Gingerbread Cookies At Christmas

smiling gingerbread

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Ice Age Mammoth Christmas Movie Review

We watched this 30 minute cartoon on Thanksgiving and thought it was funny – especially Scrat. I was pleased to see that he had a bit longer part in the beginning. My kids have watched one of the other Ice Age movies and enjoyed it. My husband and I have watched all of them and he actually laughed at them.  The characters have stayed true through the whole series; especially the main three – Sid, Manny, & Diego. They are exactly how I remember them; and that’s good. In the short 30 minutes they have packed laughs, tragedy, life-threatening situations, team-work, and triumph.

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My Holiday Meltdown Was Unnecessary

Don’t Stress Over The Holidays

star over stableMy firstborn was born on December 8. Seventeen days before Christmas. Besides the fact that I didn’t get out of bed for 24 hours and couldn’t do stairs, it was our first child and we were pretty typical new parents…I think. Bottom line: We didn’t do much that Christmas.

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Simple Christmas Decorations This Year

christmas candle Candles with light sensors = awesome!

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$20 You Can Spend At DaySpring.com

This giveaway is closed. Random.org picked comment #9. Congrats to Andrea!


I just told my sister last week that I don’t do many giveaways any more. Well, I don’t, but I have one for you now. I’m able to offer a $20 gift certificate to DaySpring. How fun is that! It’s almost as much fun as when I got products in the mail from them. Hear what I got and if I like them [although you probably already know the answer to that] in the following video.

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