Christmas is over

and now it’s time to look foward to the new year. What do I want to accomplish in this coming year? I like this idea at Mrs. Catherine’s site. Perhaps I’ll pick three things to work on. That will give me a third of the year for each new thing. [...]

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Some crafty happenin’s

I knitted myself a winter accessory ensemble. Doesn’t that just sound too cool?!? Anyway, last year I managed to finish a hat - my first knitted project ever. It is a little too big, because contrary to the standard (what, me?) I knit too loosely. But it serves the purpose of [...]

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I just love the B.C. comics

Here’s another great one. Happy Holidays This link is no longer working.

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A little explaining in order…

This is in response to a comment from Kim in my Christmas parties begin post.
Lol, Kim. That would be read F “negative” 3. As in, Mr. Nutt’s oldest son, who is now 27. My stepchildren are identified with negative numbers, since they were around before me. lol So the [...]

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Loved This Comic

Why indeed?

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The Christmas Parties Begin

Tonight was the Christmas party with my family. We had a wonderful time. Mom and T. made Chicken ‘n’ dumplin’s, mashed potatoes, gravy, creamed corn and apple pie. I made a yummy fruit salad with a yogurt-cinnamon dressing and a chocolate cream pie. T. also made some cookies. Needless to [...]

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Christmas Quiz and Ramblings Thoughts Spawned From It

Found this at Kim’s blog.

You Are an Angel

A truly giving soul, you understand the spirit of Christmas.

What Christmas Ornament Are You?
What fun! I do love angels. I’ve been collecting them for since I was a little girl. Lol, not the kind who stay with me and keep me protected (although, I don’t [...]

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They Won, They Won, They Won!!!!

F1 had his second basketball game of the season tonight and…they won! Woohoo!!!!! It was a close game, I think the final score was 20-18. F1 played for about 3 minutes in the first half, but he played well while he was in. One of the boys made a three-point shot [...]

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Okay, so they didn’t work for 8 hours.

But they did accomplish quite a bit. Not enough character change yet, but I think they are at least getting the idea. Hopefully a week of this will take care of it, and they will appreciate the few chores they are generally required to do. And maybe I can add some new [...]

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So, forget the whole advent thing this year…

The kids have decided over the past two weeks or so that they want to go about doing their chores willy-nilly. I’ve had to scold and discipline, have them redo, and generally be a real crab about it all. Today took the cake! It took them to do their slight chores (which [...]

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