My Christmas Gift

I tend to forget with Christmas that I get presents. It usually hits me on Christmas Eve, after I’ve returned home from the extended family gathering, that I am going to receive presents that I don’t even have to pay for. With all the other serious business that goes on during the holiday season, it’s [...]

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Down to Christmas Business

Now that the recital is over, I have three weeks without dance class, which feels like kind of a long time, but which is actually no time AT ALL, especially when most of that time will be taken up with holiday festivities. But that means it’s time to focus on Christmas, since that is, shockingly, [...]

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Christmas Spirit

Now that Thanksgiving has actually taken place, my beloved Christmas season has begun! We have started listening to Christmas music! And, in very exciting news, my sister and I have started decorating the house. The Christmas tree! The entertainment center, with White Christmas playing on the TV! The piano! The doormat outside! A new ornament [...]

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Things For Which I Am Grateful

There are all the many obvious things to be grateful for, and I am grateful for those things. There are family, friends, steady employment, my sweet precious dog, good health, all of you reading this, and a nice house to live in, to say nothing of free tires that are gifted to me in my [...]

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Two days until the most wonderful time of the year!

Can you tell yet that I am excited for Christmas? We are getting closer and closer to the official start of the holiday season (or, at least, my official start of my holiday season), which is thrilling. As I have mentioned before, some of my favorite things about the season are all the freaking awesome [...]

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18 Days and Counting!

Meghan posted about how she is jumping the gun a little bit and getting her house all ready to go for the holiday season, despite the fact that it’s not yet Thanksgiving and that it was 70 degrees today. I am so right there with her. I love Christmas. I LOVE Christmas. It’s not so [...]

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Halloween, Year One

Last night was my first Halloween in my new house. I put a tiny bit of pressure on myself this year. I’m new to the neighborhood, and given that I am surrounded by so many vacant houses, I haven’t exactly connected with any of my neighbors. I am not exactly the type of person to [...]

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Happy Ferris Wheel Day

Though you may be more familiar with today’s more pedestrian association (“Valentine’s Day”), the true tale of February 14 is a sadly neglected story of hope, perseverance, and ultimately tragedy. One hundred and fifty years ago today, George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. was born. Named after one of the country’s most mythical and beloved forefathers, [...]

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