I didn’t think I would say this this year, but I am a little stressed out. Hence the lack of posts. The sh*tload of work I have to do at work is not helping either. Do you know the feeling when you’re counting down the days to a certain date...
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Advent starts on the 4th Sunday before Christmas, which means TODAY. It also marks the day for me to get out my Christmas decoration. Despite all the holiday music and decorations at the stores (which almost started with this 4 weeks ago), I refuse to get myself into a Christmas...
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Well, this was a fake turkey dinner, because it was not a turkey. It was a chicken. There was no way I was going to cook a whole freakin’ giant bird for just J and I. No way. I think for my first attempt to prepare a turkey dinner, a...
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I am thankful for – my husband – healthy parents – my sister – the rest of my family – my two godchildren – my dear friends – a great job – my blog – music – apple pie – holidays – snow! – a safe place to live –...
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Even though those two German and US “holidays” are loosely connected, they’re not the same. “Erntedankfest” means Harvest Thanksgiving Festival which is usually “celebrated” on the first weekend in October. I put “celebrated” in quotation mark because in no way, shape or form is “Erntedankfest” a real holiday with a...
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So, Christmas is only a month, 4 weeks and 1 days, away and here I am, all excited about the opportunity to celebrate Christmas with my family. There is nothing in the world that I want to do more for the holidays… and yet, I keep coming across people – online...
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It is this time of the year again. Christmas is only 36 days away and I wanted to remind everyone that I am doing the Christmas Card Exchange again this year. Yes, I am sending out real paper Christmas Cards by snail mail. I am not kidding. A couple of us...
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I wish this was the pumpkin I carved. Unfortunately, ours is still sitting here in the corner waiting to be “halloween-ized”. I know. We should have done it last weekend, but we just didn’t get around to doing it. Now it’s almost too late. But who cares – I can...
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