1. What's left to be done on your Christmas to-do list? EVERYTHING!! I haven't even started to shop! Ok, well I did order one thing from Amazon but it is materials for something that I still have to make. We will be going shopping on Friday to take care of the gifts. Oh and by the way for those who are wondering...this doesn't stress me out at all...Jeremiah yeah a little, me- not so much. It will get done, sometime! One year (many years ago) Jerm and I did ALL our shopping on Christmas Eve.
2. The Hodgepodge lands on the first day of winter this year. What's your favorite thing about winter? I like the beginning of winter. It's the end of winter that gets me...It is just too long and cold! :-) But for my favorite part, it has to be those first couple snows. I love when we get a big snowstorm and it coats everything in a dazzling white!
3. In what area of your life are you immature? Feel free to elaborate or not. This is hard.... I will say...parenting.... I don't know if I will ever get it together in this department but I am trying! Lord willing, I will keep trying!
4. What was the most (or one of the most) important lessons you learned in 2016? It has to be to savor each moment we have together.
5. It's Fried Shrimp Day...are you a fan? What's your favorite way to eat shrimp? Will there be shrimp somewhere in your holiday feastings? SHRIMP!!! YUCK!!! I do not like ANY seafood.... Shrimp may be part of our holiday feastings because Ryder LOVES shrimp. We usually get one or two shrimp rings for an appetizer for the Christmas Eve dinner that we host.
6. What sound lulls you to sleep? A fan. All of us are lulled to sleep by a fan. Our first home was right by a busy road. Lots of noisy vehicles going up and down the road. It would wake up the kids when they were babies. We had found that running the humidifier helped all of us to sleep better. Summer arrived and the hum then came in the form of the fan. No going back now! :-)
7. What one word best describes your 2016? Blessed
8. Insert your own random thought here. For the past several years we have exchanged home made gifts with Jeremiah's family. One gift per couple. (The kids are the exception, they still get gifts) This year we decided to change up the gift to have a family experience. So as of now, we have decided to go snow tubing at a local ski resort in January.
I wouldn't be able to sleep a wink without my ceiling fan. Snow tubing sounds like such fun! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
ReplyDeleteWe are hoping that the snow tubing is fun. We have gone before but the kids were pretty little then. Merry Christmas to you also, April.
DeleteWhat a great idea to do a family experience instead of gifts! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWe are hoping that the family experience is a good idea over gift giving. It will definitely be less clutter and more of a memory making time. Merry Christmas!
DeleteSnow tubing at a ski resort sounds wonderful! Love that idea. My husband would do all the shopping on Christmas Eve too but he knows that would make me a wreck ;) Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI am not surprised at how many folks find last minute shopping upsetting. Jeremiah and I went shopping on Christmas Eve one year. It was awesome and we scored some great deals! :-) Merry Christmas, Theresa!
DeleteA family experience sounds like a great idea and I can't wait to hear all about it next month! Please take photos!! My Joe used to wait until Christmas eve to go shopping, but I need to be done at least a few days before! Good luck!!
ReplyDeleteI will try to remember to take photos. Christmas Eve shopping is actually quite fun...and I don't enjoy shopping at all! HaHa! It is really cutting it close though. Merry Christmas, Terri!
DeleteParenting is one of those things you learn as you go. God provides a good instruction manual. Have a Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteYes, Parenting is a learn as you go thing. I just wish the teenaged years were a bit easier. It is making the terrible twos look easy! :-) We spend a lot of our time in prayer! Merry Christmas to you also, David!
DeleteIt sounds like you're in for a fun experience. I have never been snow tubing. I don't even know what it is, but it sounds like an adventure. :)
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed week, a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
Snow tubing is fun, Suzanne. At the resort we go to they have large intertubes that are filled with air. We ride them down a slick snow packed ramp. It is similar to sled ridding but on an intertube. I hope that helps you understand it a bit more. :-) Merry Christmas!
DeleteA family experience sounds like a wonderful time! I don't think I could ever wait till the last minute to do Christmas shopping. It would be too stressful for both my hubby and myself! I do a lot of shopping on Amazon; many of the grands have wish lists, which helps a lot. That said, I do still have two gifts to buy and a few more kitchen gifts to make.
ReplyDeleteIt won't be the first time we waited so long to buy gifts. Amazon is wonderful for shopping! Enjoy your Christmas Mrs. T.
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