Christmas

Christmas 2025: Some Gifting Ideas

Here’s the thing: I don’t have affiliate links (read: no financial incentive), and I find the whole linking-and-photo-grabbing process incredibly tedious. Also, several family members read this blog, so I can’t post what I’m…

Ten Frugal (Christmas) Things Lately

*The header picture is an ornament John found for me at a thrift store last year. For years and years we’ve joked that my childhood Christmases resembled a Norman Rockwell painting (literally singing carols…

I Ask You. You Ask Me.

Jim: Question. What kind of bear is best?

Dwight: That’s a ridiculous question.

Jim: False. Black bear.

It’s question time.

First up, questions for you.

Best slow cooker recipes. Please tell me your favourites in the comment section. My…

Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Christmas, Favourite Things, Home, Personality Insights, Random
Jan, 15, 2025
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Christmas Treasure Hunt 2024

Today marks my final Christmas Gifts of 2024 post. (I promise!)

Years ago we came up with the idea to create a Christmas morning treasure hunt for the kiddos with a series of clues leading…

Bible Verse Clues: A Christmas Tradition

We celebrated Belle’s first Christmas with dear friends. And that was the year they introduced us to one of their beloved family traditions. A few years later we had adopted it as our own!

On…

Christmas Recap 2024: Gift Edition

The gifts are unwrapped and most are already in various states of use and play. As previously noted, we exchange a lot of gifts at Christmas (I explained more about that here) and there…

Happy Things Friday: 3 January

I am acutely aware of the fact I did not give myself a sufficient runway to finish out my blogging schedule for 2024.

I have so many more things to discuss about Christmas! And…