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Christmas Eve, Good…

December 29, 2008 by Elaine

Christmas Day… not so much. Our Christmas was good until early Christmas Day morning. I have been debating in my head whether or not to mention that tid bit here on the blog. But the fact of the matter is, this is a record of our life and well, this one will definitely go down…

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Filed Under: baking, Christmas, Friends, Holidays, Mommy Bloggers, Parents

Love & Joy Come to You…

December 22, 2008 by Elaine

I am pretty sure I won’t be posting too much this week (it’s okay, I’ll be alright… I think…) I may autopost a Wordless or Wordful or both on Wednesday but we are off to see the wizard, I mean my family, tomorrow afternoon and well, I will be busy making merriment of ALL kinds…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, Little G, The B Man

Bloggy Holiday Card Exchange

December 18, 2008 by Elaine

A Mom Two Boys is hosting the Bloggy Holiday Card Exchange and so I present you with our card for this year. It features the wonderful pictures taken by Christina during this photo shoot. The one of the two boys together is my very favorite. You can click on it to make it larger… And……

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Filed Under: Carnival, Christmas, Family, Holidays

WW – House de Gingerbread

December 17, 2008 by Elaine

I bought a gingerbread house kit on sale at Macy’s a few weeks back (yeah, you know, that Martha Stewart stuff…) The B Man and Anna had fun helping me decorate it today. Now the question is, how long can we wait until we eat it? Hmmmm…. The “naked” house The little elves hard at…

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Filed Under: Anna, Christmas, Holidays, The B Man

The Christmas Tour of Homes – Please Come In!

December 15, 2008 by Elaine

The lovely and talented (oh and funny too!) Boo Mama is hosting the Christmas Tour of homes once again this holiday season and I am excited to be part of the fun for the second year in a row! For those of you visiting for the first time, I am so glad you are here…

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Filed Under: Carnival, Christmas, Holidays

Christmas Meme

December 12, 2008 by Elaine

I got this from Holly at In My Over Active Head and I thought it would be fun. You should “play” along too! Let me know if you do! 1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I do a little bit of both but mostly wrapping paper. 2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial. Less expensive in…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, Misc.

He Loves Him, But HE Loves Him NOT!

December 8, 2008 by Elaine

On Saturday morning we headed out to honor one of our family Christmas traditions. Every year we like to visit the Galleria mall in Dallas because we love the ice skating rink, the huge tree and well… their particular Man in Red. See we (the hubs and I) aren’t “waiters.” We don’t like to wait….

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Filed Under: Holidays, Little G, Outings, The B Man

Weekly Winners – 12/7

December 7, 2008 by Elaine

November 30 – December 6 A rainbow of colors Empty Profile We have too many… The Baker & his shirt of proof One BIG tree… Can you see us? For more Weekly Winners take a trip over to Sarcastic Mom’s place.

Filed Under: Holidays, Little G, The B Man, Weekly Winners

It’s Up!

December 1, 2008 by Elaine

We put out all the Christmas decorations on Saturday and I have to say it was pretty stress-free. The B Man had fun putting “non breakable” ornaments on the bottom part of the tree, which has dual purpose: first of all so he wouldn’t break any of them while handling them and also so that…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, The B Man

The Milestones, They Are A Plenty!!

November 28, 2008 by Elaine

Today’s post marks THREE (!) milestones for me. Yesterday was the first time Tim and I hosted Thanksgiving at our house. It was a small, delicious and quite lovely celebration of the day. There were eight adults and our two boys. My BIL made the turkey so I didn’t have to worry about that part…

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Filed Under: blogging, Elaine, Holidays, Milestones, The B Man

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Hi! I'm Elaine, a transplanted Texan who has spent almost 16 years living in Cajun country. I am re-married to Brandon and we have five "kids" together, ages 21, 18, 17, 16 and 15 and crazy but cute dog, Charlie. I am also an office manager, occasional writer, prayer, and lover of life! Find me on Instagram (misselaine0375) and contact me at misselaineous0375 (at) gmail (dot) com.

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