My kids’ school asked if we could use a hamper for Christmas. Sure! I said, with the four kids and the budget that is tight every month, never mind at Christmas, I could use that help. The organizer sent me a questionaire asking faves of the kids, ...

...semester, the bad news is no new blog. I dipped into the archive and decided to bring something that will get you all into the Christmas [...]...

So it’s Monday and time for pictures. And while I have The Outtakes of the Christmas Card Photo Shoot to share this week, today I have a delicious newborn to share. Say hello to beautiful Lily, ten days old. And look at her sweet smile in the last f...

In a serendipitous Harry Potter-themed post to follow from my last, Leaky Lounge is featuring a Christmas Harry Potter podcast, first of two parts published today. The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet have long been J. K. Rowling's favourite Harry Potter....

This is what I made for my mother-in-law for Christmas (shown hanging on my tree). Tim promised he would rescue it and bring it back home if it was being neglected there. P.S.Take a look at some of my favorite posts from my favorite blogs

These appetizer ideas are easy and don't require any food coloring. Any of these would look cheery at your Christmas party, just don't serve them all at once or people...

You do not have to buy every single person you know a gift! Why not make them their favorite cookies or cake. Make them and place them in a pretty basket. Make home made doggie treats for your family and friends who have dogs. (You can even make kitty tre...

...f us this time of year is very busy and lucrative. I am one of them!! I love the time between Thanksgiving and the week before Christmas. Hiring managers are in the office dying to fill their open positions before the end of the year, candidates want new ...

...f fun stuff … geddit? Created by digital agency Poke, who’ve documented the site here. Apparently, there’s a Christmas version on the way soon....

Someone asked me the other night if I was ready for Christmas. Without hesitation I answered that we are Jewish and don’t celebrate Christmas. This might not seem remarkable in and of itself, but for me it is huge. I...

I grew up with quite a few choir and band concerts each year, with our favorites being the ones at Christmas and at the end of the year when everyone was at their best. A friend sent this one to me and I melted back into my old love of organized music. I ...

Christmas is on Tuesday and not Wednesday like I had it in my head. Awesome. I live to take 12 teens ice skating and then have them to spend the night, tonight. I'm overjoyed at the thought of having to finish Christmas shopping when we're alre...

To all you folks doing your little snow dances so we’ll have a white Christmas - it’s okay, you can stop now. We have enough snow. No seriously, stop, please. Here’s the view from my balcony, during the fall and during the...

Rather than the plethora of Seasons Greetings vs Happy Christmas cards, xmas virals and the outrage of ‘how little money actually goes to the charity from most charity card sales’ I thought we’d share this selection of very creative busi...

So while I am a walking zombie these days….life does go on.   Especially for the kids. Nana and I took the kids to a ‘Breakfast with Santa’ at the local community centre.   They had a good time. Face Painting And clown magic…...

18″ x 24″ oil painting on canvas, SOLD See all artwork available for sale. It’s a beautiful scene, isn’t it? Maybe for most, but for me personally, looking out my window and seeing a fresh blanket of snow does not make me think joyful...

Well. It's been quite an eventful couple of days here. (When is it not?) Saturday: Wonderboy, O he of uncertain balance, took another tumble and lost three more teeth. Remember when he knocked out a front tooth at the playground?...

December 14th Guild members drove from Douglas to Ashburn Georgia to attend the annual Christmas dinner hosted by Romaine Holly of Romaine’s Stained Glass. After the meal and door prizes we were all treated to glass art demonstrations by artists Rom...

Merriam-Webster has announced the Word if the Year for 2007. You'll never guess what it is. Another overheard from last night. Driving around Greenville looking at Christmas lights with three teenage boys while listening to Dethklok, I noticed how you...

... I am not looking forward to eating soup and milkshakes, but you gotta do what you have to do, right?My SIL wants us to do our Christmas thing on the day after I get my wisdom teeth removed. There's no other time for us to get together, which sucks, b...

