Year in Review

It’s that time of year. Everywhere you look or listen, people are looking back over the events of the past year. The most interesting people, the most compelling news stories, the top 100 songs . . . I always enjoy those retrospective things, so I decided to get in on the act by reviewing the [...]

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Christmascellaneous

The best laid plans . . .
What we had anticipated: a traditional candlelight service on Christmas Eve, then some Santa-ing, to bed late, up early, back to church where we would be the nursery volunteers on Christmas Day, then to SIL’s for brunch, then home to prepare dinner for 9 people, including a contingent of [...]

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Christmas Sunday Post ~ a song by Chris Rice …

Christmas Sunday Post ~ a song by Chris Rice
Welcome To Our World
Tears are falling, hearts are breakingHow we need to hear from God
You’ve been promised,we’ve been waiting Welcome, Holy ChildWelcome, Holy Child
Hope that you don’t mind our mangerHow I wish we would have knownBut [...]

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A Christmas Eve Story

There is a lady in my church who was probably one of the most brilliant and interesting people I’ve ever met. I say “was,” because, although she probably still is, you wouldn’t know it if you met her today. She was taken hostage quite a few years ago by Parkinson’s disease. She [...]

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The Christmas Scarf Miracle Scam

Two years ago, very close to Christmas, I discovered that I had miscalculated my continuing education hours for the year, and in order to keep my clinical license current, I had to get my butt to one more seminar before the year ended. So on December 20th, I was sitting impatiently in a seminar in [...]

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Sunday Post ~ "Our finest gifts we bring (pa r…

Sunday Post ~ “Our finest gifts we bring (pa rum pum pum pum) . . . “
A few years ago, I waited eagerly for a television special documentary called “Christmas in Bethlehem,” in which, I thought, I would get to see how the birth of Christ is celebrated in the holiest, most reverent [...]

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Biscuit Friday ~ Pushmepullyou

Inspired by events at Hoss’s place.Caption, anyone?

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Blog Cookie Exchange ~ Come On In!

Welcome to the Blog Cookie Exchange! I hope you brought something good. Oh, look how festive you are! I’m wearing the sweatshirt that only sees the light of day once a year or so, usually at the children’s Christmas pageant at church. Here it is:

You can probably make your own with a white sweatshirt and [...]

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Blog Cookie Exhange ~ What are You Wearing?

An update, because I wasn’t quite dorky enough yet. When you come here to the cookie exchange on Wednesday, or when we vist your “house,” tell us what you wear at Christmas time, too. Come on, ‘fess up, you know you have a sweater, a sweatshirt, a tie, some undies or socks, just for the [...]

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Blog Cookie Exchange ~ An Invitation

This will be my first Christmas in blogworld. Do y’all have any blogworldwide traditions? Mrs. DoF was here talking about all her holiday baking, which gave me the idea of a blog cookie exchange. Not REAL cookies, but a day to share some of our holiday goodstuff. Like recipes, special traditions that someone else might [...]

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