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A Bundle of Myrrh

"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13

Archive for the ‘Holiday’ Category

Preparing for Christmas

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015

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The last days of Advent are here. Christmas is at the door and as exciting as it is, I feel the crushing weight of Christmas preparation. I strive to keep up with the daily as I long to prepare ahead of time what I want to have done for Christmas.

Freezer meals during Advent isn’t going to happen, the baking to have ready to enjoy Christmas day, probably not going to happen either.

But I so wanted the decorations ready to go cuz that’s the fun part of preparing. I keep saying, I’ll get them done just after I sweep up this mess.

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Wash the kids clothes.

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And deal with this house! Well, it’s not all going to get done before, so I try to do a bit of the Christmas fun and preparations in between all the not so fun parts.

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Carolers Come to the Rental

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

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December 13th was the a day packed with festivities. After the kids Christmas program at the German Am. Society, Phil whisked them off to join some of our church members for caroling.

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Frohe Weihnachten

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

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December 13th was the childrens’ Christmas program at the German American Society. If I haven’t clarified already, we are not German Americans. A very kind couple at our church gave us a year’s membership to the society and we have been enjoying as much of it as we can! Every Saturday Lily, Clara, Gerhardt and Esther have been taking German lessons.

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Never A Dull Moment

Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

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Meet our “Elf on the Shelf.” Lily’s friend at school is doing this with her family and she reeeeally wanted us to as well. I’ve never looked into the Elf on the Shelf tradition so I don’t know what all is involved. But maybe I should.

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Holding elves hostage is totally something I could get behind.