Only 23 days until Christmas! Remember when we were kids, and Christmas was all about time off school, lots of treats (chocolate, candy canes, oranges, turtles!), new Christmas dresses for the church concert, lights, music, decorations, noisy and exciting gatherings at Grandma's house, Christmas episodes of our favorite tv shows and of course presents! The list goes on and on. I still find Christmas exciting. Yet, now the season holds more than just the "fun" stuff. Now we have to worry about scheduling in all the different families and parents, buying gifts we can't necessarily afford, making dishes to bring to the different gatherings, hoping that people will understand that we need to share the holidays with many others, and hoping that nobody will be hurt if our time with them is short. I wonder if I'm doing a good job of making the holidays fun and enjoyable for my kids, and if I've bought the right gifts. I worry about what five days in a row of late ni...
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Try my tactic: Post pictures!
I can't help but picture you walking around your house with a camera, trying to capture the true sad life of houseplants. That's hilarious, I love it.
The day I can afford to buy a ... an ...apartment plant, I want to take a picture of it and post it. Like a "before and after" I was through with it kind of thing. See? Your blog has inspired me to do something.
Thanks for the nice comments about the blog!