From the monthly archives:

December 2011

without a point

December 31, 2011

There are boys who are literal. Black and white. No grey. No off-white. No light-black. I have two of those. If you lay out a plan with charts/graphs and have covered all possible options in your presentation, you will have their support. *handshake* And then there is Reid(8). Oh how I just want to hug [...]

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fight against age

December 28, 2011

For weeks before Rhett turned 6, he complained that his birthday was impending. It wasn’t that he didn’t WANT to be 6. He just was afraid of the responsibilities that came with that advanced age. From birth he has been my most independent boy. It is a necessity when you are #3. He learns quickly [...]

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ahhhhh…

December 27, 2011

It isn’t that I don’t LOVE Christmas. I do. I just get stressed out over all the stuff that needs to be arranged. It doesn’t seem to matter if I started in July, there will still be outgoing Christmas cards in my mailbox today. Oh yes there are. Part of me loves the over-the-top way [...]

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i am dreaming of an easy dinner

December 23, 2011

I love food, but the PROCESS of getting things to the table that taste good is often challenging. I need some great go-to recipes. Things that are simple. Things that are easy. Things that taste good. I love what I tried this week as part of the holiday celebration of beef… Mexican-Style Pot Roast. Mmmmm. [...]

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the christmas quilt picture story of 2007

December 21, 2011

Welcome to the Fifth Annual Posting of the Christmas Quilt Picture Story. This quilt was given to me at my first baby shower. Each year my children are subjected to posing with it for holiday photographs. In 2007, I again dragged the kids down to a large department store portrait studio. It was the same studio chain [...]

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christmas tree evolution

December 19, 2011

20 years ago I was a newlywed. Our tree was put up with more LOVE than ornamentation. Thankfully, it could be scooted into the corner of our tiny townhouse so that the back of the tree sans decoration wasn’t obvious. It might have been sparse, but it was OURS. It was the prettiest tree in [...]

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batman-worthy beef

December 16, 2011

This week we are celebrating holiday meals with one of my favorites…the roast. Ta-dah! Let’s make Parmesan-Crusted Tenderloin with Savory Mushroom Sauce. To be completely honest, this is the first time I have roasted a roast. Until this time, I have used my mother-in-law’s slow cooking roast recipe* ONLY. I figured out how to do [...]

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from 5 to 6

December 14, 2011

Could we just freeze time at five? Pause the smile in mid-giggle. Suspend the reasonably weighted piggy-back ride. Hesitate the sweet hand I hold. His sentences still start with mommy. His walk to class is beside me. His run ends with a jump into my arms. Could we just freeze time at five? Pause [...]

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beef for breakfast

December 10, 2011

Y’all know how I love my breakfast. After all, it is the MOST important meal of the day. This week we tried combining beef AND breakfast…genius. I tried a recipe called Beef Sticky Buns, but my husband was VERY opposed to the name of the recipe. He was frightened by the implication that there was [...]

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story teller

December 5, 2011

My favorite part about the holidays has always been the Christmas tree. I love the way it can transform an ordinary room into a festive celebration. I am not a big collector in other parts of my life, but when it comes to tree ornaments…I don’t throw any away and I keep adding them to [...]

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