it’s coming!!! Every year I do a Christmas letter and photo page – and I’ve gone from making a complete web site for them (a la http://criscollrj.com/christmas%20index.html to putting them on my Blog. Usually I have it done and out by now and really enjoy writing to all of my email friends (I have hundreds!). [...]
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Ahhh Leave a comment
Yum – I’ve REALLY been wanting a coke and finally got some cans!!! Boy you appreciate what you run out of when you finally get it! I have been so BORING lately – first I complete NABLOPOMO and then I go to December and hardly post at all! I have been cleaning and doing projects [...]
Would like to slow down and enjoy it— Leave a comment
The season is upon us. I am in a whirlwind of stuff and a lot of the stuff is not getting done. But we have our beautiful tree up, and the shopping is done (much lower in quantity this year, but high in quality and as always in love given…) My to-do list: Finish 70 [...]
My day – November out with a bang– Leave a comment
My to-do list today: from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. * Get rid of headache from h*** (already laid down quite a bit and took 2 Exedrin Migraine pills) – Well it’s better but I still feel goofy. I had to nap for like 60 minutes as I felt so off and getting nauseous. * [...]
Decorating almost done – and apparently sickies coming back Leave a comment
I’ll have to post a pic of our tree decs tomorrow (2 strands of lights still not working – i haven’t had time to pursue it really). But got breakable ornaments up out of Harm’s (Ryan’s) way today and Rog bought a new star for the top of the tree that I’ll put on tomorrow. [...]
Christmas meme Leave a comment
Googled for memes and found this one and filled it out – Favorite Christmas… * Non-Jesus-related song? “Jingle Bell Rock” * Jesus-related song? “Mary Did You Know” and the song about the little boy buying his mom a red pair of shoes. * Santa-related song? “Up on the Housetop” * Fictional character? The little blind [...]
Spirit of Christmas Leave a comment
Ryan style I was doing dishes yesterday but Ryan decided THEN was the time to start unpacking all the Christmas boxes I had hidden behind the couch. He also did some of this in the morning yesterday before school – Let’s get all these boxes dumped! Decorating Ryan Style 1 Originally uploaded by criscollrj. What [...]
orthodox Christmas – Leave a comment
site We haven’t left our decs up until Jan. 7 in years, but we are this year– but how neat to read about the orthodox holiday that it represents. But tomorrow I must start putting them away! Having trouble letting go of the season this year. [ad#Google Adsense]
First big snow – 8″ over two days! 1 comment
First big snow – 8″ over two days! Originally uploaded by criscollrj. SNOW DAY! Kids had a lot of fun outside. I actually wrapped gifts for almost an hour this morning before anyone got up. Then I washed dishes, then went outside with them. Now I need to cook lunch and clean office. Less than [...]
The holiday season! Leave a comment
christmas 06 002 Originally uploaded by criscollrj. We put up our tree Thanksgiving morning – we love this tree – a 9′ prelit we bought when we had our last Christmas in our old house in 2004. We had such a small house that after I bought it (half off, after Christmas) I was having [...]
