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Post-Christmas Organizing

by admin on December 27, 2011

Well, Christmas is over. Dad’s birthday is celebrated (day after Christmas). Trash is at the street. The tree’s not down. YET. We usually take it down the day after Christmas…sometimes even on Christmas afternoon. image credit We’re really not Grinches… we just like to be organized. Getting the house back in order allows room for [...]

Tagged as: Christmas, family, organizing

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Christmas Eve Gift – A Family Tradition {re-post} 12.22.11

by admin on December 22, 2011

Back in 2009, when we started this blog, we had about 6 followers. I thought I would re-share some of our favorite or most popular posts. :) Enjoy!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have a peculiar special tradition in our family, and I think it must be a Southern thing. Since I can remember, every year on Christmas Eve [...]

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Oh, to be a kid! {Wordless Wednesday} 12.14.11

by admin on December 14, 2011

I was cleaning out my picture files on my computer, and I ran across some funny pictures of my girls. Oh, to be a kid again! [...]

Tagged as: family, humor, raising children, Wordless Wednesday

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Top 5 Christmas Movies 12.13.11

by admin on December 13, 2011

Our family loves to watch Christmas movies together during the holidays. Here are our top 5, in no particular order. We watch these every year, and more than once! See if you can guess the titles of the movies. [...]

Tagged as: children, Christmas, family, raising children, tradition

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See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil {Wordless Wednesday} 12.7.11

by admin on December 7, 2011

Me with my sisters at Thanksgiving. Blessed. Enough Said.

Tagged as: family, humor, Wordless Wednesday

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December Gratitude List {Free Printable} 12.1.11

by admin on December 1, 2011

At the beginning of this year, I did my first post about the monthly Gratitude List. ((I overlooked a couple of months in there. I’m sorry!! )) Just this week, I featured a post by Courtney over at the Lil Light of Mine blog. So…. since this is the last month of the year, I [...]

Tagged as: Christmas, family, gratitude, random act of kindness, tradition, values

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Giving vs. Getting ~December 2011~

by admin on November 29, 2011

Are you trying to figure out how to “get it all done” this Christmas? Overwhelmed with everything? Today I am glad to feature Lil Light of Mine (Thank you to my friend, Michelle Daniel, for sharing the blog post!) Check out the post by Courtney over at the Lil Light of Mine blog. She’s got a [...]

Tagged as: Christmas, family, raising children, random act of kindness

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They are Beautiful in Their Peace {Wordless Wednesday} 10.19.11

by admin on October 19, 2011

They are beautiful in their peace, they are wise in their silence. They will stand after we are dust. They teach us, and we tend them. – Galeain ip – Altiem MacDunelmor

Tagged as: children, family, Wordless Wednesday

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Southern T-Shirts from SweeTea {Casual Friday} 10.14.11

by admin on October 14, 2011

*On Casual Fridays, we make recommendations about books, websites, movies, etc. We would love to hear your Casual Friday recommendations, too. Today’s Casual Friday recommendation continues with the Southern theme we’ve had going on for the past couple of days. Meet Karen and Susan, two Yankee women who married southern boys whose southern expressions put them [...]

Tagged as: casual friday, family, humor

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Southern Sayings

by admin on October 13, 2011

I never get tired of southern sayings. I had teammates on my college volleyball team who had moved here from other parts of the country. It always tickled me how they were intrigued by what we said…. They couldn’t understand why we mashed the button on the elevator, why we called the shopping carts buggies, or [...]