Category Archives: Christmas
Boxing Day?
I don’t really understand Boxing Day. But I feel pretty good post-Christmas. The trick is to get the melancholy out of the way pre-Christmas, then post-Christmas feels great. Another good trick is to plan a couple of vacations in January. (This is at least the third year in a row I’m doing this, and it [...]
You are not a cow
It’s important to note that I often refer to my cat as “the ham” or “the fat ham”. Christmas was great! I got home late Christmas Eve because of work the night before so we wanted to sleep in a bit. Churches like poinsettias, don’t they? Anyway, we woke up and made coffee. The plan [...]
Christmas is about the memories
Driving home from my second (of three) church services today I started thinking about memories from Christmas. I heard somebody say once, you aren’t planning a wedding, you’re planning the memory of a wedding. I think many holidays and special events are like that. Sure, live in the moment, all that jazz, but honestly, that’s [...]
Everybody needs a little Caturday
I have a busy day ahead, but I thought I’d pop in for a quick Caturday post, since it’s been awhile. I know, I know. Regular readers know that technically in my world, every day is Caturday. Some people I meet in real life are surprised to learn I actually only “own” one cat. (Does [...]
It’s beginning to look a lot like
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! We went to Home Depot yesterday to get our tree! (This has become our tradition.) From that blog post: “Three years ago my sister Leslie was visiting and we decided to decorate the tree with her (Leslie and I enjoy it much more than Chris does.) [...]
Holiday entertaining is delightful
The past few years I’ve been hosting a “Cookie Swap Party” but this year I figured, you know, I’ve got enough on my plate with Thanksgiving, I don’t think I’m going to host a party. Plus I shouldn’t have all those cookies around the house anyway, what with my constant complaining of wanting to lose [...]
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