Archive for December, 2009

People keep asking if our Christmas is going OK. Given the circumstances, it logically shouldn’t be. But…

A serendipitous Christmas tree: I was buying my kids present from a couple who was moving out of state. They happened to be throwing away their Christmas tree. And my landlord gave us a string of lights. The kids had so much fun decorating this!

It’s the best Christmas yet.

Try as I might to express myself, there really aren’t words for how grateful we are for kind friends, neighbors, and family, and for the many little wonders we’ve experienced this season and all year. If you happen to be one of the many who have gone in with God on the miracles… thank you.

The kids and I were going through old pictures today when we ran across a picture of the worst wart ever. You’ll have to click “more” if you want to see it — don’t look if you’ve got a strong gag reflex. And actually it wasn’t the worst wart ever, now that I think of it. He had some on his feet that were bigger than a fifty cent piece. (Bah! And after all that I forgot to add a More link so it displayed the whole thing! d’oh!)

But anyway, the whole reason I’m posting this is because we’d forgotten how bad it was, and what a miracle it was we found a remedy that actually works. And since someone had asked the other day how we got rid of his warts, I figured I’d post the solution here. If you want it and don’t mind the gross picture, click ahead! (more…)

Weeks before Halloween, as I was tucking her into bed, Mary gushed, “I am SO excited for Christmas this year… we get to have TWO sets of traditions now!” Kids are so good at looking on the bright side! So over the past few weeks, we’ve been starting some new traditions. I thought I’d share two…

A grainy photo courtesy of my old broken Nikon - hopefully I'll find my Elph before Christmas!

Loved this…

Sure, there’s a fine line between flattery and validation, but real validation does feel nice, doesn’t it?

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