I dedicate this one to the Spears family.So not PC but very funny.

Here are two sites that I think will provide kids with a little fun this Christmas. Merlin’s Christmas Someone has been bad this year. They’ve sabotaged Santa’s sleigh and caused all the toys to fall from the sky! But not to worry, for M...

Jo did a worksheet at school about the five senses, with a Christmas theme. "At Christmas I see...", "At Christmas I hear...", and so on. My favorite was "At Christmas I taste... rut biey." Mmm! I know I always enjoy a nice A...

According the PDQ there are only 11 more days until new years. I guess she got sick of counting down the days until Christmas so we've moved on to higher math.The week started with a visit from Santa at the house next door. The local volunteer fireman...

More randomness. Hey, most of you slackers aren’t even blogging right now so be thankful for what you get. - Thanks to the guidance of Jennifer, we braved the insanity that is “Target less than a week before Christmas” and found the c...

Christmas can be a real challenge when you're raising quirky kids. When your kids get more out of Dirty Jobs than High School Musical, traditional toy stores can leave you in the lurch. Seriously, you want to see my kids... [[ This is a content summa...

Tawnya has passed away today. She is finally free of the pain and while she didn't make it to one last Christmas with her family I know she will still be there with them come Christmas Day.Please keep her family in your thoughts. I will try to post mo...

While planning a family function for Christmas Eve I came across MyPunchBowl which helped me create an invitation, invite guests, start adding party information like food & beverages and is making it easy for me to manage the event.  Our ...

...ng loose ends at my JOB. This on top of homeschool. Needless to say I'm exhausted but want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and wishing you a blessed year. May the Lord direct your steps and guide your hearts this coming year.Here is a littl...

... away and not to be outdone, The Bombay Company announced that they are in chapter 11 and will close All of their stores after Christmas. Where the hell am I supposed to buy a mahogany finished tea caddy now? Now I lay...

(Cleveland, OH) From his two-bedroom apartment in Cleveland Ohio, the self-proclaimed Satan Claus has announced his wish that everyone have a very Un-Merry Christmas. "Get it," said Satan Claus, "I said Un-Merry, because Santa says Merry, a...

You can't tell here, but this is done with iridescent paints, going from white to black with all sorts of grays in between. It's going to be framed and will be someone's Christmas present. Hmmm... whose will it be?It's 6" x 4"...

...kful and positive no matter what.THANK YOU for making this an incredible year for Business Blog Wire and Know More Media.Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year. ...

Forget, "Happy Holidays", tell everyone you meet, "Merry Christmas"!You may use this post if the following is included: “This material was provided by MTM Freelance Writing. Professional SEO content creation and freelance writing se...

...fung, sufei, NEICEzoen, zoze not coming to sg.They kids fall sick,pray for their health before fun times begins!5 more days to christmas count down,6 more days to christmas day,12 more days to 2008!HOHOHO!~...

Gosh, how the days are flying by. I think NaBloPoMo killed my blog! I was so burnt out after posting every day for a month that I just sort of left it for too long! But I haven't been doing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for f...

Lucy: What kind of Christmas music is that? Schroeder: Beethoven Christmas music. Lucy: What has Beethoven got to do with Christmas? Everyone talks about how “great” Beethoven was. Beethoven wasn’t so great. Schroeder: What do you mean B...

Every fall, I look to the heavens and ask for a white Christmas.  Most years we have one.  A few we don’t, like last year.   This year though, its seems we are on white Christmas overload.  Every 2-3 days a clipper moves through and we get a fe...

I love doing activities with my girls, especially this time of year. So here are some great Christmas activities to do with your kids! 1. Make Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses 2. Bake Christmas Cookies for Santa 3. Track Santa on Christmas Eve 4. Mak...

... is amazing.Not only are they offering their usual speedy FREE shipping on orders over $60. You can also still get guaranteed Christmas delivery on these special sale items if you order before December 23 (see site for details).Plus use coupon code "...

