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Christmas decorations took a different turn this year. Lauren usually has a pretty set way of decorating for Christmas, but this season it’s been a more minimalistic approach. I like it.

The Sommerer Family is doing a gift exchange and I was lucky enough to get my father-in-law’s name. I am the world’s worst shopper, ever, so give me some ideas. You don’t need to know his likes, hobbies, or interests, because even the people who know those things can’t buy presents for him. Just some [...]

One of my pet peeves is how Christmas seems to be coming earlier and earlier. Seriously, the day after Halloween WalMart was playing Bing Crosby. *sigh* But walking through Hobby Town today, I couldn’t resist this. Ok, after playing with it putting it together, I realized that this would be much better suited for the [...]

Well, Brad’s gone again. That means the heat is turned back down, the stairway curtain’s back up, it’s very quiet around here and Lloyd and I are quietly typing away at our computers. School starts again, and life is back to ‘normal’. Boo. Normal stinks. As is my custom, a video has been created to [...]

The weeny tree is up! It’s a $20 Target tree purchased years ago because it turns out I just don’t care about having a nice tree. I used to try and stuff garland in between the branches to make it look less spindly, but I’ve come to embrace it’s Charlie Brown-ness. In fact, as it [...]

Well, no ice after all. Our Christmas party went well, and the kids were good. They seemed to like the movie and told me that I look like Joseph. When Jesus was born they clapped (which was cute) and then about 2 minutes later they just clapped to see if they could get everyone to [...]