Category Archives: Holiday
Favorite Songs of the Season
Originally posted on ARHtistic License:
You know those $5 bins of CDs they have at Walmart? I always take a peek in the Christmas bin in case there’s a gem in there I don’t have yet. This year I treated…
How to Make It Through Christmas When You’re Depressed by ARHuelsenbeck
Shortly after Carly, my first child, turned a year old, we discovered I was pregnant again. After the initial shock, Greg and I were delighted, looking forward to a new baby in January, and joking that we hoped he or … Continue reading
Thanksgiving in the Woods
Happy Thanksgiving to you from all of us at Doing Life Together.
What Does your Christmas Wreath Say about You? by Andrea R Huelsenbeck
I love looking at Christmas decorations. I think they reflect the people who put them up. Sometimes I wonder what those people are really like. Many years ago, I bought a couple of horns at the craft store and dolled … Continue reading
Getting Ready for Christmas . . . by Andrea R. Huelsenbeck
My mother-in-law had a Thanksgiving Day tradition of stacking all her Christmas records on the record player spindle and playing them non-stop until New Years. That’s how we knew it was time to get ready for Christmas. Even though retail … Continue reading
A Memorial of Thanks
Last year at Thanksgiving time I blogged about Our Linen Thanksgiving Journal, a tradition that my family has kept for over a decade. There’s another thing we’ve done, not quite as regularly as writing on the tablecloth, but some family … Continue reading