Straight No Chaser is an a cappella group from Indiana University. Please watch this. You will love it! Fan-flippin-tastic! Thank you Mama Lee for making my day by posting this. Technorati Tags: straight no chaser, a capella, 12 days of Christmas...

Thirteen Things about RAEI figured I would post my favorite games I like playing that is the one things I love about going to Mk's parents for Christmas we play games after all the gifts are open on Christmas Eve Me & Mk have a game night at home ...

...r putting on dirty clothes, 'cause they just want to. Today just blows, and I'm still sick, and I'm not ready for Christmas, and there's no money, and and and... I'm just tired and having a bad day. That's all. Thanks for liste...

I should have known that trouble was brewing when all was quiet downstairs.

For starters, we visited the beautiful city of Limburg, and its Christmas market (on the way down from The Netherlands - an easy stop for those traveling Germany's arterial A3 highway).Then we visited friends in Munich (and admired the cosmopolitain c...

Still looking for the right Christmas Gift for your Golf friend, why don’t you get him a Mizuno golf accessories or golf bag. These are serious performance material that will impress your friend and make him look like a professional. From driver...

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Finished the tree! Ornaments and all! Finally! Next three days off work - much shopping and baking to do. Christmas Eve in one week? WTFGAH! # ©2007 The Metamorph. All Rights Reserved..

...ther. I'd love to get my hands on a copy. In fact, if you're reading this, please buy me a year's subscription for Christmas. It's not only about content; surely this one's got scratch-and-sniff advertising strip with beefy aroma and p...

I have, but I'm not going to tell you.I'll tell you about 2 small other things I've done today, though:I've invited Sis & family to an expedition into the woods to cut Christmas trees this Saturday, complete with barbecue, and I've...

Come on you know you would love something free this holiday season. Check this blog out http://www.workingmomsagainstguilt.com/2007/12/no-guilt-holiday-giveaway.html

To tour my Christmas house ...Just hop in the sleigh by clicking hereSee you there!

I got an email tonight from a friend with a link to Digital Aquariums, owned and operated by another old friend of mine, Jim Simon. Jim is a great guy - I saw him in August when I went back...

Between now and New Year's is a great time to get good deals on Christmas decorations and other items. A lot of holiday items will not go on sale until the day after Christmas, but some stores are starting to discount items now. If you look in the rig...

If you've been invited to somebody's house for Christmas, but they don't celebrate it, do you still have to bring them something? Josh's parents are throwing what is almost their weekly party on Christmas. But they're Jewish. They s...

...details on the Stowe Snow Report page of the resort's website. Things are looking good for the big kick off week between Christmas and New Years. Now is a good time to make reservations. (c) 2007 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus Inn...

...ith origami? You know, that Japanese (?) art of folding paper into cute items? How about making yourself an origami bunny this Christmas?Check out this wikiHow article "How to Make an Origami Bunny".An origami bunny is not only beautiful, but it...

MANGO - Accessories Sales Now!!!Are you still not done with your Christmas shopping?I have a good newsMANGO is now having an accessories sales with discount up to 30%And look what I foundThese are absolute must have Don't you agree? Well these are act...

Christmas is on Tuesday and not Wednesday like I had it in my head. Awesome. I live to take 12 teens ice skating and then have them to spend the night, tonight. I'm overjoyed at the thought of having to finish Christmas shopping when we're alre...

On the first day of Christmas a loved one gave to me:a baby with plagiocephaly.On the second day of Christmas, a loved one gave to me,2 Pink eyesand a baby with plagiocephaly. On the third day of Christmas, a loved one gave to me:3 nasty coughs,2 pink eye...

I've decided that I need a vacation from blogging so I'm going to take one. Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year! I'll be back in 2008.

Oil on Gessoed Hardboard (Masonite)5" high x 5" wideClick here to bidThe second painting from the Christmas Ornaments Series. I'm really enjoying painting this little gems. Painting reflective surfaces is quite challenging but so interesting...

