Month: December 2017

  • Boxing day

    It is only this year that I learned what “Boxing day” means. Most Americans have heard this term and I guarantee that the majority of us just picture a boxing […]

  • Christmas card 2017

    Our family Christmas card this year. I’ve already heard several of my friends’ children complaining that our family has a flying saucer and their families have to take the bus. […]

  • Last-minute gift ideas?

    For the person who has everything… Well, I bet they don’t have THIS!      

  • It’s like riding a bicycle

    I was talking to another parent in my son’s class about the weather being so snowy and icy outside that it was hard to walk anywhere without falling. The other […]

  • Lucia madness

    December 13th in Sweden is Lucia day. It’s basically a celebration of light in the darkness, based on an Italian saint who had her eyes gouged out (really gets kids […]

  • My kind of jewelry

    I like to wear jewelry, but I also like to be practical. Fortunately, I found the perfect necklace!  

  • Bless this blow torch

    My husband was singing in a beautiful Advent concert that I attended this past weekend.  Everything was very tasteful, old-fashioned, Christmassy, etc., until the beautiful chandeliers were lowered and the […]

  • Gifts for enemies

    It’s the giving season! I’ve picked out this special gift for a number of people on my enemies Christmas list! Bus driver who didn’t stop for my son and I […]