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Bonne annee!

Missy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:09:16 +0000

Happy New Year! My year is going about 50/50 so far. We had a WONDERFUL New Year’s Day open house yesterday, with tons of friends, tons of food, tons of drink, and tons of windows open because it was an ungodly 50 degrees outside. I decided yesterday that my favorite thing about our huge [...]

Welcome to my stop on the Holiday Homes Tour!

Missy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:05:35 +0000

I’m excited to be participating in Jen’s Holiday Homes Tour this year. Last year, I missed the tour by a couple of days because my family always decorates way late (as in, the weekend before Christmas.)

Welcome! As you can see, our celebration of Christmas begins with the celebration of Advent. Lucky me, I [...]

Shopping with Abby

Missy — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:10 +0000

“Abby, what do you say we go to Target and do your Christmas shopping tomorrow? You know, so you can buy presents for Grandma and Uncle Jon and Daddy and everybody?”

“NO MOMMY!! I DON’T WANT TO BUY PRESENTS!! WAAAAAAAHHH!!”

Apparently, Abby thought that if she bought presents for everyone, she would not get [...]

Advent

Missy — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:38:17 +0000

Advent (n):

A coming into place, viewing or being; arrival (usually initial capital letter) the coming of Christ into the world (usually initial capital letter) the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the coming of Christ into the world

It is officially the season of Advent in the Catholic Church and I love it. We light candles, wear purple, and hold our collective breath, waiting for that wonderful [...]

…and counting

Missy — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:48:25 +0000

It’s been 3 years since my dad died. Some days, I still expect to find him sitting at the kitchen table, drinking a cup of coffee, but those days are getting to be really few and far between. I do catch myself looking for him in crowds, and sometimes even seeing him, although when [...]

Book review: A Season’s End

Missy — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:49:12 +0000

I own a signed, first edition copy of exactly one book. You have three guesses as to which book that would be.

OK, stop guessing. The book is A Season’s End and it was written by my wonderful, amazing, awesome friend Chaka Heinze. This book is her first novel and it is really, really [...]

Operation: Make her head explode

Missy — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:49:15 +0000

Photo credit: Hank Goldwasser

In exactly 34 days, Mom, Brian, Abby and I will be boarding an airplane and heading to Florida to begin Operation: Make Abby’s Head Explode. This is also known in some circles as Abby’s first trip to Walt Disney World, which will coincide with her 4th birthday.

We’ve been [...]

We need a little Christmas – decorations edition!

Missy — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:36:16 +0000

As I mentioned in our discussion on Christmas movies, we don’t do Blue Christmas. Or chartreuse, pink, purple or anything else. Around here, when it come to decorations, we go for super-traditional red, green, white and gold. Maybe some silver if we’re feeling frisky. So even though I missed the official Holiday Homes tour, here [...]

The day of (part 2)

Missy — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:13:43 +0000

Today’s the day that Brian and I have been married 10 whole years! To read how we met, click here. To read the first part of our wedding day story, click on yesterday’s post.

I walked down the aisle, tears streaming, eyes reddening, unable to look at my father without a fresh waterfall starting. [...]

The day of (part 1)

Missy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:30:21 +0000

Tomorrow, Brian and I celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, because we apparently got married in utero. If you want to read about how we met, see yesterday’s post.

We picked the date because it had been my grandparents’ anniversary. That, and it was over Labor Day weekend, leaving lots of time for out-of-town guests [...]