I never buy gift bags... I rather enjoy wrapping gifts.My father taught me some of the finer points when I was young - about how to start by folding the cut edge over first, to make a neater edge before taping... about keeping lines straight, and making your patterns line up correctly, whenever … [Read more...]
The Christmas Movie Countdown
It's going to be a very quiet Christmas in our household. We'll do the morning thing with my dad and step-mom but then it's just the boy and I for Christmas Eve and Christmas Night. At first..*sniff* I was sad...but now, I've decided - it's turkey breast, mashed potatoes, stove … [Read more...]
The Day Before Christmas
The Baby calmly accompanied her older brother and sister on their Christmas shopping trips this weekend - The Girl went with me and The Boy with his dad and The Baby caboosed along behind cheerfully enough. We (and this was, in retrospect, very stupid) did not even think that she'd be interested yet … [Read more...]