Christmas

Crafty Last Minute Budget Christmas Decor Or Gift Idea

December 21, 2009 Hometastic Goodness
Bowso

I just thought I’d see how many adjectives I could fit into that title. Should I have thrown in a few more for good measure? Anyway…I got crafty again yesterday. And I thought I’d tell you about it in case you felt like getting crafty, too! My mother-in-law was hoping to get a wreath or [...]

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I… (Won’t) Be Home For Christmas…

December 19, 2009 Baby Photos
Bloemfontein Christmas

If I’m learning anything these days, I’m learning that every moment can be a learning moment if you’re paying attention. If you check out this blog every-so-often, you are probably aware that I am in South Africa. And I’ll be here for a while. And I won’t be heading home for the holidays. I’ve been [...]

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Creative Christmas Gifts on a Budget

December 9, 2009 Hometastic Goodness
Happy Ingredients

Yay! I have to share the excitement with you. I really love being in the kitchen, especially when making a mess is involved, but not usually when the dirty dishes are staring back at me. Mark and I spent a wee bit of time making salsa for our neighbours. It was a creative Christmas gift [...]

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Tis the Season: For Christmas Change

December 4, 2009 Hometastic Goodness
Charlie Brown

Does Christmas ever feel a bit icky to you in some strange way? Like you feel like you’d like to do things differently…make it less about Santa and more about Jesus…less about the presents and more about His Presence…less about the twinkly lights and more about letting your light shine? You get the idea. If [...]

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Tis the Season: For Goodwill Toward Men

December 3, 2009 Stories
Happy Heart, Clean Feet

Have you ever washed anybody’s feet? Have you ever had a pedicure and felt kind of sorry for the people washing yours? I am excited that as a part of our ministry here in South Africa, there’s a lot of footwashing in my future. Every time I read the story of Jesus washing the disciples’ [...]

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Tis the Season: For His Presence

December 2, 2009 Baby Photos
Bears and Books

There are a lot of things I love about the Christmas season. A lot of them have to do with twinkly lights, chilly weather, happy smiley faces at shopping malls, pretty window displays, and peppermint mochas at Starbucks. But what I want my heart to be about in this season has nothing to do with [...]

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Christmas-tastic Decorations on a Budget

November 27, 2009 Hometastic Goodness
alternate

There was such a prodigious plethora of stuff being given away when we left Edinburgh I cannot remember who ended up with our Christmas tree. Or just about anything else. Except I remember Agnes’ happy dance when she tried on the pink puffy vest I gave her. But that may have been for the wellies. [...]

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The Lord’s Deliverance OR Dumb and Dumber

November 5, 2009 South Africa
Dumb & Dumber

I don’t know, dear reader, how close you are with your family. I would love to be closer with mine, in the metaphorical sense, but my distance from them, in the literal sense, sort of makes it difficult. I moved to Scotland in 2005, and then here to South Africa earlier this year, and though [...]

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