A girl can only do so much. Something had to give. The blog took the hit. Since my last post (November 18) This has happened…. a surprise package arrived. my niece, Mackenzie made me beautiful note cards. and this happened…. Then this ~ decorating church for the Christmas season in “warehouse/pallet” style quiet evenings spent … Read More
Holiday
Nothing like a long holiday weekend to kick back and relax. After a long spring of working hard on TheCottage remodel, we had a little fun for a few days! Kirk had the week off and worked on several projects at TheCottage over the week — great vacation huh? Before the weekend even started, … Read More
Christmas Eve 2012
Bright and early on Christmas Eve day three kiddos came to spend the day with us While their momma and daddy were at work We had fun playing trains, dolls, legos and sledding and four-wheelin’ Then they went home to get ready for church. We got ready for church too. Then hit up the 4:30 … Read More
Christmas Tree 2011
Our tree. It’s very different from the trees we decorated when the kiddos were little. Each year since their birth, our kids were given ornaments for Christmas. Ornaments came from grandparents, aunts & uncles, us and their friends. Those ornaments are now sorted into 3 boxes, one for each kid. This is our 2011 Christmas … Read More
Crossing guard
We had the best crossing guard when we lived in Vestal, NY ….. (circa 1981-1992) especially on last day of school before Christmas break
Over the river
We’ve traveled over the (Mississippi) river, and through the (Wisconsin) woods to my sister’s house in the western suburbs of Chicago. It’s 12:04 am on Thanksgiving Day (and my sister’s 50th birthday!). We packed in a full day on Wednesday with the drive here … a stop at an outlet mall… making stuffing, cranberry salad, … Read More
Upcycle your Christmas Cards
The Christmas decorations are packed away here at The Cottage but one last task remains – the upcycling of the Christmas greeting cards we received. I can hardly stand to toss the cards we receive in the garbage, or even to recycle them, yet I sure don’t need one more thing to save, collect and … Read More
Random thoughts
Our wonderful neighbors have a large raspberry patch in their yard and they share with us! Our two young Red Star hens laid their first eggs today they were so little — smaller than a small egg We invited some peeps over on Sunday and DIY Guy organized a double elimination bags tournament the 3 youngest … Read More
Finally have got some Christmas decorating – and cleaning done! I have been a bit paralyzed with decorating for Christmas this year — I just couldn’t find the motivation, inspiration or desire to decorate. I was beginning to feel some kinship to Scrooge! I did the centerpiece last week, but that’s all I could muster. … Read More
Our Christmas tree isn’t up. Our home isn’t decorated. We are not done shopping. We haven’t started wrapping. I haven’t baked a single cookie. My cards aren’t done. We haven’t put up outside lights. But, we DID get the church decorated! There’s this crazy “ledge” over the entrance in our church lobby – and it … Read More