cake. Let’s just have that at the potluck. Cake. [...]

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Two Boys

December 6, 2008

Two boys…

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For the love of peanutbutter

December 4, 2008

If it were not for the peanut, my two youngest children would be withering away. Peanut butter is Nirvana lifeblood. Ewww…I am not sure peanut butter and blood should be mentioned in the same sentence. Reid (5) is a pb&j man. He has one for every breakfast. Sometimes he asks for an additional one. Sometimes [...]

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It is not me, it is Jenni

December 3, 2008

Asking to use the following post was OBVIOUS. She had me at the first picture. Be still my Target-loving heart. She is….Jenni from Jiggety Jigg! Jenni, of course, is awesome. *** WAYS I MAKE IT HARD TO LOVE ME I make you wait at the top of the cool escalators at the swanky new Target [...]

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How to Catch a Bird in 4 Steps

December 2, 2008

Holly has a special relationship with all God’s creatures. Because of that bond she has felt the responsibility to share with others important All God’s creature information. Here is a handy dandy list for your reference: 1. Holly traps beavers, raccoons and turtles.2. A skunk falls asleep on Holly’s back porch.3. Holly goes camping in [...]

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