I’d like to wish everyone a very happy holiday season! As someone who celebrates Christmas, I enjoy sitting before the lit tree with family members drinking hot cocoa or eggnog. It means so much to be together talking. We spend so much of our lives texting, in front of the computer or running off to [...]
Archive for the ‘Holiday’ Category
Happy Holidays!
Posted in Holiday, tagged christmas presents, christmas traditions, christmas tree, holiday presents, holidays, presents on December 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Something Green: A Green Guide for the Modern Hostess
Posted in Finds, Flowers, Gifts, Holiday, New Jersey, New York, tagged angela graziano, going green, green directory, green glossary, Green weddings, hostess on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Angela has an amazing new blog, Something Green. Learn all about the tricks and products to help make your event more green from holiday stockings to renewal candles. Don’t miss the Green Glossary and Green Directory. She has been involved in the event and writing businesses for years. She’s the expert you’ve been [...]
Sticker Ideas from My Mom Shops
Posted in Finds, Gifts, Holiday, tagged christmas presents, holiday presents, my mom shops, presents, stickers on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I remember carefully counting out the change from my allowance in order to buy stickers. I *loved* collecting stickers. There were the smelly ones, the funny ones, the pretty ones, the doubles you could sock away for later… inexpensive and personal, they were easily for a kid to collect. My Mom Shops reminds us not [...]
Now onto the December holidays…
Posted in Gifts, Holiday, tagged christmas presents, holiday gifts, sew, sewing, shasta grant, the lovely nest on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Halloween and Thanksgiving have passed. Now it is onto Christmas, Hanukah and New Year’s Eve. Every year, I find it hard to imagine that time truly moves this quickly. There are presents to buy, trips to schedule and meals to plan. Oy! It can make the cheeriest person feel like the Grinch. That said, with [...]
I am thankful for…
Posted in Holiday, relationships, tagged I am thankful for, Thanksgiving on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the new traditions that my husband and I would like to start is to truly remember the things that we are thankful for on Thanksgiving. Here is a start… I am thankful for my husband and our love. I am thankful for my parents. I am thankful for my family, especially my 101 [...]
Boo!
Posted in Ann Arbor, Holiday on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Halloween! My husband and I had fun dressing up like a bride and groom for a Halloween party last night. With my veil and his bowtie, we joked that perhaps we had more bride/groom accessories than we did when we got married a few weeks ago!