All Things Home and Family
It was already getting colder on Monday, with a polar vortex headed our way and by Tuesday night deeply sub-zero degrees were predicted. The wind chills were going to make it memorable, I mean, record breaking in terms of winter coldness. I enjoy dramatic winter weather from inside our fine old house with a wood… Continue reading The Last of January
Tell your stories to your children. Write your childhood memories. These two instructions have hit home for me the last few days. I think I have not done either one as well as I should have. I did not mean to not tell my stories. Honestly, I feel a little silly about it. And concerned.… Continue reading Story, Worth Telling
I love hosting little coffee times with my people. It is fun to mop and wax the entry floor to a beautiful sheen after all that sand and salt. And to light candles and set the coffee table up in pretty dishes and silverware in anticipation. Lisl and Kristine each made a cheese cake. Amy… Continue reading January Inspiration
Winter days at home. Doesn't that sound lovely? Just say yes and listen to my latest discoveries about joy versus angst and complaining. It is the easiest thing during January to complain. The weather will offer reason to complain any way it comes. This year we don't have enough snow. And it has been… Continue reading Winter Home Stuff
This is a popular story line in blog land these days. Sounds comfy and nice. We haven't really had much truly cold, January-in-Wisconsin weather to date. Anyway, I have joys to share today despite the ho-hum winter we are having. Firstly, my phone has been updated. Thanks to a refurbished Pixel 2 I can now… Continue reading Cozy Winter
January. The time of the year that begs cleaning and clearing of the Christmas decor. This year some of it is not going back into a bin, but off to the used shop or to the girls if they want to rescue some piece of traditional memory of it. Minimizing has always been, at this… Continue reading Home Keeping in Winter
I search in my mind for a title for a little "write-up" about our 2018 and what's up for 2019. Everyone else, it seems, can come up with good titles. Not me. We all want to comment on the year behind and the one before us with originality and a certain flair. I keep seeing… Continue reading Staying Tuned
Having said all that yesterday about traditions transitioning ... and not to unsay it ... some things should never change. There should always be the anticipation of Jesus' second coming along with the celebration of His first. That is the whole point, right? There should always be the joy in our hearts and with each… Continue reading Christmas Unchanging
Our family is growing up and changing. Eleven Christmases ago we all lived under one roof. We had a gift exchange and pie and snowplay. We seldom traveled to see extended family because those people of our families are scattered all over the US and were busy having their own Christmas times and traditions. Life… Continue reading Family Tradition Transitions
The gray days of early winter cause SAD weeks before its time these last few weeks. Ennui threatens my soul. For the first time ever I understand those who mourn in winter for the loss of sunshine outside, and thus, inside the mind and soul. The sun has refused to shine day after day… Continue reading Sunshine, Son-shine Needed
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