The snow has been falling over the last week, Christmas music fills the air and the best holiday shows are on television, sometimes over and over again. Christmas is a wonderful time of year. This year I decided to get myself a Christmas present. Whi...

Photo and Fable copyright Suresh Gundappa 2008 “In celebration of Christ” fable by Suresh: As usual I was getting ready for morning prayer. You know today is special, its Christmas! and I have lot of people to attend to. I have been working as a Bish...

Everyone else, it seems, is either getting ready for the Christmas festivities with endless bouts of shopping (myself, I am leaving it to Monday, and even then will squeeze it around a final panto at Wimbledon) or partying (the extent...

NPR's annual list of new Christmas music: NPR Music: 18 Hours of Christmas Music: My Holiday Hellride.

...n December 23rd! We’ll be adventuring with his best friend Tim Walther through Barcelona and hopefully Ibiza for the Christmas-New Years break. Tim and Paul are experienced globetrotters, so [...]...

Artist Tip #5 - How to Package Aunt Wilma’s Christmas Gift Remember that eyeball you tore out? I bet you saved it! Go now and get your Aunt Wilma caricature with red rose collage and wrap it in red paper. Tie this with green ribbon. Next punch a...

...g is that the reader gets the best read possible.It has been moved up the schedule which means the next one has as well. So my Christmas is really spelt DEADLINE.Luckily all I have to do is wrap presents. But I have this TBR pile that keeps growing as wel...

A neat gift arrived in the mail today from my good friend Mark in California - it’s a DVD compilation of Christmas episodes of “The Floppy Show” from WHO TV in the 1960’s. Mark and I were both typical central Iowa kids who watched ...

Christmas comes slowly to our house. I have many friends and family members who have decorations in place as early as the day after Thanksgiving and all their presents bought long before then. I simply stare at them in amazement, wondering how. My own pro...

Storyteller has tagged me for twelve random Christmas things about me. Ok, this should be fun. The rules are: 1. List 12 random things about yourself that have to do with Christmas 2. Please refer to it as a ‘hoopla’ and not the dreaded ‘...

As you scurry about filling last minute orders, getting gifts prepared for family and making other holiday preparations, you might like to take a look at some previous Home Biz Notes gift giving posts for inspiration.  Christmas Gifts for the Home Busin...

Nahum Tate’s Hymn a Loved Christmas Carol © Tel Asiado Dec 18, 2007 Short history of the Christmas carol “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night,” a best loved Nativity song. “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night&...

Here are Hubby and Me wishing you a fabulous holiday season...in our own special way...:)

The latest headlines from the North Pole’s yearly newspaper ‘NP Times’ NP Times Rudolph pregnant after drunken night out...

...e such area is the hunt for safe baby toys. Here are some tips to keep in mind when you’re looking to buy something this Christmas for your child or somebody else’s: Inspect the toy for sharp edges or [...]...

So, I bought my mom a really cool blankety blank for Christmas. (Sorry, she reads my blog so I’ll have to tell you after she opens it.) I wrapped it up all pretty with ribbons and the whole she-bang and propped it against the tv stand yesterday, a...

Thank you for visiting my site and subscribing to my news posts. I hope that you make the most of the holiday season and may the coming new year bring you and your loved ones an abundance of good health, good times, friendship and love. Below are some gra...

...ring Thanksgiving time, since most US writers were on vacation, I had tons of work and the same seems to be happening now with Christmas coming up. As a freelancer, I do get to take a lot of time off in longer stretches, but a lot of time, I end up workin...

We Christmas multi-tasked last night. We took in Freddy’s choir concert, which was pure joy… with a teeny bit of hell mixed in. Picture 150 3rd, 4th and 5th graders singing White Christmas at the top of their lungs, their angelic faces a mixtu...

Don’t miss your chance to air your grievances, make a Festivus pole, and see how Festivus is celebrated around the world. If you don’t know what Festivus is, then you’ll want to watch the short film on this page.

