Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Jingle Mingle—Velociraptor in the Nativity “I am not feeling a lot of joy or peace this Christmas season,” I told my mom after several days (weeks?) of crappy watch schedules, nights up with a newborn, barfing kiddos, snotty colds, and general discomfort with the extra 20 pounds that is persistently hanging on. She assured me…
My mom gave me this beautiful Christmas teapot last year. FORTUNATELY it’s too big for tea for one person. I haven’t researched this, but while I was feeling discord and weariness instead of peace and joy I started thinking about what the Bible says about joy, peace and hospitality. We’re not commanded to feel joy…
Our first successful day trip as a family of four was a last minute dash to Williamsburg for a Christmas carriage ride. We had a completely unsuccessful visit here last summer that was so depressing I never found the humor to blog about it. This day was the opposite! Last time we quickly realized it…
I am awesome at making Christmas cookies. And by awesome, I mean I had 10/100 points for skill, 20/100 points for patience with my tot, 5/100 points for motivation, BUT 100/100 points for follow through!! And you know what Woody Allen says: success is 90% showing up. So the cookies were a big $uce$$. Friday…
We do it all the time: shrink sweaters. Expensive sweaters. Adored sweaters. You’d think we’d have figured it out by now. We’ll do a good job laying flat to dry for years, then one accidental pop into the dryer and boom—awkward crop top. I bought Chris a cashmere sweater for our second married Christmas. I…
February is miserable because it’s been cold forever and won’t warm up anytime soon. A couple good nights had me thinking we were in baby spring, but several crappy nights in a row reminded me it may actually be baby February still. Being a mom can be soooooo unglamorous. Good news! My buddy Rebekah told…
Chris started calling the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving “Thanksg-evening.” This is the night where the important prep work is done, and “the World Turned Upside Down” album is played. I make awesome cranberry sauce anyway, but this year’s experimentation resulted in my best cranberry sauce yet: Brandy Apple Cider Cranberry Sauce! Chris and I brined…
