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Archive for December, 2008

Wishing You A Merry Christmas!

Posted in Family on December 24, 2008 | 16 Comments »

From our family in the icy Pacific Northwest

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Watching The Pot

Posted in Family, The Feisty Redhead, Weather on December 22, 2008 | 25 Comments »

I realize I should be reporting in on our winter adventures. (Apparently we’ve hit the big news as one of my uncles called Dad to give him instructions on how to deal with all this snow!) I’ve been busy though. 

I’ve had to keep track of the storms.   I think it all started when Shaun [...]

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Lessons in Ice Storms

Posted in Adventures, Family, It's all about me!, Weather on December 16, 2008 | 23 Comments »

Seattle is experiencing what is being called an “Arctic Blast”.  We’ve had snow and freezing temperatures for the last few days.  Granted, temperatures in the teens and low twenties might seem wimpy to many of you (and I’ve never denied being a Weather Wimp) but it’s pretty darn cold for us!  We are currently on [...]

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Snow Isn’t For Wimps

Posted in Critters, It's all about me!, Random stuff, Weather on December 14, 2008 | 24 Comments »

A week or so ago, my blog started to snow.   I simply had to smile at all the people that were charmed by it, and wanted to know how they could get snow for their blogs too.  Now, I would love to be able to share my wonderful secret to bloggy snow,  but I have [...]

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With Age, Comes Knowledge…

Posted in Family, The Feisty Redhead on December 11, 2008 | 14 Comments »

Yesterday was Mimi’s birthday.   When I woke her up by softly singing “Happy Birthday” to her she got a huge grin on her face and started to glow with happiness.  She had been counting down the days until it was her special day and was so excited that it had finally arrived.  (Quite frankly, so [...]

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All is well in my world.

Posted in Family, It's all about me! on December 8, 2008 | 15 Comments »

My family is quietly sleeping as I sit here, listening to the rain gently fall outside my window.  I’m watching the twinkle of the fairy lights on our tree while the scent of coffee, as well as fresh yeast and cinnamon fill the air.  There is, as always, a cat nestled on my lap.  The [...]

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Party Planners

Posted in Family, It's all about me!, The Feisty Redhead, The Teenager, Traditions on December 2, 2008 | 19 Comments »

I love birthday parties.  Every year since the girls were tiny I’ve delighted in planning wonderful theme parties.  (Yes, I was one of those moms) The girls and I would chose a theme and off I would go creating the perfect theme party.  Everything worked together from the hand-crafted invitations, the snack, the party favors [...]

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