Judah, originally uploaded by Addie’s. One of the many expectant babies made his arrival yesterday (18 Dec. 2007), weighing 3.25 kgs. What a surprise! We only expected him to arrive a week from now, but nobody’s complaining!!! Welcome to the ...

Okay so I'm no Oprah, but after watching her annual favorite things show last week I thought to myself why not a gift guide for horse lovers? With Christmas right around the corner, time is running out to find just...

Told you I wasn’t sure. I guess I’ll keep blogging for now. I’m kind of attached to this place. So, I got an early Christmas gift from my father:  a set of Tiffen 67mm close-up lenses! I’m so excited! They came with a really nice ...

... my furniture and things are having that experience at the moment without me…something came up and we have to spend one more Christmas [...]...

Christmas is happy, Easter is hard. At least, that's how I thought about it when I was younger. Christmas, I thought, was the cheery holiday that evoked images of a sweet baby Jesus, a manger full of fresh-smelling hay, joyful shepherds, a glorious st...

So I organized an unconventional Christmas Party for the Dive club this year because... well honestly because I was too lazy to organize anything formal and fancy. Instead I planned a Go Karting/Dinner Christmas Party. Yes- apparently they have go karti...

Gene Autry’s rendition of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was a hot item when it was released for the Christmas season in 1949. One of my aunts bought me a “45” record of it, and I played it so much my parents threatened to throw i...

Written by Chrissy Scivicque of  The Executive Assistant’s Toolbox. Around the holidays, I always end up a little overwhelmed with stress. It’s natural, I suppose. As a child, my mother did Christmas in a big way – a big, beautiful tree, lots o...

Beberapa hari yang lepas saya menerima emel daripada Santa…sila lihat emel di bawah: armier, T’anks for joining Santa Sal Christmas Giveaway It’s a good move on your part. To download your gifts visit: Clik here For your records: Your Lo...

When David and I went to Topeka the other day to do Christmas shopping, he asked me what I wanted.   I told him what I wanted couldn’t be bought with money.  There are several things along that line that I would like.  Our dining...

Check out the link below to a great little animated video by Elliot Cowan at his Sandwichbag blog. Elliot Cowan’s Merry Christmas animation

I’m sure that it can be annoying at times to have a fibromite around. I’m not sure about this because I am a fibromite, & I love being around me. However, I’m sure that the constant attention to lighting, comfort, & fatigue can r...

Here's what the guy behind the counter at my local shipping-and-receiving store, which was filled with people sending Christmas packages, said to a startled customer the other day: Sir, we can't allow you to tape your package in the store. A woman...

... Don't know if I will make it, but I'll try to keep up regular posts this week, at least to have a nice run up towards Christmas....

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I’ve made some fantastic discoveries while Christmas shopping this year, but I can’t blog about them because the people I am Christmas shopping for actually READ this blog once in a while.  No spoilers here!  All I’ll say is that I alw...

My twins will be five next month, just old enough to have definite ideas about what they want for Christmas. Don’t get me wrong, they have always had “favorite” items on their lists like a Little Einstein movie they had seen or a Dora d...

Lucy: What kind of Christmas music is that? Schroeder: Beethoven Christmas music. Lucy: What has Beethoven got to do with Christmas? Everyone talks about how “great” Beethoven was. Beethoven wasn’t so great. Schroeder: What do you mean B...

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Artist Tip #5 - How to Package Aunt Wilma’s Christmas Gift Remember that eyeball you tore out? I bet you saved it! Go now and get your Aunt Wilma caricature with red rose collage and wrap it in red paper. Tie this with green ribbon. Next punch a hol...

I don’t know how active I’ll be in the blogosphere during the holidays, but just in case I become a complete creative vegetable, abandoning my computer in favor of my family, I wish you all a wonderful Christmas season. It  has been delightfu...

...s is the time of year when we pull out all the stops. Most of our business happens near the end of the year, partly because of