Today is Black Friday. I just watched a news spot where people actually skipped their Thanksgiving dinner yesterday in order to wait in line in front of a box store and get that thing they want for cheap! I am stunned. In fact, I am stunned every year. I can’t believe what people will go [...]
I love creative – and cheap – Christmas gift ideas! So, I spent the morning looking around for some gifts that I could make and give to my teens too. I found some really wonderful sites with some fantastically creative ideas. This, then, is my own little blog carnival of great Christmas Gift ideas:
1. A [...]
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It is. I love Christmas. I love the lights and the snow and the excitement and anticipation.
I don’t mind shopping…at least a little of it. This year, with the economy in the state it’s in, apparently the retailers are already grumbling about their low expectations for [...]
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I was trolling around etsy – just gathering ideas, as I am new to the site and found Heidi Shaulis. It turns out she lives just a couple of towns over from here.
Her paintings are simply beautiful! And her husband’s woodwork is amazing…check them out.
Isn’t that amazing? Her blog says it will be her Christmas [...]
A long time ago, my dad told me about a farm that used to lease out their maple trees for the maple-syrup making season. We are doing something similar on the farm. For the last few years, we have had a “Rent a Maple Tree” program. I’ve never offered it online before, but have had [...]
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Five gifts for under $5!
1. Homemade Felt Board. I was walking through a trendy toy store once (just once, don’t judge me too harshly) and saw for sale a felt board, with all kinds of television character related accessories. My middle son was enamored with it. Rather than suck up the $32 price tag ($32?!) [...]
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OK – It’s September – and what does that mean around here? It means that I have to start preparing for Christmas! Well, don’t get too annoyed with me, it’s not like I make it a full-time job or anything, but I do, at this time of year, start thinking about and working on my [...]
I did some Christmas shopping over the weekend. I decided to suck it up and brave the crowds – and we did, my daughters and I. But it was some of the most difficult shopping I’ve ever done, because I couldn’t just buy anything. I kept looking at all of the cheap, plastic crap and [...]
Let the Christmas articles begin.
Many years ago, when I first became a “greenie” or “treehugger” or whatever the term was back in the 80’s, I berated my parents for cutting down a Christmas tree in our own backyard (we have 30 acres). “You’ve cut down a precious tree for a month’s worth of enjoyment!” I [...]
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