It’s Christmas Eve! Marty is at work tonight and I’m sitting around with the fur babies. He’s hopefully going to get off early from the nightshift to go to Midnight Mass with us. The cats got a new cat tree, some dental treats and a sardine can toy. They love the new tree! It will be shredded in a month.…
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Rediscovering Christmas Cards: A Heartfelt Tradition
For the first time in 9 years, I have Christmas cards in the mail before Christmas Day! Woo Hoo! Christmas has been a struggle for me since my family was broken up. I know people don’t like to hear about that part, but it is completely normal for women to feel this way after abandonment– even 9 years later. This…
Family Tradition: Picking Christmas Trees in North Carolina’s Mountains
Yesterday after work, we drove to the North Carolina mountains to pick a Christmas tree. Not far from the Blue Ridge Parkway is a place called Frosty’s. We are blessed to live so close to the Blue Ridge Mountains and to call North Carolina home. The last three years we’ve found small farms in North Carolina to find our trees.…
Creative Advent & Christmas Gifts – Family Traditions
Happy Thanksgiving! Can you believe that Advent begins Sunday! Where did 2025 go!? It seems to have flown by in the blink of an eye. It hardly seems like Marty and I have been married for just over a year, that is for sure. We’ve done so many fun, adventurous things in the last year and are looking forward to…
Grace Tree Farm
Friday after work, we drove to Grace Tree Farm to cut our own Christmas tree. It’s a new Christmas tradition. This year, we brought the huskies. Shadow is 12 1/2 now and is struggling to get up and down. At night, we use belly bands because he was having accidents. They work great! Grace Tree Farm is a Christian owned…
My Little Red Bike 