Archive for December, 2009
See You Next Year!
It’s the very last day of what has been a very busy, very fun year! As you may recall, this is the year that Kevin launched his own website: Ironman by Thirty. With the advent of his new forum, it left this blog without a blogger! Can you imagine?! That’s when I decided to enter [...]
Decade in Review
While walking with my walking buddies this week on a break at work, one mentioned that he couldn’t believe the decade was over. He mentioned Y2K… and then commented on what my age was when we rolled over our last decade. “That’s just obscene!” was the other’s response. Hahaha. I guess that makes me the [...]
Be Merry. Be Bright. Happy Christmas!
Here’s Christmas Eve morning, summed up in three pictures. Breakfast: Already great because it involves doughnuts; made even better by the fact that the penguin decoration is a ring! (It’s the little things, really.) Tree: Our tree with all most of the presents before we dove in. Chaos: The pile of wrapping paper, boxes, and [...]
The Difference a Day Makes
Yesterday morning, I felt woefully unprepared for Christmas. Let me revise that, I felt woefully unprepared for the commercially-related aspects of Christmas- read: the perfect presents for those on our list. With being sick and totally out of commission last weekend and just semi-functional this week, I’d put any Christmas present obtainment and preparedness that [...]
Abs of Steel- No Crunches Required
Dear Cold/Flu Germs, You make me sick! I understand that you may think you are doing me a favor by getting me out of work for two days. However, spending those days feeling as though I’d been run over, coughing until my stomach muscles rebelled, feeling like my head was going to explode, and generating [...]
‘Tis the Season: Peace, Love, Joy, Cheer, Gingerbread
While the fam was in town, we crammed in all sorts of Christmas-y activities: we shopped, Brad built and destroyed multiple snowmen, we giggled our way through the requisite showing of Christmas Vacation, we ate a lot (fajitas and many desserts on Saturday night and brunch at the Windmill after church on Sunday!), and we [...]
The Perfect Tree 2009
Early this morning, we headed off in search of the perfect tree. It was a storybook day for it: The snow was softly falling, and we had Christmas tune-age playing in the car as we headed to the Vormittag Tree Farm, where Kevin has been cutting down Christmas trees since he was a much younger [...]
Here Comes Christmas!
It is officially time to start the countdown to Christmas. Thanksgiving has been given its due time. It is December. Advent has commenced. …And we got totally dumped on snow-wise last night and today. Somehow, the snow made it official. With all of those requirements fulfilled, it is now time to get our Christmas on [...]
Giving Thanks!
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. In addition to all the yummy food that comes with it, I appreciate time spent with family and the occasion to stop and think about all the things for which I am so very thankful. This year, I’m particularly thrilled because my entire extended family on my dad’s [...]
