i love the woods
December 15, 2008
i love the woods i love hearing the crunch of snow and ice beneath my feet i love that my kids love the woods i love my husband for packing us up and getting us out i love eating a warm bowl of split pea soup on an ice covered ...
Oven Roasted Chestnuts
December 14, 2008
I'm not a Christmas baker. But I miss warm goodness coming from the oven. So I was pleased to roast chestnuts this week with the kids. This time around I actually looked up directions on-line so we didn't have chestnuts exploding in the oven like last year. I think the ...
Advent Giving
December 12, 2008
Two weeks ago, on the evening of Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, our family gathered with friends and friends of friends to talk about The Advent Conspiracy. More specifically, we gathered to answer the question: what could we, as a small group (some of us with connections to larger ...
School's Out ~ School's In
December 9, 2008
I am so proud of myself. I actually followed a loose school routine with my kids this fall for a whole 1.5 months.
Carols and Music for the Season
December 8, 2008
Last night we took in Carols by Candlelight, A Holiday Celebration of Hope at the college chapel. The evening featured carols and other holiday music sung by campus a cappella groups, readings and carols sung by participants accompanied by pipe organ. Wow, what music. I can only describe it this ...
Winners and Giveaways
December 6, 2008
Hum... I thought that I'd have more people interested in participating in the sharing the season mr. linky that I posted last Friday. I even gave a whole week lead time and a whole week to join in. I guess everyone's too busy with the season to share their ideas. ...
December sunset
December 5, 2008
It's gone. I just watched it go. And the dark falls again, so early.
