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I’ve never been much of a joiner. I mean, with all the meetings, forced conversation, and the pressure to bring a dish to pass it’s just too much for me to bear. So, I opt out in favor of a quieter, less crowded room such as my living room; the only attendees are my husband, [...]
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Yesterday my husband sent me a little email about how holidays are going to run in 2008. (Apparently, we’re going to start running our household like a corporation and all communications will be through memos. This should make sex very interesting, office romances always seemed so scandalous. I digress…)
This is a little list that he’s [...]
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I’m one year old today. More accurately, my blog is. Happy birthday me! What? No presents for this one? Damn.
My life is built on a strong foundation of routine and looking back on my first post from last yearI’m noticing that my affection for yearly customs remains intact, specifically, my customary post-holiday shopping. Today I found myself [...]
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Part of me wants to sit back and tell you about my trip. Oh sure, I could tell you about how when you marry into this family, well, it comes with the understanding that a certain amount of adjacent insanity will be involved and because you love everyone you grudgingly accept that the oven won’t [...]
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When you travel over 300 miles to a veritable loony bin for the holiday it’s fairly difficult to maintain a cheerful perspective. The Christmas Spirit becomes rather elusive, so to speak. Especially when after said traveling you’re nestled up in a room with a bed too small with a dog too antsy, the heat in [...]
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Packages have been shipped, presents have been wrapped, champagne has been bought, and our traditional holiday cds have been designed and burned. The only thing left to do now is pack our suitcases and get the hell outta Dodge.
In opposition to our previous plan, we’re heading out a day late (and much more than a dollar [...]
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Since I’ve closed comments on the Happy Holidays thread I’ve gotten about a bazillion hits on it. Go figure. I have come to the realization that my closing of the comments might have been a bit premature simply because I didn’t think I had the time to really moderate and activly participate in the discussion. Since [...]
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I love this tree.
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I don’t know how often any of you go back to check out comments left by other readers, but we’re actually having a thoughtful Christmas coversation in my Happy Holidays post that I would welcome everyone to join in on if you’d like (as long as it’s not mean spirited… remember, I am watching and will [...]
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I hate to be cliche but with every passing year Christmas seems to come and go faster and faster. What with all the baking, decorating, and creating exact replicas of the Dickens’s village out of marzipan, it’s harder to sit back and enjoy the season.
I was rifling through last year’s Martha Stewart’s “Deck the Halls with vintage [...]
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