Over Coffee – December

This is my last “Over Coffee” for this year. Can you believe it? The New Year is so close. Okay. Wait. Before we get that far let’s talk about Christmas! Christmas is eight days away. I have the morning to myself and I’m back at Denim Coffee. The coffee shop I was planning on trying…

Dark at Christmas

This is an unexpected post. I wasn’t planning to write this post. I had other plans for this evening that I decided I couldn’t post right now. I wanted to be human today, I wanted to let you in on something personal. In the chance that someone out there right now who is also struggling…

A Christmas Menu

Christmas is Twelve days away! It’s time to get our Menu ready, our shopping done and the Ham ordered. I like to plan ahead and to know what I can make ahead of time and what I might need to pick up before the stores run out. I also like to plan out what I…

Children’s Christmas Books

Every night before bed I read to my children. A chapter from one of their favorite books. But since it is December and Christmas is just a few weeks away our bedtime readings have become our favorite Christmas Stories. So that you know, my children know that Santa isn’t real. They know that it is…

What Child is This?

This Sunday join me in singing and meditating on a Christmas hymn by William Dix. The tune for this Hymn is well known as Greensleeves, an English melody from the 16th century. But the words are full of promise, love, and hope. What child is this, who, laid to rest, on Mary’s lap is sleeping?…

Gingerbread Cookies

On Saturday morning my children had some friends over from school to decorate Gingerbread Cookies. We put on the Christmas music mixed up some icing and decorated cookies! Everyone had a great time and once the children realized how good the icing was it was hard to keep them from licking their fingers. And the…

Rudolph’s Nose Cookies

This is the ultimate Holiday Theme Cookie. Rudolph’s Nose. I love chocolate and cherries and when you put them together in a cookie – wow! Incredible! This recipe is very simple and easy to put together in a morning, no need to chill the dough. Remember to keep the cookies to a 1 Tablespoon size…

Unusual Gifts found at Unusual Places

Are you still looking for Christmas presents? Are you searching for some unusual gifts that you won’t be able to find at a local super store? Let me enlighten you with a few places to go to and find some great gifts. Warning: to find the best presents will require some leg work. That’s right,…

Gift Guide for the Ladies

Gentleman, time to buy something lovely for the Ladies. Ladies, if you have someone in your life that needs some help deciding what to get you for Christmas, send them this Blog post. Hint that you like Number __ and let’s hope they pickup on your hints. For the Lovely Ladies No. One Merit, a…

Fetching the Tree

It time to go get a Christmas Tree! Funny enough it was a warm and rainy day. We all pulled on our boots and headed out to Showers’ Tree Farm. The boys were excited to be outside and getting to run around in a large field filled with little Christmas trees. Mr. Wonderful grabbed a…